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At Coca-Cola Andina, suppliers are a fundamental part of its value chain, which is why the company seeks to create opportunities for ongoing collaboration and communication with each one of them.

Sustainable Supply Plan

This initiative, reviewed and approved by the company’s senior management, is based on the guidelines established in The Coca-Cola Company’s Supplier Guiding Principles and in Coca-Cola Andina’s internal policies, such as the “Supplier and Third-Party Code of Ethics,” the “Corporate Purchasing Policy,” and the “Corporate Human Rights Policy of Coca-Cola Andina.”

Understanding that alignment on sustainability matters is essential, the company has incorporated the evaluation of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria into its bidding processes, assigning them a specific weight that affects the final evaluation. This approach, which has also been formalized in the updated Supplier and Third-Party Code of Ethics, alongside an analysis of spending, criticality, and risk in the supply chain, enables Coca-Cola Andina to prioritize its suppliers and allocate resources more efficiently to advance its sustainable supply strategy with each of them.

To maintain monitoring and control, the company implements training sessions and workshops with its key suppliers to level knowledge, implement joint improvement plans, and provide technical support. In 2024, the company conducted 15 Sustainable Supply Chain training sessions for buyers and suppliers, continuing the work already underway. In addition, the company also carries out audits, conducted on-site and by accredited, independent external agents, as well as surveys, which help identify the level of adherence to ESG principles and detect specific risks related to the products and services provided by suppliers.

Every year, in person, the Sustainable Supply Chain Committee is held, with participation from the procurement managers of the four operations, along with buyers. This meeting not only allows the teams to come together to outline medium and long-term plans, but it also involves the buyers, who are the primary channel for spreading the ESG practices implemented by the company with its suppliers.

 Supplier Management

Suppliers must align with the minimum conduct principles established by the company and must comply in good faith with all applicable legal, administrative, and regulatory standards in the jurisdictions where they operate.

Thus, the company prohibits its suppliers from engaging in any activities related to money laundering, terrorism financing, and bribery of public officials. The company also encourages suppliers to report any potential conflicts of interest in their involvement in negotiations, offering various communication channels for this purpose.

 Audits of Critical Suppliers

Audits of critical suppliers (Tier 1) are conducted using a SMETA-type methodology developed by The Coca-Cola Company. The goal is to review compliance with the Supplier Guiding Principles. In addition, ingredient suppliers must adhere to the Sustainable Agriculture Guiding Principles.

In 2024, three cases of non-compliance with potential negative impacts were identified, for which improvement plans were established to help the suppliers address and overcome these impacts, thus avoiding the exclusion of these suppliers. We do not have indirect critical suppliers (Tier 2).

 Supply Risk Management

The aspects monitored in the risk control process, which incorporate the specific risks of each country, allow the company to identify the most relevant or critical suppliers. These suppliers are then evaluated based on ESG factors. This is done with the aim of mitigating risks associated with commodity suppliers, related to the supply chain structure of basic inputs, labor conditions, resource intensity, energy consumption, and emissions.