Coca-Cola Hellenic is committed to protecting and preserving the environment, and to integrating environmental stewardship and sustainable development principles into its business decisions and processes. The company believes that responsibility for the environment begins with each of the more than 40,000 individuals it employs directly as well as the thousands of individuals employed by its suppliers, customers and associates, who every day help produce, package and distribute millions of products to some 550 million consumers served by Coca-Cola Hellenic. As a result of its focus on quality, 51 of Coca-Cola Hellenic's 65 carbonated soft drink plants and 5 of its natural mineral water plants have achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification. Coca-Cola Hellenic is on target to achieve full certification of its remaining plants by 2007.