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FY2019 Annual Report · Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V.
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We are Coca-Cola FEMSA, and we believe in:

O N E   V I S I O N 
That  unifies  our  organization  to  become  an  undisputed  total 
beverage  leader  with  sustainable  and  profitable  growth, 
focused on creating and fulfilling consumer demand anytime, 
anywhere.

O N E   P L AT F O R M 
That ensures our teams work together as a cohesive unit that 
strives  to  create  sustainable  value  in  collaboration  with  our 
stakeholders through our everyday decisions and actions.

O N E   F U T U R E 
That  requires  us  to  evolve  together  with  our  consumers  and 
customers to match their ever-changing needs and generate 
social and environmental wellbeing as a shared purpose. 

COCA-COLA FEMSA2INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Contents

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C O M P R E H E N S I V E   R I S K   M A N A G E M E N T

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stakeholders

Underscoring  a  year  of  transformation  and  capa-
bility building, we continued capitalizing on our in-
dustry’s potential to produce positive results while 
navigating dynamic environments. 

Thanks to our ongoing transformation, we are de-
veloping the capabilities to win in a world marked by 
rapid changes. Thus, we embarked on our Fuel for 
Growth strategy to create an even leaner, more ag-
ile organization focused on our customers and con-
sumers.  This  multi-year  journey  aims  to  strength-
en our organization through new ways of working, 

strive  for  efficiency  with  best-in-class  capabilities 
enabled by digital technology, eliminate redundan-
cy, and ensure our sustainable business growth. 

As part of our strategy, we are unifying our organiza-
tion under one vision to become an undisputed total 
beverage leader with sustainable, profitable growth; 
one platform to ensure our teams work as a cohe-
sive unit to create sustainable value for our stake-
holders; and one future to maintain our flexibility to 
evolve together with our consumers and customers.

José Antonio Fernández Carbajal

John Santa Maria Otazua

+194 

billion pesos in total revenue

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 20195We collected 
more than 50% of 
the bottles that 
we put in Mexico 
and Brazil.

O N E   C O N S U M E R - C E N T R I C   P L A T F O R M :   S T R A T E G I C   I N I T I A T I V E S

Guided  by  our  obsessive  consumer  focus,  we  are  con-
solidating  a  winning  total  beverage  portfolio  to  satisfy 
evolving tastes and lifestyles. We are fostering sparkling 
beverage growth by leveraging portfolio innovation and 
affordability, while driving our low or no-sugar beverage 
portfolio ahead of consumer trends. Additionally, we are 
improving  our  competitive  position  in  still  beverages, 
and  amplifying  our  water  portfolio  to  establish  consis-
tent leadership across this growing category. 

As part of our Fuel for Growth journey, we functionalized 
our finance, supply chain, and human resources operat-
ing models to create a leaner service organization that 
leverages  our  company’s  scale  to  drive  our  operations’ 
sustainable, profitable business growth. 

Underpinned by KOF DNA, we are building a collaborative 
customer and consumer-centric culture founded on op-
erational  excellence,  agile  decision-making,  an  owners’ 
mentality, and always placing our people first.

Moreover,  we  are  accelerating  our  digitally  driven  busi-
ness transformation. After rolling out our KOFmmercial 
digital platform (KDP) across our traditional trade chan-
nel,  we  deployed  KDP  throughout  Brazil  and  Mexico’s 
modern trade channel. In Brazil, we further expanded our 
first mover advantage across food aggregators and dig-
ital channels, while successfully piloting our omnichan-
nel entry capability. 

Finally, we continue to make important progress on our 
sustainability  goals.  Notably,  we  collected  more  than 
50% of the bottles that we put into the market, well po-
sitioned to achieve our 2030 commitment of collecting 
100%. We used 23.7% of recycled materials in our PET 
packaging, on track to achieve our 2020 goal of 25%. We 
improved our water use ratio to 1.52 liters of water per 
liter of beverage produced, on track to achieve our 2020 
goal of 1.5 liters. Impressively, 71% of our manufacturing 
operations’ power comes from clean energy sources, up 
over seven times the past five years.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 20196O N E   C O N S U M E R - C E N T R I C   P L A T F O R M :   O P E R A T I N G   H I G H L I G H T S

Guided by our holistic strategic framework, we navigat-
ed a challenging macroeconomic environment to deliver 
positive  results  for  the  year.  Our  total  sales  volume  in-
creased 1.4% to 3.37 billion unit cases, with transactions 
growing 2.5% to 20.2 billion. Total revenues grew 6.7% to 
Ps. 194.5 billion. Operating income grew 3.0% to Ps. 25.4 
billion. Operating cash flow grew 4.8% to Ps. 37.1 billion. 
Importantly, controlling net income reached Ps. 12.1 bil-
lion for earnings per share of Ps. 0.72 and per unit of Ps. 
5.76 (Ps. 57.60 per ADS). 

Our  resilient  Mexico  operation  achieved  strong  top-line 
growth,  despite  uncertain  macroeconomic  conditions. 
Our  portfolio  innovation,  affordability,  and  commercial 
initiatives  enabled  us  to  generate  price-mix  improve-
ments and deliver 8.1% revenue growth, while our ability 
to drive cost and expense efficiencies resulted in margin 
expansion.

In  Central  America,  we  delivered  solid  top-line  growth, 
driven mainly by the strong performance of our Guate-
mala  and  Costa  Rica  operations.  Our  ability  to  capture 
synergies  from  new  territories,  expanded  distribution 
platform, and improved point-of-sale execution enabled 
us to achieve outstanding volume growth in Guatemala.

Despite slow macroeconomic growth, our Brazilian op-
eration continued its impressive turnaround, generating 
strong  volumes  that  built  on  two  years  of  continuous 
growth.  Importantly,  this  growth  is  leading  to  market 
share gains across our key beverage categories, driven 
by our relentless consumer focus, robust portfolio, and 
point-of-sale execution.

After a complicated start to the year, we’re encouraged 
by  our  Colombian  operation’s  turnaround  over  the  sec-
ond half of 2019, driven by our efficiency, coverage, and 
portfolio initiatives. In Argentina, we adapted our portfo-
lio to remain close to our consumers, driven by our af-
fordability strategy.

Our total 
revenues 
grew 6.7%.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 20197Our operating 
income grew 3.0% to 
Ps. 25.4 billion.

We seamlessly consolidated our Uruguay operation. Be-
yond  exceeding  our  estimated  synergies,  we  improved 
our  volumes  and  margins,  driven  by  increased  produc-
tion  efficiency  and  market  share  gains  in  the  sparkling 
and still beverage categories. 

Finally, consistent with our disciplined approach to capi-
tal allocation and commitment to generating shareholder 
value, our Board of Directors agreed to propose an ordi-
nary  dividend  of  Ps.  4.86  per  unit  to  the  Annual  Share-
holders  Meeting.  This  proposal  represents  an  increase 
of 37% versus the previous year, reflecting the strength 

of our free cash flow generation and our confidence in 
Coca-Cola FEMSA’s solid financial position.

Moving  forward,  our  overarching  strategic  priority  is  to 
become the best option for our customers and consum-
ers in all of our markets—creating and fulfilling their de-
mand anytime, everywhere.

On behalf of our employees, we thank you for your con-
tinued confidence in our ability to deliver economic value 
and to generate social and environmental wellbeing for 
you all.

J O S É   A N T O N I O   F E R N Á N D E Z   C A R B A J A L

J O H N   S A N T A   M A R I A   O T A Z U A

Chairman of the Board

 Chief Executive Officer

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 20198question & answer

Constantino, 2019 marks your first year as Coca Cola FEMSA’s 
CFO.  How  would  you  reflect  on  the  company’s  performance 
for the year? What are your priorities?

A)  2019 was a very positive year. We successfully navigated 
a  challenging  overall  macroeconomic  environment,  and 
most  importantly,  we  continued  taking  significant  strate-
gic steps towards our long-term goals. Additionally, we laid 
important foundations and achieved important milestones 
in our finance function. 

  When I assumed the CFO position at the beginning of year, 

I set five key priorities: 

1)   Maintain  our  solid  financial  foundation  to  improve 
our return on invested capital (ROIC) – To this end, we 
took  important  steps  to  prioritize  ROIC  as  a  key  per-
formance indicator (KPI) across our organization and 
renewed our commitment to a disciplined approach to 
leverage,  capital  allocation,  working  capital  optimiza-
tion, and profitability insights.

Constantino Spas 

reflects on his first year 

as our company’s Chief 

Financial Officer. He 

discusses his five key 

priorities, our company’s 

positive performance, 

Fuel for Growth strategy, 

operating highlights, 

disciplined capital 
allocation, and financial 

flexibility.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201992)   Continue  evolving  our  finance  function  to  drive  top- 
and  bottom-line  results  and  maximize  sharehold-
er  value  –  Our  finance  function  is  increasingly  evolv-
ing  into  a  partner  to  our  broader  business  in  order  to 
drive results. In this way, we support our operations by 
delivering valuable insights for better and faster deci-
sion-making to maximize shareholder value, while en-
suring compliance and transactional efficiency.

3)   Guarantee that we will continue attracting and devel-
oping  our  talent  base  for  our  finance  function  –  To-
gether  with  Human  Resources  and  aligned  with  our 
DNA, we continue to attract and develop the right talent 
across diverse finance functions across our operations. 

4)  Continue  our  approach  of  transparency,  fair  disclo-
sure, and continuous communication with our stake-
holders  –  Building  on  this  commitment,  this  year  we 
took  important  steps  to  gain  a  deeper  understanding 
of  our  shareholders’  perception  of  the  company;  for 
us,  it  is  key  to  gather  feedback  from  the  market  and 
maintain this important two-way communication. Our 
shareholders’ insights are fundamental as we continue 
to plan and execute our strategies. 

5)   Finally, in my role as CFO, I continue to take important 
steps to support John and our senior leadership team 
on  their  journey  of  cultural  transformation,  reinforc-
ing our DNA by taking an active role in the design and 
implementation of our Fuel for Growth strategy that en-
ables us to leverage new ways of working. 

Could you walk through the factors that drove the company’s 
positive performance for the year?

A)  During 2019, we capitalized on our operational excellence, 
portfolio  initiatives,  digital  transformation,  and  Fuel  for 
Growth strategy. First, we enhanced our operational excel-
lence led by our efforts across our operations to continue 
improving  our  point-of-sale  execution  and  expanding  our 
cooler  coverage.  Second,  we  carried  on  revamping  our 
portfolio  across  categories,  while  rolling  out  affordability 
initiatives to not only accelerate growth, but also improve 
our competitiveness to gain market share across key mar-
kets and beverage categories. Third, we continued to take 
steps on our digital transformation, incorporating big data 
analytics and artificial intelligence and advancing our om-
nichannel  commercial  capabilities.  Moreover,  our  digital 
distribution and supply chain initiatives enabled us to be-
come more efficient while improving our service levels. 

Finally, we started the rollout of our Fuel for Growth strat-
egy—a set of ambitious productivity and efficiency initia-
tives designed to create an even leaner, more agile orga-
nization fully focused on our consumers. These initiatives 
focus  on  strengthening  our  organization  through  new 
ways of working, eliminating redundancies, and leveraging 
digital enablers to streamline our cost base, while generat-
ing funds to support our strategic initiatives and reinvest 
in our business.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201910 
Could you briefly review the highlights of the company’s oper-
ations in Mexico, Central America, and South America for the 
year? 

A)  Mexico,  our  largest  operation,  achieved  positive  results 
in  the  face  of  a  resilient,  but  challenging  consumer  envi-
ronment.  Despite  market  uncertainty,  we  delivered  top-
line  growth,  increasing  our  2.5-liter  and  3-liter  returnable 
presentations’  coverage,  while  launching  our  affordable 
235-ml  returnable  glass  bottle  at  5  pesos  to  incentivize 
our  single-serve  mix.  Importantly,  a  more  stable  raw  ma-
terial environment, coupled with our Mexico team’s ability 
to generate significant savings, enabled us to stabilize and 
improve our profitability during the year. 

  Our Central America operations’ positive performance was 
driven mainly by our Guatemala operation’s high single-dig-
it volume growth. In Guatemala, we expanded our portfo-
lio. In Costa Rica, we took successful measures to reduce 
our cost to serve, while we worked to strengthen our retail 
relationships in Panama. Finally, in Nicaragua, we adapted 
to  a  challenging  market  environment  by  connecting  with 
our consumers through our cola, affordability, and return-
able strategies.

  Moving onto South America, Brazil, our second largest op-
eration,  achieved  high  single-digit  volume  growth,  while 
gaining  share  across  beverage  categories.  Our  Brazilian 
operation’s  volume  growth  was  driven  by  our  affordabili-
ty initiatives, revamped portfolio, and strong point-of-sale 
execution. In the face of a challenging year, our Colombia 
operation delivered better-than-expected volumes. During 

2019,  we  restructured  our  portfolio  and  our  business  to 
successfully turnaround our Colombia operation. In Argen-
tina,  we  adapted  our  portfolio  to  navigate  an  exception-
ally  challenging  environment,  and  thanks  to  our  amazing 
teamwork,  we  achieved  cost  and  expense  controls  in  or-
der to protect our profitability. Finally, we seamlessly and 
successfully integrated our promising Uruguay operation, 
capturing important synergies. 

Could you update us on the company’s integration of its acqui-
sitions in Guatemala and in Uruguay? Synergies?

A)  Our  acquisitions  in  Uruguay  and  Guatemala  are  success 
stories.  We  smoothly  and  successfully  integrated  these 
territories,  and  we  achieved  better-than-expected  syner-
gies  of  more  than  US$25  million  for  the  year—from  best 
practices  to  cost  and  expense  efficiencies  on  both  the 
supply  chain  and  manufacturing  fronts.  Importantly,  we 
successfully deployed our DNA, working seamlessly to in-
tegrate our culture while establishing management teams 
that combine talent from our new and existing operations. 
In Uruguay, we are significantly improving our competitive 
position  across  key  categories,  marked  by  market  share 
gains in flavored sparkling beverages. Moreover, in Guate-
mala,  we  are  standardizing  our  portfolio  while  improving 
our competitive position. 

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201911Could you briefly walk us through how the company is trans-
forming  its  Finance  Operating  Model  through  Finance  4 
Growth? 

To follow up, could you briefly discuss the steps that the com-
pany’s  taking  to  maximize  shareholder  value  through  disci-
plined capital allocation, working capital optimization, and im-
proved profitability?

A)  Through Finance 4 Growth, we are implementing a vision 
to support our front-line operations. Overall, our ambition is 
to serve as a business partner to our operations by deliver-
ing valuable insights for better and faster decision-making 
to maximize shareholder value, while ensuring compliance 
and transactional efficiency. 

In  order  to  enable  our  finance  teams  to  partner  with  our 
broader organization to drive sustainable, profitable busi-
ness growth, we are implementing a vision that will allow 
us to:

•  Act as business advisor and integrator of our total busi-

ness view

•  Provide  valuable  insights,  proactively  and  robustly 
manage challenges, and support our commercial deci-
sion-making

•  Take  ownership  for  and  actively  manage  our  compa-

ny’s financial value drivers.

  With this in mind, our KOF Financial Services (KFS) team is 
in charge of applying new digital technologies and skills to 
continually improve our Finance Operating Model. 

A)  This year, we completed an important financial milestone. 
We concluded an eight-for-one stock split, the issuance of 
new Series B shares with full voting rights, and the listing 
of Series B and Series L shares in the form of units. Each 
new unit is comprised of 3 Series B shares and 5 Series L 
shares.  This  action  enables  our  company  to  increase  its 
capacity to issue new equity, which may be used as con-
sideration  in  future  share-based  acquisitions,  as  well  as 
for  general  corporate  purposes.  Moving  forward,  we  feel 
confident that the listing of Series L shares and Series B 
shares  in  the  form  of  units  will  help  unlock  value  for  our 
shareholders  and  position  our  company  for  new  growth 
opportunities.

Importantly, and underscoring our solid financial position, 
which allows us to return excess cash to our shareholders 
without  compromising  our  flexibility  to  pursue  future  ac-
quisition opportunities, our Board of Directors is proposing 
to our Annual Shareholders Meeting an ordinary dividend 
of Ps. 4.86 per unit, an increase of 37% versus the previous 
year dividend.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201912 
 
Could you further update us on the steps the company is tak-
ing to strengthen its capital structure and financial flexibility?

A)  Consistent with our mandate to deleverage our company’s 
balance  sheet,  we  continued  to  repay  debt  to  strengthen 
our  company’s  financial  position.  Importantly,  we  set  the 
foundations  to  take  advantage  of  favorable  market  con-
ditions in the U.S. dollar and Mexican peso debt markets. 
As a result,  in January 2020,  we successful  priced a his-
toric public offering of US$1.25 billion principal amount of 
senior  notes  due  2030.  The  notes  priced  at  US  Treasury 
+  100  basis  points  and  a  coupon  of  2.750%—the  lowest 
spread, yield, and coupon  in history  for  a  Latin American 
corporate debt offering. 

In  addition,  on  February  6,  2020,  we  successfully  placed 
two tranches of Mexican peso-denominated bonds in the 
Mexican market for a total aggregate amount of Ps. 4,727 
million. The first tranche is for an aggregate amount of Ps. 
3,000  for  8  years  bearing  an  annual  fixed  interest  rate  of 
7.35%, and the second tranche is for an aggregate amount 
of Ps. 1,727 million for 5.5 years bearing a variable interest 
rate of TIIE + 0.08%. This transaction received broad par-
ticipation from investment-grade investors, confirming our 
company’s financial discipline and strong credit profile. 

  We used the net proceeds from our sale of the 2030 notes 
to  fully  redeem  our  company’s  3.875%  senior  notes  due 
2023, and the remainder is intended to be used for general 
corporate purposes. This will enable us to increase the av-
erage life of our debt from 6.8 years to 8.3 years. 

Finally, could you briefly discuss the factors that will drive the 
company’s performance during 2020?

A)  We are encouraged by the opportunities ahead. More than 
ever, we are one unified company, with our foundation for 
future success guided by one vision, one platform, and one 
future. To strengthen our P&L and maximize our ROIC, we 
look  to  take  advantage  of  key  levers  to  improve  our  busi-
ness  performance  and  profitability,  including  opportuni-
ties  for  sales  growth  and  margin  expansion,  affordability 
initiatives, and strategic capital investments. Furthermore, 
we will continue executing our Fuel for Growth strategy to 
achieve  efficiencies  in  our  cost  base,  reinvent  our  supply 
chain, maximize our return on investment, and develop fit-
for-purpose route-to-market models to improve our compa-
ny’s profitability. 

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201913 
 
question & answer

What would you say were Coca-Cola FEMSA’s main sustain-
ability achievements during 2019?

A)  During 2019, we made good progress on our sustainability 
strategy aligned with Coca-Cola FEMSA´s strategic frame-
work. As you may know, our 2020 goal is to supply 85% of 
Mexico’s  manufacturing  operations  energy  requirements 
with  clean  energy.  For  the  year,  we  achieved  significant 
progress  towards  this  goal,  using  clean  energy  to  cover 
69% of those manufacturing plants’ energy needs, and we 
are confident that we will achieve our goal by the end of 
2020. Moreover, we increased the use of clean energy for 
our  bottling  plants  in  Panama,  Colombia,  Brazil,  Argenti-
na, Guatemala, and Costa Rica, accomplishing 70.7% cov-
erage  of  our  company’s  total  manufacturing  operations’ 
power needs through clean sources of energy.

José Ramón Martínez, 

Corporate Affairs 

Officer, discusses our 

integrated sustainability 

strategy. Among other 

topics, he talks about 

our main sustainability 

achievements, 

environmental 

stewardship, and 
strengthening our local 

communities.

CORPORATE AFFAIRS OFFICERCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201914  Continuing  our  long-term  commitment  to  collectively  ad-
dress  the  challenge  of  waste  management  and  aligned 
with The  Coca-Cola  Company’s  commitment  to  a  “World 
Without Waste,” we can proudly say that, in the main mar-
kets in which we operate, collection and recycling mecha-
nisms account for more than 50% of the PET bottles that 
we  sell,  putting  us  well  on  track  to  our  2030  goal  of  col-
lecting  100%  of  the  PET  bottles  we  place  in  the  market. 
While this is a challenging task, we are confident that, with 
the support and co-responsibility of all of the actors in the 
value chain, we will fulfill our commitment through a mar-
ket-based  approach  to  the  circular  economy.  Of  course, 
we undertake this concerted effort in conjunction with our 
ongoing initiatives to lighten the weight of our packages, 
optimize the use of PET, and incorporate recycled content 
into our bottles. In 2019, we used an average of 23.7% re-
cycled content in our plastic bottles, putting us on the right 
path to accomplish our 2020 goal of 25%; a goal that we 
aim to expand to include 50% of recycled materials in our 
PET packaging by 2030.

To  address  the  threat  of  climate  change,  we  strongly 
support  the  adoption  of  a  science-based  approach  that 
is aligned with the goal of the Paris Agreement to limit a 
global temperature rise to well below 2ºC. Consequently, 
during 2019, we embarked on the Science Based Targets 
initiative  (SBTi),  a  collaboration  between  CDP  (formerly 
the Carbon Disclosure Project), World Resources Institute 
(WRI), the UN Global Compact, and the World Wide Fund 
for Nature (WWF). This company-wide effort is designed 

to  measure  and  account  for  the  carbon  footprint  of  Co-
ca-Cola  FEMSA’s  value  chain,  with  the  eventual  goal  of 
adopting a science-based target for emissions reduction 
that reflects our commitment to a low carbon economy. 

How would you describe the increasing integration of sustain-
ability and its strategy into Coca-Cola FEMSA’s business prior-
ities?

A)  At Coca-Cola FEMSA, we integrate sustainability into our 
day-to-day  operations  as  a  key  driver  of  business  deci-
sions. This enables us to guarantee our company’s long-
term development and continuity, foster the wellbeing of 
communities, and take care of the environment, fulfilling 
our mission to simultaneously generate economic and so-
cial value in collaboration with our stakeholders. We view 
sustainability  as  an  enabler  of  our  company’s  business 
growth;  thus,  virtually  all  organizational  decisions  and 
actions, regardless of their origin, consider sustainability 
implications—from  the  selection  of  a  particular  supplier 
to the investment in eco-efficient infrastructure improve-
ments,  the  expansion  of  our  product  portfolio  to  satisfy 
every consumer lifestyle, and our community investment. 
Ultimately,  we  understand  that  we  share  one  vision,  one 
platform, one future, and work for one Coca-Cola FEMSA.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201915 
In  the  global  context  of  new  labeling  regulations  surfacing 
across  the  board,  could  you  please  elaborate  on  Coca-Cola 
FEMSA’s  commitment  to  empower  consumers  to  make  in-
formed decisions through responsible marketing?

A)  We  obsessively  focus  on  satisfying  our  customers  and 
consumers.  Accordingly,  transparency,  fact-based  infor-
mation, and a high sense of responsibility form the guid-
ing principles for our marketing practices. Given our com-
pany’s  position  in  Latin  America,  our  nutritional  labeling 
recognizes that each population is different, with its own 
needs and habits; therefore, we fully endorse and comply 
with each country’s existing legal framework. When regu-
latory changes arise, we are always willing to take a pro-
active  role  in  such  changes,  providing  our  expertise  and 
quality information in order to ensure that our consumers 
receive high-quality information. Additionally, our produc-
tion  processes  fulfill  the  highest  quality  standards,  and 
our ingredients comply with each of our operations’ local 
regulations and high internal Coca-Cola standards. 

What  is  Coca-Cola  FEMSA’s  strategic  approach  to  water  re-
source management?

A)  Water is a key resource for our communities and our oper-
ations; therefore, we are committed to the efficient use of 
this natural resource in our bottling operations—returning 
to the environment and communities the same amount of 
water used in our beverages, while safeguarding it not only 

for us to use, but also for our communities to enjoy now 
and into the future. From 2010 through 2019, we signifi-
cantly improved our water use ratio by an impressive 22% 
to reach 1.52 liters of water per liter of beverage produced, 
representing savings of more than 10.5 billion liters of this 
vital resource compared to our 2010 baseline. Important-
ly,  we  currently  give  back  to  the  environment  more  than 
100%  of  the  water  we  use  in  the  production  of  our  bev-
erages in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Central America, and 
Argentina.

  Consistent with our commitment to water conservation, in 
collaboration with FEMSA Foundation, we carry out proj-
ects  designed  to  improve  communities’  quality  of  life  by 
helping to provide them with safe water, improved sanita-
tion, and hygiene education. We further work to strength-
en  water  funds  and  conserve  water  basins  through  sus-
tainable  initiatives  involving  partnerships  with  several 
stakeholders.  Through  the  Latin  American  Water  Funds 
Alliance—comprised  of  the  Nature  Conservancy,  FEMSA 
Foundation, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 
and the Global Environment Facility—we jointly seek to of-
fer hydrological safety in the region, ensuring sustainable 
access to a sufficient quantity and quality of water to sus-
tain human life and socioeconomic development.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201916Since strong communities make for strong businesses, what 
is  Coca-Cola  FEMSA’s  take  on  community  engagement  and 
development?

How would you say Coca-Cola FEMSA addressed a challeng-
ing, complex social and economic environment this year?

A)  To  create  a  community  relations  vision  that  we  can  put 
it into practice in a standardized and systematic manner, 
we  developed  a  management  model  that  includes  five 
sequential  steps,  which  are  the  foundation  of  our  Model 
for  Addressing  Risks  and  Relations  with  the  Communi-
ty  (MARRCO).  Based  on  MARRCO,  our  work  centers  are 
designing a community engagement plan to immediately 
implement a series of measures, including mitigation ac-
tivities to reduce our operational footprint and community 
programs aligned with local needs and risks. In turn, this 
will  help  us  to  not  only  ensure  our  positive  coexistence 
and our business’ permanence at those locations, but also 
reaffirm our social license to operate.

A)  2019  continued  a  trend  of  complex  social  and  economic 
challenges in Latin America, triggered by political complexi-
ty and hyperinflation in Argentina. At Coca-Cola FEMSA, we 
have full confidence in the region in which we have grown 
for  more  than  25  years.  Underscoring  our  commitment 
to  the  region,  we  are  firmly  committed  to  serve  our  mar-
kets  with  excellence  and  to  grow  our  operations.  Guided 
by a clear sustainability vision, we are prepared better than 
ever  to  face  these  challenging  environments,  powered  by 
our  drive  to  innovate,  a  winning  product  portfolio,  superi-
or point-of-sale execution, an unparalleled distribution net-
work, unmatched cold drink equipment placement, and dig-
ital commercial capabilities.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201917O U R

footprint

We have the privilege to serve more than 261 mil-
lion people through 1.9 million points of sale in 9 
markets of Latin America with a wide portfolio of 
leading brands in 10 beverage categories.  

Mexico

Central America

Colombia

Brazil

Uruguay

Argentina

¹ Unit case is a unit of measurement that equals 24 eight-ounce servings of finished beverage.

783

214

5,726

139

42

847

T R A N S A C T I O N S
million

20,221

T O T A L   V O L U M E
million unit cases¹

3,369

9,585

1,945

1,968

1,838

237

266

2,641
volume

16,610
transactions

514
volume

1,688
transactions

214
volume

1,923
transactions

SPARKLING BEVERAGESWATER & BULK WATERSTILL BEVERAGESCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201918261.1 

1,909,112

49

268

P O P U L AT I O N   S E R V E D

P O I N T S   O F   S A L E

P L A N T S

million

75.1

869,918

31.9

173,919

22

7

D I S T R I B U T I O N 

C E N T E R S

142

54

89.5

405,209

10

41

13.1

41,712

2

3

Mexico

Central America

Colombia

Brazil

Uruguay

Argentina

Venezuela¹

¹ As of December 31, 2017, as a non-consolidated operation, Venezuela is reported as an investment in shares.  

48.0394,4713.523,88372315COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201919Product mix by size

Single serve

Multi-serve

34

51

25

21

19

21

y
r
o
g
e
t
a
c
y
b
x
i
m

t
c
u
d
o
r
P

Product mix by package

Returnable

Non-returnable

38

41

31

19

24

28

1.  Excludes still bottled water in presentations of 5.0 Lt. or larger. Includes flavored water.  
2.  Bulk water - still water in presentations of 5.0 Lt. or larger. Includes flavored water.  
*  As of December 31, 2017, Venezuela is reported as an investment in shares, as a non-consolidated  operation.

S PA R K L I N G

B U L K   W AT E R ²

W AT E R ¹

S T I L L

73.2%

15.3%

5.1%

6.4%

86.0%

0.3%

5.1%

8.6%

77.8%

7.2%

9.5%

5.5%

86.8%

1.0%

6.1%

6.1%

91.1%

0.0%

8.0%

0.9%

80.0%

2.8%

10.2%

7.0%

6462MX6469CO7676UR5659CA8281BR72AR66MX75CO81UR49CA79BR79ARMXCACOBRURARCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201920 
 
 
F I N A N C I A L   H I G H L I G H T S

The strides we took during 2019 to put together the 
right  sets  of  capabilities  and  talent  positions  our 
organization to generate increased value for all our 
stakeholders for many years to come.

S A L E S   V O L U M E
million unit cases¹

2019

2018

2017

2016

T O T A L   R E V E N U E S
billion Mexican Ps.

2019

2018

2017

2016

2 0 1 9

U S D ¹

2 0 1 9

M X N

2 0 1 8 

%   C H A N G E

M X N

Millions of Mexican pesos and U.S. dollars as of December 31, 2019 (except volume 

and per share data). Results under International Financial Reporting Standards.

I N C O M E   F R O M   O P E R A T I O N S
billion Mexican Ps.

S A L E S   V O L U M E 
(million unit cases)

3,368.9

3,368.9

3,321.8

T O T A L   R E V E N U E S

10,311

194,471

182,342

I N C O M E   F R O M   O P E R A T I O N S

1,348

25,423

24,673

1.4%

6.7%

3.0%

1.  U.S.  dollar  figures  are  converted  from  Mexican  pesos  using  the  exchange 

rate for Mexican pesos published by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board on De-

cember 31, 2019, which exchange rate was Ps. 18.86 to U.S.$1.00.

2.  As of December 31, 2017, the Company changed the method for reporting 

Coca‑Cola FEMSA Venezuela to Fair Value. Due to this change, a recorded 

foreign currency translation charge in equity has been reclassified as a non‑

cash one‑time item to the other non‑operative expenses line of the Income 

Statement in accordance with IFRS.

C O N T R O L L I N G   I N T E R E S T   N E T 
I N C O M E ²

642

12,101

13,910

‑13.0%

3.  Based on 16,806.7 million outstanding ordinary shares as of December 31, 

2019 and 2018. 

T O T A L   A S S E T S

13,671

257,839

263,787

‑2.3%

L O N G - T E R M   B A N K   L O A N S   A N D 
N O T E S   P A Y A B L E

3,101

58,492

70,201

‑16.7%

C O N T R O L L I N G   I N T E R E S T

6,518

122,934

124,943

C A P I T A L   E X P E N D I T U R E S

608

11,465

11,069

B O O K   V A L U E   P E R   S H A R E 3

0.39

7.31

7.43

‑1.6%

3.6%

‑1.6%

2019

2018

2017

2016

D I V I D E N D   P E R   S H A R E
Mexican Ps.

2019

2018

2017

2016

2019

Past years

3,369
3,322
3,318
3,334

194.5
182.3
183.3
177.7

25.4
24.7
25.0
23.9

3.54
3.35
3.35
3.35

1. Unit case is a unit of measurement that equals 24 eight-ounce servings of finished beverage.2. 2017 is re-presented without the Philippines.3. As of December 31, 2017, as a non-consolidated operation, Venezuela is reported as an investment in shares.COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201921E C O N O M I C   V A L U E   D I S T R I B U T E D

At Coca-Cola FEMSA we are convinced that strong 
communities are good business. As such, we are 
in a privileged position to generate economic val-
ue to our stakeholders through our good business 
practices,  which  ultimately  transforms  into  social 
value for the countries in which we operate.

2019

U S D

M X N

E C O N O M I C   V A L U E   G E N E R A T E D

$ 10,311

$ 194,471

P A Y M E N T S   T O   S U P P L I E R S

$ 5,061

$ 95,456

W A G E S   &   B E N E F I T S   F O R   E M P L O Y E E S

$ 1,620

$ 30,561

A C Q U I S I T I O N   O F   L O N G - T E R M   A S S E T S

$ 547

$ 10,324

D I V I D E N D S   P A I D   T O   S H A R E H O L D E R S

$ 394

$ 7,440

I N C O M E   T A X E S   P A I D   T O   G O V E R N M E N T S

$ 255

$ 4,806

D O N A T I O N S   &   C O M M U N I T Y   I N V E S T M E N T

$ 21

$ 390

T O T A L   E C O N O M I C   V A L U E   D I S T R I B U T E D

$ 7,899

$ 148,977

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201922P R O D U C T

portfolio

S P A R K L I N G

W A T E R

F L A V O R E D   W A T E R

I S O T O N I C

2.0%

Volume 
growth in 
our sparkling 
category

9.6%

Volume growth 
in our personal 
and bulk water 
category in Brazil

38.6%

Volume growth 
in our flavored 
water category in 
Mexico

8.5%

Volume growth 
in our isotonic 
category in 
Central America

J U I C E S ,   N E C T A R S 
&   F R U I T   B A S E D

4.9%Volume growth in 

our Juices, Nectars 
& Fruit Based 
category in Central 
America

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201923F U N C T I O N A L 
B E V E R A G E S

E N E R G Y   D R I N K S

T E A S

D A I R Y   P R O D U C T S

P L A N T- B A S E D

48K Unit cases sold 

of our recently 
launched line 
of Isolite

37.2%

Volume growth in 
our energy drinks 
category

7.1%

Volume growth in 
our teas category 
in Mexico

24.5%

Volume growth 
in our dairy 
products 
category in 
Mexico

7.1%

Volume growth 
in our plant 
based category 
in Colombia

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 2019241

7

8

9

2

O U R   V A L U E

chain

I N G R E D I E N T S
We work with our suppliers to have the best raw materials. 

3

M A N U F A C T U R I N G
Enabled by our Digital Manufacturing Platform 2.0, we pro-
duce high-quality beverages in our facilities, with an efficient 
use of water and energy. 

P R I M A R Y   D I S T R I B U T I O N
From our manufacturing facilities, we ship beverages to our 
268 distribution centers.

1

2

3

4

6

5

4

5

6

D I S T R I B U T I O N   C E N T E R
In  our  automated  warehouses,  we  integrate  pre-sale  with 
secondary distribution processes.

P R E - S A L E
Powered by the KOF Digital Platform, we serve our clients 
in the traditional and modern channels, offering a winning 
portfolio of leading brands in 10 beverage categories. 

S E C O N D A R Y   D I S T R I B U T I O N
Once a pre-sale order is placed, we use our Digital Distribution 
Platform to define an optimal Route-To-Market operation. 

7

8

9

P O I N T S   O F   S A L E
We  reach  more  than  1.9  million  points  of  sale  with  targe-
ted commercial initiatives, and we use Market Analytics to 
maximize  the value proposition for each client.

C O N S U M P T I O N
We serve more than 261 million people, offering a total por-
tfolio  including  10  beverage  categories  with  choices  for 
every life style.

R E C Y C L I N G
We encourage and help consumers to properly dispose and 
recycle all packages from our beverages.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201925O U R

framework

S T R A T E G Y

One Vision

We must be obsessive about  

our consumers.

We must maximize value for  

our customers.

One Platform

We must evolve the way we work.

We must strive for more efficiency  

and productivity.

We must continue to develop and  

deploy best-in-class capabilities.

One Future

We must deploy digital tools and 

enablers to transform the organization.

We must ensure we have a license  

to operate.

Our DNA

Our DNA is the foundation of 

everything we do. 

It includes fundamental beliefs 

and behaviors that govern our daily 

actions.

We are ONE Coca-Cola FEMSA.

04030201COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201926S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y

Materiality Assessment

Materiality Study

In 2012, we carried out a materiality analysis, iden-
tifying  best  practices  globally,  interviewing  key 
executives,  and  engaging  in  dialogues  with  rep-
resentatives of external stakeholders executives, 
sustainability  experts  and  employees.  Through 
this  exercise,  we  identified  the  material  issues 
that impact our business.

The  material  issues  for  our  business  include  the 
following:

•  They  are  those  in  which  Coca-Cola  FEMSA  

may generate greater value.

•  They are issues in which we have a sufficient 
degree of maturity that allow us to be agents 
of change.

•  Previous investments have been made in these 

areas.

•  They  have  elements  that  may  be  converted 
into a competitive advantage and that allow us 
to stand out in the market.

•  They  are  important  to  our  stakeholders,  and 
we  have  identified  that  for  some  of  them  we 
may join efforts to create positive changes.

2

3

4

1

5

8

6

7

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

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O U R   P L A N E T

1. Local environmental impact

4. Waste management

7. Water

9. Packaging and recycling

10. Energy

12. Transportation impacts

O U R   C O M M U N I T Y

2. Safety in our communities

3. Wellbeing in our communities

5. Responsible marketing

6. Nutrition and physical activation

8. Sustainable products

13. Supplier development

O U R   P E O P L E

Relevance for our Business

11. Training and development

14. Compensation

15. Health and safety

16. Culture and values

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201927 
 
 
Sustainability Framework

2020 Goals

U R   P L ANET

O

Our  Sustainability  Strategy  provides  us  with  the 
guidelines  to  achieve  our  mission  to  positively 
transform  the  communities  where  we  operate, 
supported by Ethics and Values.

Our Sustainability Goals guide us to measure our 
progress on each of the topics that have an impact 
on the long-term sustainability of our business.

  C O M MUNI

T

Y

R

U

O

Healthy Lifestyles

Water

Benefit 5 million people with our nutrition and 
physical activation programs and initiatives.

Increase our efficiency in water usage to 1.5 
liters of water per liter of beverage produced.

Community Development

Have Social License programs in 100% of our 
priority plants and distribution centers.

U R   P E OPL

E

O

Comprehensive Development

Generate 1 million hours of volunteer work.

Return to our communities and their environ-
ment the same amount of water used in our 
beverages.

Waste and Recycling

Integrate 25% of recycled or renewable materi-
als in our PET packaging.

Recycle at least 90% of our waste in every one 
of our bottling plants.

Achieve a Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR) of 0.5 
per 100 associates.

Energy

Reduce by 20% the general illness absentee rate 
vs. 2010.

Zero fatalities from work-related diseases.

Supply 85% of the energy used in manufacturing 
in Mexico with clean energy sources.

Reduce by 20% the carbon footprint of our value 
chain vs. 2010. 

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201928We are committed to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable 
Development Goals. Many of our initiatives contribute to the 17 
objectives with specific actions; however, we are convinced that, 
through our strategic framework and initiatives, we can have a 
larger impact on the following nine goals.

Several of our projects are focused on 
healthy habits for our communities, such 
as proper nutrition initiatives and social 
programs for early childhood development 
from FEMSA Foundation.

Our 2020 goal is to supply 85% of the energy 
we use in manufacturing in Mexico with 
clean sources, and we continue to introduce 
clean energy in all of the countries where 
we operate, reaching a 71% share of clean 
energy for our manufacturing needs.

We are committed to promoting healthy 
habits. This way, we have already benefited 
7.2 million people, accomplishing our 
2020 goal with our nutrition and physical 
activation programs. In addition, we offer 
a portfolio of total beverages, and we carry 
out responsible marketing strategies for our 
products.

We look for economic growth through the 
efficient use of resources by promoting a 
work environment that offers comprehensive 
development, by creating jobs in emerging 
markets, and by applying our sustainable 
sourcing principles.

Our production processes ensure the 
efficient use of water, as well as correct 
wastewater treatment. We are committed to 
return to nature and to the communities all 
of the water used to produce our beverages. 
We also developed WASH programs in 
alliance with the FEMSA Foundation.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201929We work on innovative processes in the 
industry, aiming to develop local suppliers 
and to improve our environmental 
performance, which is why our 2020 goal 
is to reduce our carbon footprint by 20% 
across our value chain.

We collaborate with other companies, 
governments, and NGOs to clean water 
bodies and to reduce water pollution through 
volunteer cleanup activities.

We communicate our sustainability results 
annually through our Integrated Report, 
and have established goals to ensure a 
responsible consumption of raw materials, to 
achieve greater efficiencies, and to encourage 
recycling.

We recognize that complex challenges in an 
ever-changing context require coming up with 
innovative solutions that can only be achieved 
and put into action together. We embrace 
this reality and partner with other companies, 
government, NGOs and other institutions to 
maximize our impact.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201930O N E

O N E   C O C A - C O L A   F E M S A

01

01Driven by our obsessive focus on our consumers and customers, we are 
consolidating a leading total beverage portfolio with options for every 
consumer taste and lifestyle, while promoting healthy habits locally—
encouraging people across communities to combine proper nutrition with 
physical education throughout all stages of their lives.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 20193237.2%

of our brands are low- and 
no-sugar beverages

By deeply understanding our 
shoppers and consumers’ 
changing tastes and buying 
habits, we act faster than 
our competitors to adapt our 
portfolio to satisfy their ever-
changing needs.

Consistent with our consumers’ evolving needs, we are 
strengthening our winning total beverage portfolio, offer-
ing a growing array of low- and no-sugar sparkling bev-
erages;  refreshing  juices,  nectars,  and  fruit-based  bev-
erages; hydrating purified, sparkling, and flavored water;  
teas,  sports,  and  energy  drinks;  and  wholesome  dairy 
and plant-based protein products. 

Our consumers and customers are at the center of ev-
erything we do.  By deeply understanding our shoppers 
and consumers’ changing tastes and buying habits, we 
act  faster  than  our  competitors  to  adapt  our  portfolio 
to satisfy their ever-changing needs through exemplary 
product innovation and commercial execution. 

portfolioCONSUMER-CENTRIC33M E X I C O   A N D   C O L O M B I A

C O L O M B I A

Enhancing Consumer Engagement

Delivering Consumer-Centric Innovation

To  enhance  consumer  engagement  with  brand  Co-
ca-Cola  across  lifestyles  and  consumption  occasions, 
we launched Coca-Cola Café in our convenient 235-ml 
mini can in both Mexico and Colombia. Featuring two 
of our consumers’ favorite tastes blended together with 
no sugar and more caffeine for people on the go, this 
enhanced Coke is already a big hit, generating sales of 
approximately  500  thousand  unit  cases  on  top  of  al-
most 12 million transactions for the year.  

We continued to satisfy our Colombian customers and 
consumers’ growing demand for refreshing juice-based 
beverages through our new sizes of Del Valle Frutal and 
Del Valle Fresh brand juice drinks.  With the launch of 
our consumer-centric returnable 1-liter PET, 1-liter Tetra 
Pak, and 0.5-liter PET presentations, we address more 
consumption  occasions  and  enhance  our  competitive 
position in the country’s large juice category.

B R A Z I L

Creating a Premium Shopper Experience

To capture the magic of our sparkling beverage brands, 
we are offering an enhanced shopper experience at our 
points of sale across the modern trade channel. Through 
our  premium  in-store  displays  and  on-premise  promo-
tions—featuring  our  Schweppes  and  Coca-Cola  brand 
beverages—we’re reflecting changing consumer buying 
habits,  offering  an  improved  shopper  experience,  and 
broadening our brands’ appeal while improving our posi-
tion.  Moreover, our recently launched Triple Win Strate-
gy aims to further enrich our sparkling beverage catego-
ry’s appeal throughout the modern trade and on-premise 
channels as we roll it out over the next three years.

G U A T E M A L A

Award-Winning Excellence

This year, our operation in Guatemala earned “The Co-
ca-Cola Excellence Cup,” winning the award ahead of other 
leading Coca-Cola bottlers within The Coca-Cola Compa-
ny’s Latin Center region. The operation won this recogni-
tion for its exemplary quality and execution, as well as for 
achieving the highest revenue growth in all of Coca-Cola’s 
beverage  categories  and  the  greatest  share  of  value 
growth for the most representative beverage brands.

SUCCESS STORIESCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201934Our sparkling 
category grew

2.0%

Year over year

F O S T E R   S P A R K L I N G 

B E V E R A G E   C A T E G O R Y

T H R O U G H   A F F O R D A B I L I T Y

Throughout the year, we revitalized our sparkling bever-
age growth through our focus on affordability. To this end, 
we continued to satisfy our cost-conscious consumers 
through our strong platform of affordable packaging al-
ternatives at the right price points—from our convenient 
single-serve packages to our family-sized multi-serve re-
turnable presentations.  

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201935A R G E N T I N A

Adapting Value Proposition To  
Consumer Environment

Underscoring  our  ability  to  offer  value  to  consumers, 
we successfully launched an affordable 1.25-liter multi-
serve returnable glass bottle of Coca-Cola for cost-con-
scious  consumers  in  Argentina.  Through  this  popular 
returnable  presentation,  we  engaged  our  consumers, 
while regaining share of sales. Additionally, our 220-ml 
mini-can  has  rapidly  become  an  important,  affordable 
single-serve option for Argentine consumers, reaching 
30% of our single-serve transactions in the country for 
the year.

B R A Z I L

Capturing Market Share Gains

Through  our  three-part  affordability  strategy,  we  cap-
tured  market  share  gains  and  consolidated  our  com-
petitive  advantage  across  the  sparkling  beverage  cat-
egory—attaining  a  record  high  share  of  sales  for  our 
Brazilian  operation.  First,  we  expanded  coverage  and 
household  penetration  of  our  family-size  multi-serve 
returnable  presentations  of  Coca-Cola,  achieving  dou-
ble-digit volume growth for the year.  Second, we took 
advantage  of  our  convenient  affordable  single-serve 
200-ml PET presentations and 220-ml mini-cans of Co-
ca-Cola,  Sprite,  and  Fanta  to  capture  almost  21%  vol-
ume growth year over year. Third, we expanded our ca-
pabilities in the north and south of our brazilian territory 
to capitalize on our successful offering of dual packs of 
Coke and our core flavored sparkling beverage brands 
in our popular family-size returnable presentations. Har-
nessing the power of brand Coca-Cola to increase our 
competitive  position  in  flavors,  our  dual  packs  signifi-
cantly enlarged our share of sales at our points of sale 
across the modern and traditional trade channels. 

M E X I C O

Expanding Affordable Alternatives

In Mexico, we expanded the affordability and immediate 
consumption of brand Coca-Cola through the launch of 
our breakthrough 235-ml returnable glass bottle at the 
magic  price  point  of  Ps.  5—offering  a  convenient  sin-
gle-serve alternative to our cost-conscious consumers. 
We also launched our new affordable 400-ml one-way 
single-serve presentation of Fanta, Mundet, Sprite, and 
Fresca  at  the  magic  price  point  of  Ps.  7  and  our  new 
affordable  2-liter  one-way  multi-serve  presentation  of 
Mundet multi-flavors at the magic price point of Ps. 17.  
We further expanded the coverage of our successful 3-li-
ter multi-serve returnable PET presentation of Coca-Co-
la for our consumers’ enjoyment. Additionally, we rolled 
out  our  1.25-liter  multi-serve  returnable  glass  bottle, 
along with our 1.5-liter and 2-liter multi-serve returnable 
PET  presentations  of  Coca-Cola,  to  more  territories  in 
Mexico. Consequently, we increased the volume of our 
popular  multi-serve  returnable  packages  of  Coca-Cola 
by more than 7% year over year.

SUCCESS STORIESCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201936Our still beverage 
category grew

17.1%
Year over year
in Brazil

S T R O N G   C O M P E T I T I V E 
P O S I T I O N   I N   S T I L L 

B E V E R A G E   C A T E G O R Y

As  the  fastest  growing  category  in  our  industry,  we  focus 
on strengthening our competitive position and capturing the 
most value from still beverage segments by closely aligning 
our portfolio with consumers’ tastes and preferences.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201937M E X I C O

B R A Z I L   &   U R U G U A Y

A R G E N T I N A   A N D   C E N T R A L   A M E R I C A

Accelerating Wholesome Dairy Growth

Achieving Monster Growth

Expanding Plant-Based Beverage Category

Throughout the year, we continued to accelerate growth 
across the value-added dairy category. Under our joint 
venture  with  The  Coca-Cola  Company,  we  continued 
to  meet  growing  consumer  demand  for  our  portfolio 
of wholesome Santa Clara brand UHT whole milk, spe-
cialized  milk,  and  flavored  milk  products.    Among  our 
innovative promotional initiatives, we transferred value 
directly  to  our  consumers  through  a  compelling  com-
bo-package deal of either our 1.25-liter returnable glass 
bottle or 1.7-liter one-way PET presentation of Cola-Co-
la with our 1-liter presentation of Santa Clara UHT whole 
milk from September to October of 2019. Thanks to the 
growing  power  of  our  Santa  Clara  brand,  our  granular 
distribution network, and point-of-sale execution, we ac-
celerated  our  overall  volume  growth  by  25%  year  over 
year across the traditional trade channel, while position-
ing Santa Clara as the second largest player in the UHT 
whole milk market with over 5% share of sales growth 
for 2019.

Monster remained one of the fastest growing, most at-
tractive energy drinks for our Brazilian consumers.  Bol-
stered by our innovative new Mango Loco, Ultra Violet, 
and  Absolutely  Blue  flavors,  Monster  alone  surpassed 
the sales volume of the country’s market leader—an im-
portant benchmark. It also enabled us to achieve over 
47.8% volume growth, while significantly increasing our 
share of sales in the energy drink category for the year.  
Similarly, in Uruguay, Monster rapidly became the coun-
try’s  energy  drink  market  leader,  considerably  increas-
ing our share of sales.

We consolidated and expanded our AdeS brand plant-
based beverage business in Argentina. Among our ini-
tiatives,  we  improved  AdeS  packaging—featuring  its 
notable nutritional benefits—enhanced its point-of-sale 
execution, and expanded its availability across the mod-
ern trade channel. Thanks to our efforts, we not only in-
creased our sales, but also grew our share of the coun-
try’s plant-based beverage category. We further began 
the integration of AdeS in Costa Rica and Panama, in-
cluding our launch of multiple new flavors for our con-
sumers’ enjoyment. 

B R A Z I L

Leveraging Juice-Based Beverage Portfolio

We capitalized on our restructured Del Valle Fresh brand 
portfolio to fulfill Brazilian consumers’ growing demand 
for refreshing juice-based beverages. Utilizing our cold-
fill  platform,  we  expanded  our  share  in  the  affordable 
juice-based beverage segment. Additionally, we launched 
Del Valle Frutas+Vegetais, a premium juice offering that 
blends both fruit and vegetables—with no added sugar—
in a convenient premium glass presentation.

SUCCESS STORIESCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201938Our personal water 
category grew

8.4%
in Central 
America

G R O W I N G   O U R   W A T E R 

P O R T F O L I O

We continue to grow our innovative water portfolio 
to  refresh  and  rehydrate  our  consumers  through-
out their day.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201939M E X I C O

Introducing Naturally Sourced Mineral Water

In  Mexico,  we  recently  launched  Topo  Chico  brand 
sparkling  mineral  water,  an  excellent  complement  to 
our  premium  water  portfolio.  Already  popular  in  the 
U.S.,  this  naturally  sourced  mineral  water  comes  from 
a limestone spring hidden under the Cerro del Topo Chi-
co  Mountain,  which  rises  nearly  4,000  feet  above  the 
outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico. Sourced and bottled in 
Monterrey since 1895, we began offering this naturally 
carbonated premium mineral water to our consumers in 
our 355-ml one-way glass bottles, along with our 600-ml 
and 1.5-liter one-way PET presentations, in the on prem-
ise, self service, and convenience store sales channels.

A R G E N T I N A

Executing a Multi-Tier Strategy

In Argentina, our multi-tier strategy enabled us to grow 
our  share  of  sales  in  the  personal  water  category,  de-
spite  an  exceptionally  challenging  consumer  environ-
ment.  In the value segment, we took advantage of our 
re-launched  KIN  brand  personal  water  to  offer  a  com-
petitive,  affordable  option  to  our  customers  and  con-
sumers. We continued to leverage our Bonaqua brand 
purified water in the mainstream segment.  Moreover, in 
the premium segment, we capitalized on our late 2018 
launch of Smartwater, featuring a unique blend of elec-
trolytes to create a distinctly fresh, crisp, and pure taste 
for our consumers.

B R A Z I L

Building on Three-Tier Water Strategy

We built on our three-tier water strategy to achieve re-
cord high share of sales across our Brazilian franchise 
territories.  In the mainstream water segment, we con-
tinued to grow our Crystal purified water brand across 
the traditional and modern trade channels. In the main-
stream plus water segment, we capitalized on our suc-
cessful  launch  of  naturally  flavored  Crystal  sparkling 
water, growing this brand at a rate of 1 million unit cas-
es per year.  After our successful launch of Smartwater 
late last year, we expanded our point-of-sale coverage 
to accelerate our growth in the premium water segment.  
As a result of this strategy, we achieved record share of 
sales, selling over 200 thousand unit cases in Brazil.

SUCCESS STORIESCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201940The volume of  
Coca-Cola Sin  
Azúcar grew

18.9%

Year over year

D R I V E   L O W -   A N D   N O - S U G A R 

F O O T P R I N T   A H E A D   O F 

C O N S U M E R S ’   D I V E R S E   T R E N D S

We  continue  to  drive  the  development  of  our  low-  and 
no-sugar portfolio of beverages to satisfy and stimulate 
demand for our products while adapting to our consum-
ers’ diverse needs.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201941M E X I C O

U R U G U A Y

Great Taste, Less Sugar With a New Formula

Launching Refreshing, Sugar-Free  Schweppes

In Mexico, we completed a major rollout of our original 
Coca-Cola recipe with reduced sugar content in our sin-
gle  and  family-size  one-way  presentations  throughout 
our territories over the course of the year.  We further fin-
ished a major rollout of our original Fanta, Fresca, Sidral 
Mundet,  and  Sprite  brand  recipes  with  less  sugar  con-
tent across our single- and multi-serve presentations. 

launched  sugar-free 
In  Uruguay,  we  successfully 
Schweppes naturally flavored grapefruit sparkling soda 
in our convenient 250-ml single-serve mini can and our 
3-liter family-size PET presentation. Thanks to the pop-
ularity of this refreshing sugar-free alternative, we sig-
nificantly increased our share of sales in both the coun-
try’s  grapefruit  flavored  sparkling  beverage  segment 
and no-sugar beverage category.

B R A Z I L

Building on the Popularity Of Coca-Cola Sem Açúcar

We  continued  to  build  on  the  increasing  popularity  of 
Coca-Cola  Sem  Açúcar  across  our  Brazilian  franchise 
territories.  Driven  by  our  more  than  50%  growth  in 
household penetration, this attractive consumer choice 
generated 28% volume growth year over year.

SUCCESS STORIESCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201942+1

million people

benefited from our healthy 
habits initiatives in 2019 

H E A L T H Y

Surpassing our 2020 goal 
by 2 million people

As leaders in the beverage industry, we continue to meet 
the changing lifestyles of our consumers and the com-
munities  we  serve.    Among  our  actions,  we  carry  on 
driving  the  development  of  our  low-  or  no-sugar  port-
folio  across  our  markets  ahead  of  consumer  demand.   

We also strive to promote healthy habits in our commu-
nities through multi-sector coalitions and local initiatives 
focused on fostering healthy habits, proper nutrition, and 
physical activity.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201943F O S T E R I N G   H E A L T H Y 

H A B I T S   I N   O U R 
C O M M U N I T I E S

We seek to encourage healthy habits in our com-
munities through local programs focused on nutri-
tion and physical activity.

At the end of 2018, we exceeded our goal of ben-
efitting 5 million people through our healthy habits 
and nutrition programs from 2015 to 2020.  Thus 
far, approximately 7.2 million people have benefit-
ed from our programs over the past five years.

To achieve this goal and complement our healthy 
habits programs, over the past 10 years, we have 
also worked with the FEMSA Foundation to make 
strategic  social  investments  in  projects—with  a 
strong  early  childhood  education  component—fo-
cused on solving food-related issues and creating 
healthy environments for children. 

0.5

1.5

3.1

6.15

7.2

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Along  with  the  Coca-Cola  System  and  other  partners, 
we collaborate in the Ponte al 100 program—designed 
to  generate  healthy  habits  in  primary  and  secondary 
school students, while providing metabolic index mea-
surement of different health indicators for a large por-
tion of the population. 

C E N T R A L   A M E R I C A

We  support  the  Campaign  of  Colors,  a  network  that 
promotes nutrition and healthy habits at 65 elementa-
ry  schools  in  Costa  Rica,  Guatemala,  Nicaragua,  and 
Panama, by educating children about nutrition, hygiene, 
and positive physical activity habits.  This project is car-
ried out in collaboration with the American Nicaraguan 
Foundation (ANF) and Glasswing International.

B R A Z I L   A N D   M E X I C O

C E N T R A L   A M E R I C A

N I C A R A G U A

We  improve  our  communities’  quality  of  life  through 
Praça da Cidadania in Brazil or Plaza de la Ciudadanía 
in Mexico.  This initiative provides access to public ser-
vices, while building a network of upgraded community 
health, nutrition, and physical activity programs. 

We contribute to the physical activity of children, teen-
agers, and adults through their participation in the Hora 
de Moverse initiative, which promotes teacher training 
and donates sports equipment. 

Partnering with The Coca-Cola Company, we offer the 
Un  Plato,  Una  Sonrisa  program  to  contribute  to  aca-
demic  performance,  promote  balanced  eating  habits, 
and  maintain  nutritional  wellbeing  by  supplying  daily 
meals throughout the school year.  

LOCAL INITIATIVESCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201945R E S P O N S I B L E   M A R K E T I N G

At  Coca-Cola  FEMSA,  our  consumers  are  at  the 
center  of  our  decisions  and  actions.  Therefore, 
transparency,  fact-based  information,  and  a  high 
sense  of  responsibility  are  the  guiding  principles 
for our marketing practices.  

Informed nutritional decisions

Responsible marketing

Highest quality

To  enable  our  consumers  to  make  healthy  informed 
choices across every one of our operations, our up-front 
product labels include clear, easy-to-find nutritional con-
tent information, including the nutrients, fats, sugar, and 
sodium in each of our products. Our nutritional labeling 
strategy is based on providing consumers with clear and 
complete information in full compliance with applicable 
regulations  in  each  of  the  9  countries  we  serve.  When 
regulatory  changes  arise,  we  are  always  willing  to  take 
part in such changes, providing our expertise as a sys-
tem in order to ensure that our consumers are provided 
with high-quality information.

As part of our commitment to the wellbeing of our con-
sumers, our advertising adheres to The Coca-Cola Com-
pany’s Responsible Marketing Policy and Global School 
Beverage  Guidelines.  For  instance,  as  part  of  the  Co-
ca-Cola system, we diligently follow and enforce The Co-
ca-Cola  Company’s  Responsible  Marketing  Policy,  and 
we do not market products in channels with an audience 
predominantly  of  children  under  12.  In  this  and  other 
ways, we underscore our devotion to the healthy habits 
of our consumers.

Our production processes fulfill the highest quality stan-
dards;  our  ingredients  comply  with  each  of  our  opera-
tions’  local  regulations  and  international  standards  of 
other regulatory agencies, including CODEX, FDA, JEFCA, 
and EFSA. Our processes are performed in state-of-the-
art bottling facilities within the global beverage industry, 
thus guaranteeing only the best quality products for our 
consumers.

010203COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201946O N E

02

O N E   C O C A - C O L A   F E M S A

02Aligned with our holistic strategic framework, this year we functionalized 
the finance, supply chain, and human resources operating models to create 
a leaner, more agile, and collaborative service organization that leverages 
our company’s scale and shared value opportunities to drive our front-
line operations’ sustainable, profitable business growth. As a result, we 
are creating a stronger, more flexible organization, with the speed, agility, 
and capability to drive our competitiveness, proactively address evolving 
industry challenges, and capitalize on arising market opportunities. 

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201948commercial

4   G R O W T H

Our commercial strategy aims to create and satisfy con-
sumer demand for our products whenever, wherever, and 
however  they  want  them. To  this  end,  our  Commercial 
Center  of  Excellence  endeavors  to  enhance  and  guard 
our company’s commercial processes, while strengthen-
ing our commercial capabilities focused on:

•  Market segmentation. To provide the best value 
proposition to our customers, shoppers, and 
consumers. 

•  Revenue growth management. Including portfolio, 

pricing, and promotions.

•  Demand planning. To guarantee fulfillment of our 

products in the markets we serve.

•  Commercial execution. To ensure our product 

portfolio is presented in the best way possible to the 
shoppers.

•  Route to market. To better serve our customers in 

the most efficient and profitable way.

•  Customer service and engagement. To build 
strong, long-lasting relationships with our 
customers.

•  Commercial analytics and data management. To 

generate powerful insights and transform them into 
winning strategies.

•  Digital technologies and enablers. To develop the 
most innovative, cutting-edge solutions to support 
our operations.

49We are taking 
advantage of digital 
technology to 
transform the way 
we work and serve 
our 1.9 million 
customers and  
261 million 
consumers.

O U R   O M N I C H A N N E L 

S O L U T I O N

Our  Omnichannel  solution  connects  diverse  contact 
points in real time to improve customer service and en-
gagement,  increase  sales,  and  drive  productivity.  The  
following  pages  describe  an  example  of  how  our  cus-
tomers will benefit from it.

This year, we continued to push forward our Advanced 
Analytics Platform to improve our market segmentation, 
revenue growth management, and demand planning ca-
pabilities. To fully capitalize on these capabilities, our Dy-
namic  Initiative  Management  process  (DIM)  aligns  our 
marketing and commercial teams to prioritize and exe-
cute granular initiatives, through the sales force, across 
both the traditional and modern trade channels.

We are also taking advantage of technology to transform 
the  way  we  work  and  serve  our  1.9  million  customers 
and 261 million consumers.

This  is  why  we  are  focused  on  developing  an  Omni-
channel solution for our customers, connecting diverse 
contact  points  in  real  time—from  presale  and  contact 
centers  to  digital  technologies  such  as  direct  messag-
ing, web portals, mobile apps, and electronic data inter-
change (EDI)—to improve customer service and engage-
ment, increase sales, and drive productivity. 

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COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201950Monday

Juan has been our client for some 
years. Today, as every Monday, 
Juan is visited by Mario, his usual 
pre-seller.

While Juan is busy taking care 
of his business, he asks Mario to 
place his weekly order.

8:55

Thursday, 3 July

MI COCA-COLA

now

You have placed and additional order. 

Hours later, Juan realizes that he 
forgot to order a specific product, 
but it is too late. Mario will visit him 
again in a few days.

Juan then uses KOF’s WhatsApp 
chatbot to place an additional 
order, including the specific product 
he had forgotten.

Mario instantly receives 
a notification in his 
hand held: “Juan has 
placed an additional 
order”.

Mario decides to call Juan to 
confirm his new request.

01020304COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201951Tuesday

Overnight, Juan’s cooler 
malfunctioned.

Using his cellphone, Juan 
accesses KOF’s mobile app 
and creates a service order 
to evaluate and repair his 
cooler.

Juan receives a call from 
the Contact Center: “A 
technician will visit you in 
the next few hours”.

11:00

Today

In the afternoon

Recieved

We are working on your order

On the way

Delivered

Next, he confirms that his most recent 
orders will be delivered in the afternoon, 
using the order tracking functionality.

As the delivery truck approaches Juan’s 
business, he receives a WhatsApp 
notification: “Your order is about to be 
delivered. You will be the next customer 
in our route to be served”.

The delivery truck arrives, and Juan 
receives both of his orders. He uses the 
built in e-payment system in KOF’s mobile 
app to create a QR Code.

Juan validates his payment was 
successful and verifies his total balance. 
Juan is a satisfied customer.

05060708COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201952A R G E N T I N A   A N D   B R A Z I L

M E X I C O

C O L O M B I A

B R A Z I L

B2B Digital Solutions

Advanced Analytics Platform

During 2019, we rolled out our B2B web portal in Brazil 
and  Argentina,  serving  up  to  50,000  customers  in  the 
first stage of its deployment. In Brazil, we also rolled out 
another B2B solution based on a chatbot by WhatsApp, 
enabling our customers to reach us for a product any-
time while allowing us to capture lost orders and reduce 
our out of stocks in the market. We are further undertak-
ing  pilots  in  Mexico,  Brazil,  and  Argentina  to  fine-tune 
our B2B relationship model and develop tailored Route-
to-Market  models  that  address  increased  complexity, 
while  reengineering  our  IT  infrastructure  for  real-time 
connectivity.

We are strengthening our marketing and sales Advanced 
Analytics Platform in Mexico and Colombia, while roll-
ing  it  out  across  our  Brazilian  operation.  Among  this 
platform’s  benefits,  we  have  optimized  our  combined 
promotional return on investment by over 30% in Mex-
ico  and  Colombia’s  traditional  trade  channel.  In  Mexi-
co, we have also increased our average price ahead of 
inflation while maintaining our market share. We have 
further constructed a growing library of commercial ini-
tiatives—ranked  by  effectiveness—for  each  of  our  op-
erations to choose from according to their commercial 
strategy.

M E X I C O

C O L O M B I A

B R A Z I L

B R A Z I L

C O C A - C O L A   F E M S A

Artificial Intelligence

Digital Trade

Dynamic Initiative Management

Through Victoria, our machine learning prescriptive an-
alytical engine, we improved our sales forecast accura-
cy  across  selected  operations  in  Mexico.  We  are  also 
expanding Victoria’s footprint and running pilot tests in 
Colombia and Brazil to improve our sales forecast accu-
racy and generate inventory and transportation savings 
in these operations.

We’re expanding our first mover advantage across Bra-
zil’s digital trade channels, including both digital e-com-
merce and food aggregators such as iFood and Rappi. 
Consequently, we enjoy a 78% share of the retail e-com-
merce home market channel and 16.9% incidence rate 
among the country’s online food aggregators, resulting 
in sales of 6.7 million unit cases and volume growth of 
over 120% for the year.

We  operate  our  Dynamic  Initiative  Management  pro-
cess in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Costa Rica, 
Nicaragua,  Panama,  and  Uruguay.  During  2019,  we 
communicated over 5 million targeted initiatives every 
month across these operations. Moreover, our Mexico 
operation  has  shown  8%  improvement  in  its  targeted 
initiatives execution scores. 

SUCCESS STORIESCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201953D E V E L O P   C U S T O M E R - C E N T R I C 

R O U T E - T O - M A R K E T   M O D E L S

G U A T E M A L A

B R A Z I L

Transformed Operating Model

KOF Edge Strategy 

We  are  capitalizing  on  our  growing  knowledge  and  evolving 
our  tailored  direct  and  indirect  Route-to-Market  (RTM)  mod-
els to maximize our customer value creation and optimize our 
cost to serve. Through the right combination of direct and indi-
rect RTM models, we will flexibly and effectively achieve great-
er productivity.

In  our  Los  Altos  territory,  which  includes  Guatemala’s 
second-largest city, we transformed the operating mod-
el  to  upgrade  market  execution,  significantly  improve 
customer service, and considerably expand our portfo-
lio’s  availability.  As  a  result,  sales  volume  across  this 
territory rose 32.3% year over year.

In Brazil, our KOF EDGE strategy aims to literally and fig-
uratively connect all of the dots—from Omnichannel or-
der taking to increased customer engagement, real-time 
routing  and  delivery  traceability  to  alternative  payment 
solutions—to build a sustainable competitive advantage 
by becoming our customers’ preferred sales and delivery 
partner. 

C O S T A   R I C A

Distributors Model

M E X I C O

“Saturation” RTM Model

In 2019, we successfully rolled out our sustainable Dis-
tributors  Model  in  Costa  Rica,  optimizing  the  produc-
tivity of our secondary distribution fleet through an ap-
proved network of distributors. Aligned with our market 
execution  standards,  this  model  is  enabling  us  to  not 
only  increase  our  Costa  Rica  operation’s  ICE  score  by 
10%, but also reduce our Costa Rica operation’s cost to 
serve while improving our client service, volume growth, 
and return on invested capital.

In Mexico, we piloted our saturation RTM model to better 
serve the needs of our smaller and specialized clients 
in  urban  areas.  Complementing  our  existing  pre-sale 
model,  we’re  selectively  working  with  wholesalers  and 
distributors to expand our market reach and to improve 
the level of service for small clients, including specific 
routes for new categories. Consequently, we’re enlarg-
ing our client and consumer base, while expanding port-
folio availability to foster volume growth.

Overall, we are leveraging our Advanced Analytics Platform, 
DIM,  Omnichannel  solution,  and  flexible  Route-to-Market 
models  to  create  a  more  agile  and  flexible  organization, 
enabled with the right commercial capabilities to drive our 
competitiveness,  proactively  address  evolving  industry 
challenges, and capitalize on business opportunities.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201954supply

4   G R O W T H

This  year,  we  functionalized  our  key  supply  chain  area 
to advance, optimize, and standardize our supply chain 
operating  models,  platforms,  systems,  and  processes. 
To  this  end,  we  centralized  the  organization’s  reporting 
structure, with each of the heads of our countries’ supply 
chain  operations  now  reporting  directly  to  our  compa-
ny’s Supply Chain Director. Recognizing those operations 
with the best practices, we also decentralized our distri-
bution  and  manufacturing  centers  of  excellence  to  our 
Brazil and Mexico operations, respectively. Consequent-
ly, Brazil and Mexico are now responsible for evolving our 
distribution and manufacturing models and ensuring the 
rest  of  our  operations  adoption  of  those  models.  Fur-
thermore, we defined a clear vision for our supply chain, 
focused on six main pillars:

•  Define and maintain high standards of quality, 

safety, and environment.

•  Actively embrace and advance our demand-driven 

customer-centric supply chain model.

•  Continuously improve our end-to-end operational 

excellence.

•  Maximize our return on invested capital through 
robust capital and operational expense allocation 
and management.

•  Support our operations’ growth as a reliable 
business partner, consistently meeting our 
business’ key performance indicators and enabling 
our marketing and commercial strategies.
•  Ensure we enjoy the best talent, culture, and 

behavior, aligned with KOF DNA.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201955Our Brazil and Mexico 
operations are the most 
advanced in distribution 
and manufacturing, 
respectively. For this 
reason, we decentralized 
our distribution and 
manufacturing centers 
of excellence to each of 
those operations for them 
to lead our best practices 
across our organization.

operations.  After  deployment  of  our  Digital  Distribution 
1.0  platform,  including  a  web-based  app,  mobile  deliv-
ery devices, and vehicle telemetry equipment, across our 
Mexican and Brazilian operations, we implemented our 
Digital  Distribution  2.0  platform  throughout  our  Brazil-
ian operation’s secondary distribution fleet during 2019. 
Moving  forward,  we  will  begin  our  evolving  digital  dis-
tribution  journey  throughout  the  rest  of  our  operations, 
while deploying Digital Distribution 2.0 across our Mexi-
co operation next year. 

Consistent with our vision, we launched our Supply Chain 
Reinvention initiative to collaboratively and systemically 
share, adopt, and devise our best practices and process-
es,  bolster  our  talent  pool,  and  capture  productivity  op-
portunities across our company’s supply chain through-
out our 9 operations. As part of this four-year reinvention, 
we are undertaking end-to-end portfolio analysis and net-
work optimization; maximizing our asset utilization and 
direct  material  allocation;  optimizing  our  primary  trans-
portation and load sharing; and designing our manufac-
turing, warehouse, and distribution operations of tomor-
row—catering to our business’ future needs. 

Aligned with our strategic priorities, we accelerated our 
development  and  deployment  of  our  demand-driven, 
customer-centric supply chain model. This year, we final-
ized the implementation of our KOF Logistics Services’ 
(KLS) Supply Chain Planning platform across all of our 

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COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201956C O C A - C O L A   F E M S A

M E X I C O   &   B R A Z I L

B R A Z I L

KOF Logistics Services (KLS) Supply Chain 
Planning Platform

During 2019, we completed the implementa-
tion of our KOF Logistics Services (KLS) Sup-
ply Chain Planning platform across 100% of 
our  operations.  We  also  began  deployment 
of this platform throughout our new Uruguay 
and Guatemala operations. Using advanced 
analytics,  we  are  now  able  to  track,  adjust, 
and  optimize  our  routes’  performance  and 
our  overall  customer  service.  Consequent-
ly, the level of service that we provide to our 
commercial  markets  rose  to  99.7  for  2019, 
from 99.4 last year. We have also generated 
production, warehousing, and transportation 
cost  savings  of  US$  39.2  million  over  the 
past three years.

Digital Distribution 2.0 

We  deployed  our  Digital  Distribution  2.0 
platform, utilizing our Monitoring Tower 2.0, 
throughout  our  Brazilian  operation  during 
2019.  Addressing  the  entire  strategic  and 
tactical  planning  cycle  of  our  secondary 
distribution  process—from  analytics  to  de-
livery route planning and execution—this en-
hanced  platform  features  route  traceability, 
a new web-based app for supervisors, end-
to-end  supply  chain  network  analysis,  and 
digital  real-time  control  of  our  distribution 
operation.

C O C A - C O L A   F E M S A

Customer-Driven Distribution Planning

To  support  our  KLS  Supply  Chain  Planning 
platform, we implemented our new custom-
er-driven  distribution  planning  process  in 
Brazil  and  Mexico  during  2019.  This  more 
agile  demand-driven  process  enables  us  to 
proactively adapt our distribution system to 
fulfill our customer requirements, while opti-
mizing our cost to serve. As a result of this 
process,  we  opened  multiple  cross-docks 
and distribution centers to draw our supply 
closer to demand over the course of the year.

Supply Chain Control Tower

This  year,  we  developed  and  deployed  our 
centralized  Supply  Chain  Control  Tower 
housing  all  of  our  capabilities  while  provid-
ing  visibility  across  all  of  our  supply  chain 
activities.  The  tower  utilizes  a  data  lake  to 
store our growing quantity of business intel-
ligence data. 

SUCCESS STORIESCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201957We are ensuring that we 
boast the right talent pipeline 
at the operational level, 
including a growing pool 
of plant, distribution, and 
logistics managers.

On  the  manufacturing  front,  we  made  specific  advanc-
es while undergoing a thorough assessment of our best 
practices across our operations. Among our initiatives, we 
continued development of our end-to-end Digital Manu-
facturing 2.0 platform. Within this platform, we are evolv-
ing  our  Centralized  Plant  Maintenance  Planning  mod-
el  into  our  integrated  Asset  Management  System.  This 
system will encompass our whole supply chain, from our 
manufacturing assets to our buildings, distribution fleet, 
and coolers. Through this comprehensive Asset Manage-
ment  System,  we  expect  to  improve  our  company’s  re-
turn on invested capital through more robust capital and 
operational expense allocation and management.

Furthermore, we are ensuring that we boast the right tal-
ent pipeline at the operational level, including a growing 
pool of plant, distribution, and logistics managers. With 
this in mind, we worked closely with our human resources 
function to develop KLS University, a standardized learn-
ing  platform  designed  to  assure  we  possess  the  right 
competencies  and  capabilities  across  our  operations. 
For example, our Leaders 1 and 2 programs focus on the 
advancement  of  our  middle  managers’  capabilities.  To 
complement KLS University, we are also creating our own 
Distribution  University  and  Manufacturing  University  to 
build not only our technical, but also our managerial ca-
pabilities throughout our organization for years to come.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201958people

4   G R O W T H

As a part of our multi-year cultural transformation jour-
ney, during 2019, we fully functionalized our Human Re-
sources organizational model. Through this process, we 
centralized,  streamlined,  and  de-layered  our  organiza-
tional structure, with each of our operations’ human re-
sources managers now reporting directly to our compa-
ny’s Human Resources Director. Importantly, we defined 
the vision for our new Human Resources (HR) organiza-
tional model to enable our front-line operations’ success:

•  Think and work as one HR team regardless of where 

• 

• 

we work.
Improve the quality and value of HR services to our 
employees, prioritizing our employee experience.
Identify and develop the capabilities required for our 
current and future global business needs.

•  Consolidate  and  standardize  HR  processes,  capabili-
ties, and resources across our operations, eliminating 
redundancies while focusing on high value-added ef-
forts and sharing best practices.

•  Enable technology to define our digital path.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201959Organization & Culture

Adapt our company’s 
organizational capabilities to meet 
evolving business needs.

Talent Management & Development

Ensure our talent becomes our 
competitive advantage to reach 
our company’s strategic goals.

Path to Digital

Promote HR process standardization 
and automation, prioritizing our 
employee experience.

Overall, our medium-term goal is to improve HR service 
value proposition to contribute to our broader business 
strategy  and  address  each  of  our  employee’s  needs, 
based  on  our  employees’  hire  to  retire  journey.  To  this 
end, we look to support our business growth by leading 
cultural change, developing the best talent, and deploy-
ing agile automated processes at an optimum cost.

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T R A N S F O R M A T I O N

Our  cultural  transformation  journey  began  with  the 
launch  of  KOF  DNA  to  ensure  our  customers  and  con-
sumers are at the center of everything we do. Comprised 
of  five  key  foundational  elements,  KOF  DNA  is  the  set 
of core beliefs and behaviors that we aspire to live and 
breathe each and every day.

In 2019, we evolved our 
Organizational Climate 
Survey to a third-party 
managed, 100% digital, 
and faster survey with 
the goal of maximizing 
sense of belonging and 
increasing employee 
experience with excellent 
results: We had a 90% 
rate of participation 
and a 91% of employee 
engagement.

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COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201961Fuel for Growth will help 
us become a leaner, 
more agile, and digital 
Coca-Cola FEMSA.

Over  the  course  of  the  year,  we  brought  KOF  DNA  to 
life  through  multiple  initiatives  across  our  9  countries 
of operation:

Moments  of Truth  (MoT)  workshops  –  We  conducted 
10 MoT workshops with the participation of more than 
400 employees to identify cultural pain points and to de-
velop action plans to help us bridge any identified gaps 
between our current culture and the culture we look to 
achieve across our company.

Culture  Dynamics  Forums  –  We  organized  six  forums 
that  enabled  our  leaders  to  reflect  on  different  cultural 
dynamics that we aim to establish and to subsequently 
implement these behaviors throughout our organization, 
reinforcing our desired culture.

We further undertook  initiatives, including  visits  across 
our traditional and modern trade channels, to expand our 
knowledge of our operational processes, while develop-
ing the operational sensibility to design more assertive 
strategies. 

To  support  our  launch  of  KOF  DNA,  our  company  em-
barked  on  a  major  organizational  model  change  under 
our Fuel for Growth program in order to achieve our goal 
of becoming more:

All-Hands  Meetings  –  We  held  three  companywide 
meetings  to  provide  all  of  our  employees  with  visibility 
about  our  business  strategy  and  results,  as  well  as  to 
promote  opportunities  for  interaction  with  our  compa-
ny’s leaders and to recognize our business heroes.

LEAN to get closer to our markets, clients, and consum-
ers
AGILE and less bureaucratic to respond to our custom-
ers and consumers’ needs
DIGITAL to optimize our platforms and processes

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To create one collaborative culture throughout our com-
pany,  we  complemented  our  deployment  of  KOF  DNA 
across all of our operations and organizational levels with 
our focus on necessary leadership behaviors and capa-
bilities. Our senior leadership team is committed to serve 
as role models for these capabilities and behaviors, and 
they are expected of everyone around our organization:

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Collaboration Mentality

We Before Me

Work together effectively and solve 
problems as a team

Constantly put our organization and 
team’s results above your own to 
benefit our company as a whole

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Accountability

Trust 

Always let your actions reflect a sense 
of responsibility not only for what you 
must deliver, but also for what our 
organization must deliver

Continually put our trust in our 
colleagues

Furthermore, we are in the process of changing our way 
of working. As part of the change management process, 
we  have  already  conducted  10  town  hall  meetings,  62 
cross-functional  workshops,  five  change  management 
workshops,  21  leadership  workshops,  and  20  enabling 
workshops.

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COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201963US$ 22.1

million invested in 
our people.

People First

Our people and the way they work together 
are our company’s most valuable assets. Ac-
cordingly, we invested US$ 22.1 million in our 
people over the course of the year, including 
social development and volunteer activities, 
training  initiatives,  and  occupational  health 
programs.

T A L E N T   M A N A G E M E N T 

A N D   D E V E L O P M E N T

“People  First”  is  a  key  element  of  our  company’s  DNA. 
Accordingly,  we  comprehensively  manage,  attract,  de-
velop, and motivate our people effectively, preparing the 
next generation of leaders today.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 20196466% of our company’s 
talent requirements 
were filled by internal 
candidates.

P E R F O R M A N C E ,   S U C C E S S I O N   

&   M O B I L I T Y

During the year, we improved our performance manage-
ment methodology by including a DNA evaluation, equiv-
alent to 30% of our employees’ annual results. Thus, we 
underscore the importance of our employees’ living and 
acting upon our company’s desired behaviors. 

We  further  deployed  our  annual  9-Box  Talent  Assess-
ment and Management Methodology, enhancing our tal-
ent quality, succession, mobility, and execution metrics 
while focusing on our high potential talent. During 2019, 
95.8% of our employees from executive, senior, and mid-
dle management, as well as individual contributors, were 

evaluated throughout our operations in order to identify 
and take actions to develop our talent pipeline within our 
company. 

To  ensure  our  development  of  high  potential  talent,  we 
expanded  our  Global  Accelerated  Development  Pro-
grams  to  provide  our  organization’s  directors,  manag-
ers, and team leaders with the necessary capabilities to 
guarantee  our  successful  business  strategy.  Based  on 
tailor-made  360º  gaps  in  leadership  competencies  and 
global business needs, these nine-month programs em-
ploy  a  mixed  methodology  of  face-to-face  and  virtual 

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 20196530

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sessions throughout the year. For 2019, we are proud to 
report that our second class of directors and managers 
and our first class of junior managers and team leaders 
graduated from these four programs, comprising 68 high 
potential  executives  from  different  levels  of  our  organi-
zation. Importantly, 54% of our first graduating class of 
directors and managers achieved appointments to new 
roles during the year.

Moreover, we launched our Global Talent Visibility program 
for our high potential talent across all of our operations.

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Our Path to Digital

During  2019, we  began  deployment  of  SAP 
SuccessFactors® Platform throughout all of 
our operations. Ultimately impacting 70,000 
employees,  this  platform  will  integrate,  im-
prove, and simplify our leaders and employ-
ees’ experience with our Human Resources 
processes:

• 

Implementing  Succession  &  Develop-
ment, Performance & 360º Assessment, 
Employee  Profile,  and  Compensation 
modules.

•  Migrating  FEMSA  University  to  a  new 
platform,  integrating  all  of  our  Human 
Resources  processes  while  generating 
self-learning and development.

•  Currently  standardizing  and  migrating 
our  Human  Resources  Administration 
backbone  to  a  cloud-based  solution  in 
order to meet market trends and set the 
foundation for our path to digital.

Training hoursAverage hours per contribution levelStrategic LeadersTactical LeadersPeople LeadersIndividual ContributorsOperations ContributorsInternsAverage hours per genderCOCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201966I N C L U S I O N   &   D I V E R S I T Y 

Train and install inclusive leadership 
skills in all of our leaders

Create an open and flexible work 
environment

Develop a diverse talent pipeline

At Coca-Cola FEMSA, we aim to create an environ-
ment  in  which  every  individual  can  feel  included 
and valued for his or her own knowledge, behavior, 
competencies,  and  results,  with  opportunities  for 
development and recognition based on his or her 
own talent. To this end, our strategic goals are to:

•  Train to identify unconscious biases that 
exist in the way our company functions.

• 

Install best practices that allow us to 
consciously manage such biases.

•  Have a companywide Inclusion & 

Diversity Board to advise our CEO and 
Operation Heads.

•  Update flexible work program policies.

•  Promote flexible work programs through 
a communications campaign focused 
on providing education on their use and 
benefits.

•  Undertake Inclusion & Diversity Week.

• 

Increase representation of women in 
leadership roles.

•  Provide visibility, sponsorship, and 

mentoring to female talent.

•  Review laws regarding equality and non-
discrimination and their requirements.

•  Continuously sensitize our company to new 

ways of working.

• 

Increase representation of people with 
different abilities.

•  Migrate towards open and collaborative 
workplaces across all of our operations.

•  Develop guidelines and key performance 

indicators to evaluate diversity and 
inclusion.

010203COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201967Inclusion & Diversity Week

To  reinforce  that  our  company’s  diversity 
makes  us  stronger,  we  created  a  space  to 
enable  our  employees  to  reflect  on  the  im-
portance  of  inclusion  and  diversity  for  our 
organization,  encourage  our  company’s  de-
velopment of inclusive leadership, and lever-
age the experience and commitment of our 
senior  leadership  team  to  strengthen  our 
culture  of  inclusion  and  diversity.  Through-
out the week, we undertook talks and activi-
ties designed to encourage diverse thinking 
by questioning how:

•  We speak about minorities within our or-

ganization.

•  We raise our collective consciousness to 
use our team’s talent to solve obstacles 
•  We speak inside and outside of our com-
pany,  ensuring  our  message  is  properly 
understood.

•  We realize what an enriching experience 
it is to take advantage of our differences.
•  We prevent sexual and labor harassment.
•  We approach diversity in a different way 
given the impact that change has on the 
human body.

Inclusion & Diversity Mindset

To  accelerate  our  development  of  a  truly  inclusive  and 
diverse organizational culture, we are raising awareness 
and enabling Leadership teams to embed an Inclusion & 
Diversity Mindset by opening a space in our Annual KOF 
Leaders’ Summit to discuss and reflect on unintentional 
bias and intolerance, how “hard-wired” patterns and so-
cial rejection impact performance negatively, and how to 
create an open and mindful culture that can leverage the 
power of human differences.

We will continue to boost our transformation by 
empowering our leaders to:

•  Create  and  mature  our  company’s  inclusion 

• 

and diversity capability development.
Improve  our  employee  experience  and  sense 
of  belonging  by  fostering  a  collaborative  and 
flexible work environment.

•  Ensure our employees reflect the communities 

and consumers we serve.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 20196834%

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Flexible Benefits

We encourage a good work/life balance for our employ-
ees.  To  this  end,  we  standardized  our  different  flexible 
benefit schemes across our operations, including:

•  Flexible schedules
•  Home Office
•  Parental leaves
•  Paid personal day

In some of our operations, we also offer benefits such as 
Happy Friday, Half Day Birthday, and permitted absences 
for family losses.

Return Rate per Gender¹Retention Rate per Gender²MaleFemaleMaleFemaleParental leave¹ Employees that returned to work after Parental Leave.² Employees that continue working 12 months after Parental Leave.Male Parental Leave varies in each country from 2 to 14 days.COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201972C O M P E N S A T I O N   A N D   B E N E F I T S

Our people’s 
compensation 
recognizes their 
effort, and it’s equal 
for both men and 
women.

ees are receiving an integrated salary that is greater than 
or equal to the market average.

We  comply  with  all  labor  rights  and  obligations  stipu-
lated by law, surpassing the conditions and benefits es-
tablished in the laws of each of the countries where we 
operate. Our collective bargaining agreements cover ap-
proximately 66% of our workers. These labor contracts 
are reviewed and agreed on with all of our union repre-
sentatives, respecting the established validity times, as 
well as complying with all notification periods. 

Our people’s compensation and benefits scheme recog-
nizes  their  effort  and  commitment  to  their  jobs,  along 
with their contribution to creating value for our company.

At all levels of our organization, we ensure that our em-
ployees’ remuneration is competitive and that their con-
ditions  are  equal  for  both  men  and  women. To  ensure 
the competitiveness of our benefit packages in all of our 
operations, consistent with our talent acquisition and re-
tention strategy, performance-based bonus practices for 
middle management were reviewed against the market. 
Moreover,  to  ensure  our  management  team’s  competi-
tive compensation and to prevent a loss of talent in re-
covering economies, an analysis was developed togeth-
er with Mercer, a world leader in the health and benefits 
marketplace.

Additionally, based on studies performed by internation-
al consulting firms that enable us to make comparisons 
between countries, we can determine that our employ-

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201973S O C I A L   D E V E L O P M E N T

We  promote  the  development  and  quality  of  life  of  our 
employees  through  a  model  of  integral  wellbeing  that 
positively influences their environment.

Social Development Strategy

To  this  end,  our  Social  Development  Strategy  concen-
trates on five dimensions:

•  Health: We promote healthy physical and biopsycho-

social lifestyles for our employees.

•  Social  Relationships:  We  encourage  satisfactory 
relationships  in  harmony  with  the  environment  and 
community through employee volunteering activities.
•  Economy: We work to build and protect our employ-
ees’ family assets and promote a culture of savings.
•  Educational:  We  look  to  improve  our  employees’ 
school levels, increase their knowledge and skills, and 
foster their cultural, creative, and technological devel-
opment.

•  Labor:  We  are  committed  to  our  employees’  excel-
lence on the job and within their organizational envi-
ronment while developing a sense of belonging.

Promoting Social Development

In  2019,  we  invested  US$3.8  million  in  pro-
grams  promoting  the  proper  balance  be-
tween  work  and  family,  improving  our  em-
ployees’ wellbeing and quality of life.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201974KOF Volunteers Program

We  encourage  the  development  of  our  employees  and 
their families as responsible citizens, committed to their 
community, society, and environment. Through the KOF 
Volunteers  program, we promote initiatives that enable 
us  to  beneficially  impact  the  quality  of  life  and  wellbe-
ing of the communities where we operate, strengthening 
our relationships with them, while positively affecting our 
corporate position and reputation. 

Our 2020 Goal:
To generate 1 million 
hours of volunteer work

Our overall volunteer activity is committed to six differ-
ent causes:

Community Development

Environment

Natural Disasters

Health

Education

Human Rights

In  2019,  83,076  participants,  including  our  employees 
and their families, devoted 421,021 hours to 858 volun-
teer initiatives, supported by an investment of more than 
US$243,000. From 2015 through 2019, we accumulated 
1,443,246 hours of volunteer work.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201975O C C U P A T I O N A L   H E A L T H

At Coca-Cola FEMSA, we look to promote an improved 
quality  of  work  life  for  all  of  our  employees  across  our 
organization.

Occupational Health Management 
System

Our  Occupational  Health  Management  System  estab-
lishes the vision, strategy, objectives, elements, and ac-
tivities through which we improve the quality of work life 
for our employees across our company’s work centers 
and strategic business units. Complying with our legal, 
ethical, scientific, and organizational framework, this sys-
tem encompasses our health processes and programs 
that we apply according to applicable risk matrices, local 
legislation, and operational needs.

2.4% improvement in our 
lost days due to General 
Illness Index vs. 2018.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201976Health & Wellbeing Policies

At Coca-Cola FEMSA, our Corporate Occupational Health 
area is responsible for proposing relevant revisions and 
updates to our three Health and Wellbeing Policies:

•  Occupational Health
•  Personnel With Healthy Habits
•  Healthy Culture

As well as this annual corporate review, which is sent for 
approval to our Director of Social and Labor Development 
and Global Director of Human Resources, our company’s 
internal audit area will later review these policies for dis-
semination and implementation across our operations.

Employee Support Program

In 2019, we continued with our Employee Support Pro-
gram in Mexico. This emotional containment service is 
designed  to  assist  our  employees  and  their  families  to 
resolve  situations  that  may  generate  emotional  distur-
bances such as stress, anxiety, and depression, among 
others, which may affect their development in either their 
daily life or their work environment.

This  program  is  part  of  our  Comprehensive  Wellbeing 
Strategy to reduce psychosocial risk factors inside and 
outside of work through the attention and advice of psy-
chologists  and  other  health  professionals  according  to 
the different situations that affect our employees.

556.7

543.4

HealthLost Days due to General Illness Index(Less is better)20182019COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201977finance

4   G R O W T H

During  2019,  we  functionalized  and  consolidated  our 
key finance area into a leaner, more agile, more collab-
orative,  and  digitally  driven  operating  model  that  takes 
advantage  of  our  company’s  size,  scale,  and  value  op-
portunities to enable the success of our front-line opera-
tions. With this in mind, the ambition of our new Finance 
Operating Model is to serve as a business partner to our 
operations by delivering valuable insights for better and 
faster  decision-making  to  maximize  shareholder  value, 
while ensuring compliance and transactional efficiency. 
To achieve this ambition, our priorities are to: 

•  Maximize our return on invested capital (ROIC) and 
shareholder  value  creation  through  disciplined  capi-
tal allocation, working capital optimization, and prof-
itability insights.

•  Co-design business strategies and support our op-
erations by delivering valuable insights for better and 
faster decision-making to maximize shareholder val-
ue, while ensuring compliance and transactional effi-
ciency. 

•  Proactively  manage  risks  by  designing  our  internal 
control  system  and  actively  address  financial,  legal, 
and cyber-security risks.

•  Prioritize efficiency for all of our transactional activ-
ities by boosting penetration and adoption of shared 
services and digital solutions. 

•  Ensure  accuracy  of  our  financial  information  and 

compliance with statutory obligations.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201978Chief Financial Officer

Functional 
Directors
Treasury, Controllership, Legal, Business Strategy, 
Tax, Procurement, Information Security, KFS

Territory Finance 
Directors
Mexico, Brazil, LATAM

Through  our  functionalization  process,  we  centralized, 
streamlined, and de-layered our Financial Structure, with 
each of our operations’ finance directors and managers 
now reporting directly to our company’s Chief Financial 
Officer. Consequently, we enjoy a leaner, more agile, effi-
cient, and collaborative Finance Operating Model, better 
positioned to capitalize on our company’s scale, capture 
greater value, share best practices and processes, and, 
ultimately, enable our front-line operations to transform 
current and future challenges into opportunities—fueling 
our profitable business growth. 

Moreover, over the second half of the year, we centralized 
and standardized our governance, policies, procedures, 
and  metrics  to  ensure  compliance  and  efficiency.  We 

further deployed our shared financial services strategy, 
centralizing  and  consolidating  our  operations’  transac-
tional activities, such as data processing and reporting, 
within  our  KOF  Global  Business  Services  platform—
thereby  enabling  our  operations  to  focus  on  our  cus-
tomer and consumer-centric capabilities and initiatives. 
Moving forward, we aim to further develop our digitally 
driven  Finance  Operating  Model  in  order  to  strengthen 
and streamline our organization, maximize our return on 
capital, optimize our capital allocation, and importantly, 
free up resources to support our operations’ sustainable 
business growth and overall stakeholder value creation.

KOF Global Business Services:  
Fueling Front-Line Business Growth

KOF Global Business Services model is de-
signed  to  better  support  and  enable  our 
business’ global and local strategic growth. 
Consistent  with  our  business  strategy,  ob-
jectives,  guidelines,  and  requisite  financial 
results,  three  specialized  Finance  entities—
our  Corporate  Experts  team,  KOF  Financial 
Services (KFS), and Region/Country Finance 
team—work  collaboratively  to  provide  on-
field support focused on providing the rules 
of  engagement  and  financial  services  to 
serve  our  internal  and  external  clients  and 
ensure  our  strategic  objectives.  Through 
our  Transformation  Framework,  we  enable 
an efficient, digitally driven, and harmonious 
Administrative & Financial (A&F) Shared Ser-
vice Model.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201979O N E

O N E   C O C A - C O L A   F E M S A

03

03As an enabler of our company’s strategic growth, we ensure sustainability is fully 
integrated throughout our day-to-day decision-making processes and business 
operations. With the long-term sustainability of our business in mind, we 
strategically, proactively, and responsibly address our operations’ sustainability 
challenges across our value chain—from clean energy to climate change, efficient 
water use and conservation, responsible waste management, community 
development, and safety.

COCA-COLA FEMSA81INTEGRATED REPORT 2019C L E A N   E N E R G Y   I N

our operations

We  strive  for  energy  efficiency  across  our  value  chain. 
We further integrate clean and renewable sources of en-
ergy and technologies to reduce our carbon emissions—
thus contributing to climate change mitigation.

Our operations’ energy consumption focuses on a com-
prehensive strategy that encompasses our value chain. 
Aligned with this strategy, we have defined the following 
2020 goals: to reduce the carbon footprint of our value 
chain by 20% against our 2010 baseline; and to supply 
85% of the energy we use for our manufacturing in Mex-
ico from clean sources.

COCA-COLA FEMSA82INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Our 2020 Goals:

Reduce the carbon 
footprint of our value 
chain by 20% against 
our 2010 baseline.

Supply 85% of the 
energy we use for 
our manufacturing 
in Mexico from clean 
sources.

19%

29%

38%

50%

70.7%

91.6

255.3

thousand tCO2e

163.7

Science Based Targets Initiative:  
Acting Against Climate Change

During  2019,  Coca-Cola  FEMSA  embarked 
on  the  Science  Based  Targets  initiative 
(SBTi)  to  improve  our  accounting  of  green-
house gas (GHG) emissions across our val-
ue chain, so we can adopt a science-based 
target  for  GHG  emissions  reduction  that  is 
aligned with the goal of the Paris Agreement 
to limit global warming to well below 2ºC. 

Based on a thorough business analysis, we 
precisely identified the sources of our oper-
ations  CO2  emissions—from  ingredients  to 
packaging,  manufacturing,  distribution,  and 
cold drink equipment. With this hard data, we 
are  defining  the  actions  that  we  must  take 
to drive down our CO2 emissions through a 
clearly defined science-based pathway to a 
low carbon economy. 

The SBT initiative is a collaboration between 
CDP  (formerly  the  Carbon  Disclosure  Proj-
ect),  the  United  Nations  Global  Compact, 
World  Resources  Institute,  the  World  Wide 
Fund  for  Nature,  and  one  of  the  We  Mean 
Business Coalition commitments. 

Clean EnergyTotal KOF CO2 emissions thousand tons of CO2 (eq)Scope 2Scope 120152016201720182019COCA-COLA FEMSA83INTEGRATED REPORT 20194.027

M tonCO2e

25%

28%

7%

14%

27%

Ingredients

Sweeteners
CO2

Packaging

PET
RefPET
Glass
Aluminum
Others

* We report the carbon footprint of our value chain a year behind, since the inventory is made after the operating year is completed.

Manufacturing

Bottling electricity
Fossil fuels

Distribution

Cold-Drink Equipment

Distribution center electricity
Primary and secondary 
distribution fleet

Electricity
Refrigerant gasses

2018 Value Chain Emissions*219.1 gCO2e/L. beverageCOCA-COLA FEMSA84INTEGRATED REPORT 2019M A N U F A C T U R I N G 

E N E R G Y   E F F I C I E N C Y , 
C L E A N   E N E R G Y   & 

E M I S S I O N S   R E D U C T I O N

We managed to 
increase our energy 
efficiency by 46% from 
2010 to 2019.

3.7

5.4

Our  aim  is  to  improve  the  energy  efficiency  of  our  man-
ufacturing operations, while simultaneously reducing our 
greenhouse  gas  emissions. To  this  end,  we  managed  to 
increase our energy efficiency by 46% from 2010 to 2019. 

To improve our plants’ energy efficiency, we have imple-
mented multiple strategic initiatives:

•  Energy Training – We provide annual energy training 
to all of our energy managers in every division, as well 
as all of the operators of each of our plants.

•  Steam  Standard  –  We  focus  on  the  utilization  of 
steam  produced  in  our  plants  to  reduce  consump-
tion, ensure safe use, recover steam condensate, and 
increase the life of our assets.

•  Top 20 Energy Efficiency Strategies – We implement 
key energy efficiency strategies to minimize each of 
our plants’ energy consumption.

•  Energy  Assessments  –  We  conduct  annual  energy 
assessments to support our operations in Argentina, 
Brazil, Central America, Colombia, and Mexico.

From 2015 through 2019, we achieved a 12.6% decrease 
in our manufacturing operations CO2 emissions, reaching 
13.7 grams of CO2 per liter of beverage produced in 2019.

From 2015 through 2019, we 
achieved a 12.6% decrease 
in our manufacturing 
operations CO2 emissions, 
reaching 13.7 grams of 
CO2 per liter of beverage 
produced in 2019.

20102019COCA-COLA FEMSA85INTEGRATED REPORT 201929.3%

70.7%

Electricity
1.78 M Gj

3.39 M Gj
Energy Use

Thermal
1.61 M Gj

Grid electricity

Clean electricity

Steam

Wood

Fueloil

Disesel

LP Gas

Natural Gas

40%

1%

11%

12%

17%

18%

By 2020, we look to satisfy 85% of our Mexican manu-
facturing operations’ electricity requirements with clean 
energy. By the end of 2019, we achieved 69% coverage of 
our Mexican bottling operations’ power needs. 

Beyond  this  goal,  we  supplied  70.7%  of  our  global  bot-
tling operations’ electricity requirements with clean ener-
gy sources by the end of 2019, up more than seven times 
from 9% in 2014. We use clean sources of energy for our 
manufacturing operations in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, 
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama.

For  the  year,  we  reduced  our  energy  consumption  by 
12%, resulting in the following total savings:

US$8.15 million – total energy savings
•  US$4.15 million – energy efficiency
•  US$4 million – clean energy

We use clean sources 
of energy for our 
manufacturing 
operations in 
Argentina, Brazil, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, 
Guatemala, Mexico, 
and Panama.

COCA-COLA FEMSA86INTEGRATED REPORT 2019W A T E R

sustainability

Water is an essential ingredient in the production of our 
beverages.  Consequently,  we  are  committed  to  ensur-
ing the efficient use and conservation of this natural re-
source for the benefit of our company, our communities, 
and our planet.

COCA-COLA FEMSA87INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Our 2020 Goals:

Increase our efficiency in 
water usage to 1.5 liters of 
water per liter of beverage 
produced.

Return to our communities 
and their environment the 
same amount of water 
used in our beverages.

Consistent with this commitment, we have established a 
comprehensive water strategy, founded on three pillars:

1.  Efficiency in water use at our plants 
2.  Facilitating  access  to  water  and  sanitation  in  our 

communities 

3.  Replenishment and water funds

From  2010  through  2019,  we  decreased  our  absolute 
water consumption by 27.8%

Protect, Produce and Return

Water  scarcity  is  a  global  challenge  of  rap-
idly  growing  proportions.  Therefore,  we 
must act to ensure water security to enable 
the sustainable growth of our company, our 
communities,  and  our  planet.  To  this  end, 
our operations follow a three-part paradigm 
to protect, efficiently produce, and return this 
vital resource to the environment. 

Among  our  efforts,  we  continually  update 
our  water  risk  assessment  tool,  conduct 
plant  self-assessments,  and  secure  water 
concessions for our production facilities to 
protect  the  water  supply  of  our  company, 
our  communities,  and  our  countries.  More-
over, we constantly aim to improve our water 
use  ratio  in  the  production  of  our  beverag-
es  through  increased  operating  efficiency 
and investment in our top 10 most water in-
tensive  plants.  Furthermore,  our  operations 
keep working to replenish and return to the 
environment and our communities the same 
amount  of  water  used  to  produce  our  bev-
erages by capturing the full potential of our 
water recovery systems. 

COCA-COLA FEMSA88INTEGRATED REPORT 2019W A T E R   E F F I C I E N C Y

As a beverage bottler, efficient water management is es-
sential to our business, our communities, and our planet.  
By 2020, our goal is to improve our water use ratio to 1.5 
liters of water per liter of beverage produced. For 2019, 
we remained on track to reach our 2020 goal, achieving 
1.52  liters  of  water  per  liter  of  beverage  produced—a 
22.5% improvement in our water use ratio from our 2010 
base year. Moreover, our water efficiency initiatives and 
projects generated savings of US$ 1.63 million in 2019.

Through  our  Top  20  Water  Saving  Initiatives  program, 
we foster efficient water consumption across all of our 
plants.  To  this  end,  we  registered  significant  progress 
across  our  operations,  focusing  on  20  key  measures—
from  our  detection  and  elimination  of  leaks  to  optimal 
water use in our plants to our water recovery systems. 

1.72

1.65

1.58

1.52

W A S T E W A T E R   T R E A T M E N T

100% of the water we discharge from our manufactur-
ing  operations  is  sent  to  wastewater  treatment  plants, 
which ensure sufficient quality to foster aquatic life. 

Access to Safe Water and Sanitation in  
Our Communities 

In collaboration with FEMSA Foundation, we 
carry out projects designed to improve com-
munities’ quality of life by helping to provide 
them  with  safe  water,  improved  sanitation, 
and  hygiene  education.  While  the  Founda-
tion intervenes significantly at the outset of 
each project, all of these initiatives utilize the 
necessary elements to enable communities 
to adopt them in a sustainable way—endur-
ing over the long term.

For more information about FEMSA Founda-
tion, visit 
https://www.femsa.com/en/femsa-
foundation/

Water Efficiency2016201720182019COCA-COLA FEMSA89INTEGRATED REPORT 2019cocacolafemsa_col

We currently give back 100% 
of the water we use in the 
production of our beverages.

W A T E R   R E P L E N I S H M E N T   &   C O N S E R V A T I O N

Aligned  with  the  United  Nations’  Sustainable  Develop-
ment Goals, we recognize that water is an important and 
essential natural resource. Accordingly, we join efforts to 
provide access to potable and affordable water, as well 
as to protect and recover water-related ecosystems.

By  2020,  our  goal  is  to  reduce  our  water  consumption 
and to return to the environment and our communities 
the same amount of water used to produce our bever-
ages. Aligned with our goal, we currently give back to the 
environment more than 100% of the water we use in the 
production of our beverages in Argentina, Brazil, Central 
America, Colombia, and Mexico.

In light of the substantial scope, importance, and com-
plexity  of  water  conservation  and  replenishment,  we 
work  to  strengthen  water  funds  and  conserve  water 
basins through sustainable initiatives involving partner-

ships with several stakeholders. Through the Latin Amer-
ican Water Funds Partnership—comprised of the Nature 
Conservancy,  FEMSA  Foundation,  the  Inter-American 
Development  Bank  (IDB),  and  the  Global  Environment 
Facility—we  jointly  seek  to  offer  hydrological  safety  in 
the  region,  ensuring  sustainable  access  to  a  sufficient 
quantity and quality of water to sustain human life and 
socioeconomic development.

To date, the Partnership has developed 26 water funds. 
Of these funds, five are in countries where we operate—
Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico. As 
a  result,  through  2019,  the  Partnership  has  worked  to 
directly  benefit  approximately  110,500  people  in  areas 
near the water basins through job creation and capabili-
ties training since the projects began.

COCA-COLA FEMSA90INTEGRATED REPORT 2019W A S T E   &

recycling

At Coca-Cola FEMSA, we strive to mitigate the environ-
mental  impact  of  our  operations’  processes.  Over  the 
past several years, we have led the way in the promotion 
of a culture of waste management throughout all of our 
operations and value chain.

COCA-COLA FEMSA91INTEGRATED REPORT 2019C I R C U L A R   E C O N O M Y   O F 

P O S T - C O N S U M P T I O N 

P A C K A G I N G

1

2

11

3

10

9

B

4

1

2

3

4

5

6

Waste

Transport

Collection

Transport

Sorting Centers

Bales

7

8

9

10

11

Recyclers  
(Grading/sorting, washing,  
grinding, shaping)

PET Bottles With Recycled Content

Producers

Distributors

Consumers

8

A

5

7

6

A

B

Other Products (Open loop)

Virgin PET Producers

In  Coca-Cola  FEMSA  we  are  confindent  that  with  the 
support  &  co-responsibility  of  all  actors  in  the  value 
chain, a market-based approach to the circular econo-
my is achievable.

92COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 2019KOF Waste Management Strategy

Comprehensive and responsible 
 post-industrial waste management 

Post-consumption collection 
and recycling

Efficient design and integration of recycled 
materials in our packaging

Our 2020 Goals:

To recycle at least 90% of 
the waste we generate in 
every one of our bottling 
plants.

To include 25% of 
recycled materials in our 
PET packaging.

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 201993World Without Waste

Plastic waste is a global problem that con-
cerns all of us. It is unacceptable that pack-
ages of beverages end up in the wrong place. 
Therefore,  we  continue  to  embrace  our  re-
sponsibility to  help  ensure  that  our  compa-
ny’s  impact  is  positive,  and  our  actions  in-
spire others.

Consistent with our  long-term commitment 
to waste management, we are fully aligned 
with the three pillars of The Coca-Cola Com-
pany’s  “World  Without  Waste”  global  initia-
tive’s 2030 vision to:

DESIGN
•  Make all consumer packaging 100% recy-

clable by 2025

•  Create  packaging  that  includes  at  least 

50% recycled material by 2030

COLLECT
•  Collect the equivalent of 100% of our pri-

mary packaging by 2030

PARTNER 
•  Grow participation in marine litter preven-

tion programs and beach cleanups

Working  together,  we  remain  committed  to 
help solve this pressing problem throughout 
the entire packaging lifecycle—from how our 
bottles are designed to the way they’re col-
lected, recycled, and reused. 

COCA-COLA FEMSA94INTEGRATED REPORT 2019I N N O V A T I V E   P A C K A G I N G 

D E V E L O P M E N T

Within  the  beverage  industry,  our  product  packaging  is 
mainly comprised of PET, glass, and aluminum. We are 
committed to efficiently using our packaging materials; 
redesigning  our  packaging’s  components  to  achieve 
100% recyclability while including a significant share of 
recycled content.

By 2020, our goal is to incorporate 25% recycled materi-
als into all of our PET packages. In 2019, we successfully 
included an average of 23.7% of recycled resin into the 
production of all of our PET presentations. 

Consistent with our efficient resource management and 
optimization  of  our  packaging  materials,  we  continued 
to deploy a wide-ranging light-weighting strategy for our 
operations’ PET presentations and caps. Through our ef-
ficient  resource  management  and  packaging  optimiza-
tion,  we  generated  savings  of  approximately  US$  11.2 
million in 2019.

% Recycled Content19.8%201620172018201921.2%20.8%23.7%COCA-COLA FEMSA95INTEGRATED REPORT 2019By joining efforts, we multiply the effects of our actions. 
Accordingly,  we  partner  with  communities,  authorities, 
and  NGOs  on  different  initiatives  to  raise  awareness  of 
post-consumer  waste  management,  carry  out  collection 
and  recycling  programs  within  our  communities,  and  in-
form consumers about the proper disposal and handling 
of the waste generated from our products, including ma-
rine litter prevention, debris collection, and beach cleanups. 

Importantly we launched Movimiento Re in Colombia, an 
industry alliance to increase PET collection rates in the 
cities of Cartagena, Santa Marta, and Barranquilla.

Since 2002, we have collaborated with other food and bev-
erage companies through ECOCE, a Mexican civil associ-
ation that promotes the collection of waste, the creation 
of a national market for recycling, and the development of 
recycling  programs. Through  this  collaboration,  in  2019, 
ECOCE collected 56% of the total PET waste in Mexico.

Importantly, we are leaders in PET bottle-to-bottle recy-
cling in Latin America. In 2005, we joined efforts in Mex-
ico  to  operate  the  first  food  grade  PET  recycling  plant 
in  Latin  America,  called  IMER  (Industria  Mexicana  de 
Reciclaje  or  Mexican  Recycling  Industry).  In  2019,  this 
plant recycled 11,909 tons of PET. Moreover, we agreed 

to  co-invest  with  our  supplier  in  the  construction  of  a 
new  food  grade  PET  recycling  plant  with  a  capacity  of 
35,000 tons in southeast Mexico. Overall, we have a total 
of 14 recycled food-grade resin suppliers across our op-
erations network.

Overall, in 2019, we utilized a total of 63,631 tons of re-
cycled materials in our plants in Argentina, Brazil, Central 
America, Colombia, and Mexico. As a result of these ef-
forts, we have used more than 336,000 tons of recycled 
PET since 2010.

Strengthening Our Collection and 
Recycling Capabilities

In August 2019, we started operations in Bra-
zil  of  SustentaPET,  a  PET  collection  center 
that will allow us to strengthen our capabil-
ities  in  the  Greater  Sao  Paulo  metropolitan 
area. 

Leveraging  our  shared  knowledge  and  best 
practices, we are undertaking customized ap-
proaches for each country through which we 
engage with suppliers of recycled food-grade 
PET  resin,  develop  our  own  collection  and 
recycling capabilities, and partner with other 
stakeholders to achieve our common goals.

COCA-COLA FEMSA96INTEGRATED REPORT 2019P O S T - I N D U S T R I A L 

O P E R A T I N G   W A S T E 

M A N A G E M E N T

5

119K
tons

114

In 2019, 22 of our bottling plants earned Zero Waste to 
landfill certification. Designed for our Mexico operations, 
this initiative establishes specific measures to improve 
waste  management,  disposal,  and  repurposing—result-
ing  in  improved  waste  efficiency  per  liter  of  beverage 
produced. 

By 2020, we aim to recycle at least 90% of our waste in 
each of our bottling plants. At the end of 2019, 90% of 
our plants successfully achieved this goal. Importantly, 
in  Mexico,  our  plants  recycled  100%  of  the  waste  gen-
erated in our production processes. Overall, we recycled 
95.7% or approximately 114,000 tons of manufacturing 
waste generated.

Currently, 18 of our plants in Mexico have obtained Clean 
Industry  certification  from  the  Federal  Environmental 

Protection  Agency  (PROFEPA).  Moreover,  in  2019,  36 
of our distribution centers in Mexico received air quality 
certifications from PROFEPA, the state of Mexico’s Envi-
ronmental Agency, and Mexico City’s Ministry Secretary 
of the Environment (SEDEMA). These and other recogni-
tions confirm our commitment to the environment and 
overall sustainability.

To this end, we diligently work to ensure our processes 
comply with the highest national and international stan-
dards  and  with  all  applicable  laws,  avoiding  sanctions 
and fines pertaining to environmental issues, while reaf-
firming our commitment to efficient operational process-
es, environmental performance, and competitiveness.

8.3

7.5

6.9

6.4

Waste EfficiencyTotal Waste Generatedgrams of waste per liter of beverage produced(Less is better)2016201720182019Recycled WasteWaste DisposedCOCA-COLA FEMSA97INTEGRATED REPORT 2019S A F E T Y

commitment

At Coca-Cola FEMSA, we firmly believe that it is funda-
mentally  necessary  to  protect  our  people’s  safety,  so 
they  can  fully  enjoy  every  moment  of  their  lives,  while 
creating sustainable value for our consumers, our cus-
tomers,  and  our  business.  That  is  why  we  continually 
reaffirm our commitment to do everything necessary to 
safeguard  the  lives  of  all  of  the  people  with  whom  we 
interact  across  our  operations  to  achieve  our  vision  of 
zero incidents.

Consistent  with  this  commitment,  we  regard  safety  as 
a  core  value  and  behavioral  principle  for  all  of  our  em-
ployees and our organization, based on a culture of pre-
vention, collaboration, respect, and recognition—aligned 
with KOF DNA and our world-class management model.

COCA-COLA FEMSA98INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Quality • Safety • Environment

Raw Materials

Manufacturing

T1 Distribution

Warehousing

T2 Distribution

Sales

Risk Management

Talent & Capability Development

Management, Improvement & Innovation

Managing environmental risks, 
quality, food safety, and road safety

Developing capabilities through the  
professionalization of the QSE function & experts

World-class system and processes to ensure continuous 
QSE management, improvement and innovation

QSE Transformation

Transforming QSE to support our vision in a sustainable way along the value chain

Technology & Digitalization

Supporting our strategy through technology and digitalization to boost people’s 
capabilities and accelerate, optimize, and standardize processes

010203COCA-COLA FEMSA99INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Our 2020 Goal:
To reach a Lost Time 
Incident Rate (LTIR)¹ of 
0.5 and a Total Incident 
Rate (TIR)² of 1.5.

1 
2 

(# Accidents x 200,000)/Hours Worked. 
(# Total Reportable Incidents x 200,000)/Hours 
Worked. 

The factor of 200,000 is obtained from the estimated 
hours worked by 100 employees over 50 weeks at 40 
hours per week. This factor allows for a comparison of 
the indicators as a proportionate rate.

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Through our Executive Team, Coca-Cola FEMSA ratified 
our Safety Strategy and Vision 2020 – 2022 for all of our 
operations—encompassing  all  of  our  employees,  third 
parties, and strategic partners to whom we have made 
the promise and commitment to become a global safety 
benchmark. Until we achieve our vision of zero incidents, 
we have pledged to achieve a 15% annual reduction in 
our  incident  rates,  consistent  with  our  commitment  to 
achieve  world-class  indicators  and  attain  a  Lost  Time 
Incident Rate (LTIR) of 0.5 through our supply chain by 
2022.

To this end, we established KOF Quality, Safety & Envi-
ronment (QSE) Committee, representing the countries in 
which  we  operate.  This  Committee  aims  to  define  our 
QSE  Strategy  and  transformational  initiatives  for  all  of 
Coca-Cola FEMSA.

COCA-COLA FEMSA100INTEGRATED REPORT 2019As a result of our strategic safety initiatives, we report-
ed  a  Lost  Time  Incident  Rate  (LTIR)  of  1.10  in  2019,  a 
7% reduction from 2018 and a 57% reduction from 2015. 
Virtually all of our operations reported a downward trend 
compared to the prior year; notably, our Brazilian opera-
tion surpassed our 2022 goal with an LTIR of 0.36. We 
also achieved a 14% reduction in our Lost Time Incident 
Severity  Rate  (LTISR),  from  22.68  in  2018  to  19.50  in 
2019. We further reached a Total Incident Rate (TIR) of 
1.88, a 6% reduction from 2018.

Lost Time Incident Rate-LTIRTotal Incident Rate-TIR(Less is better)(Less is better)2016201620152017201720182018201920191.803.062.561.342.331.182.001.101.88COCA-COLA FEMSA101INTEGRATED REPORT 2019ial Conte xt

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13.  Management model 
14.  Tools and routines
15.  Relevant knowledge

10.  Transformation 

teams

11.  Talent management
12.  Basic conditions

T R A N S F O R M   O U R   S A F E T Y   C U L T U R E

During 2019, we evolved our Safety Cultural Transforma-
tion Model into our QSE Cultural Transformation Model, 
aligned  with  KOF  DNA,  our  Supply  Chain  Strategy,  and 
the Coca-Cola system’s QSE Culture Model. This model 
defines five key QSE cultural elements and 15 transfor-
mation sub-elements that will enable us to achieve our 
company’s desired picture of success, which forms the 
foundation for both our Supply Chain and QSE Strategy.

ters. Our supply chain and sales area leaders took part in 
our QSE leadership workshops, defining the challenges, 
vision, purpose, beliefs, behaviors, routines, and transfor-
mation plans that our company plans to implement over 
the  next  three  years.  Moreover,  we  formed  more  than 
150  Safety  Cultural  Committees,  replicated  more  than 
100  safety  initiatives,  and  carried  out  more  than  200 
safety activities. 

Pursuant  to  this  model,  we  conducted  more  than  350 
QSE leadership workshops in all of our operations, con-
necting more than 10,000 employees and 100 work cen-

InternalExternalQSE Cultural Transformation Model1. QSE vision and purpose2. Beliefs and Behaviors3. Knowledge, perception and risk tolerance4. QSE in business5. Operational discipline6. Organizational communication7. Interactions of trust8. Collaboration between business functions9. Consequences and recognitionCOCA-COLA FEMSA102INTEGRATED REPORT 2019 
Over 1,500 action 
plans created to 
manage safety 
risks throughout 
the company.

M A N A G E   K E Y   R I S K S   &   F O C U S 

O N   C R I T I C A L   A C T I V I T I E S

During 2019, we developed our QSE Risk Management 
Strategy, and we identified and validated our main stra-
tegic risks at a company level. Moreover, we completed 
the third stage of our Corporate Safety Standards devel-
opment, where programs and controls for key risks at a 
company level are defined. We have designed more than 
1,500 action plans to manage safety risks at a company 
level. Throughout 2020, we will continue their implemen-
tation according to each operation’s risk map, as well as 
the critical risks of our Top Five Initiative process at each 
of our operation’s level.

COCA-COLA FEMSA103INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Our vision is to achieve 
zero incidents.

S A F E T Y   F U N C T I O N   T R A N S F O R M A T I O N

Our development of safety capabilities is one of our core 
transformational initiatives. In order to face current and 
future organizational challenges, we must develop skills 
that enable us to make better decisions, including those 
related to safety. Accordingly, we conducted more than 
500  training  activities,  including  the  following  series  of 
consolidated  educational  and  diagnostic  models  and 
safety skills programs:

•  Safety Skills Diagnostic  

B R A Z I L

•  Cultural Transformation Workshop for Middle Man-

agement and Multipliers  
P H A S E   2

•  Truck Safety School induction  

C O L O M B I A

•  Safety School  

C O C A - C O L A   F E M S A

•  Drivers School  

B R A Z I L   A N D   M E X I C O

•  Cultural Transformation Workshops for Middle 

Management and Multipliers  
C O S TA   R I C A ,   N I C A R A G U A ,   A N D   PA N A M A

•  Risk Management Workshops for Middle  

Management  
C O S TA   R I C A ,   N I C A R A G U A ,   A N D   PA N A M A

During 2019, we invested over 1.25 million training hours 
in Occupational Health and Safety.

COCA-COLA FEMSA104INTEGRATED REPORT 2019S A F E T Y   T E C H N O L O G Y   & 

D I G I T A L I Z A T I O N

Our  safety  technology  and  digitalization  pipeline  con-
tinues  to  enable  our  Road  Safety  Strategy  and  results. 
During 2019, we mapped our main risks and key strate-
gies, while defining a series of pilot tests and technolo-
gies to implement over the next three years. Additionally, 
we developed and pilot-tested the following main initia-
tives over the course of the year:

• 

Information Management Platform and Safety Indi-
cators – enabler to manage our Brazilian operation’s 
Road  Safety  Program,  comprising  a  telemetry  +  ac-
tion management platform for road incident preven-
tion and mitigation 

•  Phase  2  Road  Simulators  for  our  Brazilian  opera-

tion’s primary and secondary distribution fleet

•  Evolution  of  Road  Capabilities Training  Program  – 
focused on defensive driving, road accident reduction, 
vehicle  wear,  and  fuel  consumption  in  our  Brazilian 
operation’s primary and secondary distribution fleet
•  Mobileye Initiative for our Mexico operation’s prima-
ry distribution fleet – enabler to identify operator pro-

files and assess performance/driving habits in order 
to implement controls to decrease accident rates and 
to focus proficiencies according to a specific profile
•  Phase 1 Road Simulators for our Mexico operation’s 

secondary distribution fleet. 

Moreover, we continued to consolidate our Road Safety 
Strategy.  Based  on  three  key  elements—People,  Orga-
nization,  and  Vehicles—this  strategy  has  enabled  us  to 
significantly  improve  road  safety  by  reducing  the  num-
ber of accidents within the organization. To support this 
strategy, our business units have continued to implement 
initiatives and innovations that have accelerated the pos-
itive performance in this critical area, focusing on the de-
velopment  of  our  drivers’  capabilities,  the  development 
of organizational processes, and the implementation of 
technology  for  road  risk  monitoring  and  management. 
Thanks to these transformational initiatives, we achieved 
a 22% crash rate reduction compared with 2018. 

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C O M M I T M E N T   T O   Z E R O   I N C I D E N T S

At Coca-Cola FEMSA, we firmly believe that all incidents 
are  preventable.  Accordingly,  we  continually  research, 
analyze,  and  identify  the  measures  required  to  reduce 
the number of injuries resulting from our operations.

For 2019, we reduced our total fatalities by 10%. Begin-
ning  2018,  this  data  includes  all  of  our  manufacturing, 
distribution,  and  commercial  operations  conducted  by 
our employees, contractors, and third parties. Important-

ly,  96%  of  our  operations  did  not  report  fatalities;  how-
ever, the remaining 4% is still an unacceptable number. 
We are deeply sorry and regret to report a total of 25 fa-
talities, 96% from road accidents and 4% from incidents 
within  our  operations.  We  will  not  be  satisfied  until  we 
fulfill our promise and commitment to zero incidents. We 
offer our condolences to the families and people affect-
ed by our operations, and we pledge to implement best 
practices to prevent any future losses.

Total FatalitiesOwn employees + third parties2016282017920181620197Third partiesOwn employeesCOCA-COLA FEMSA106INTEGRATED REPORT 2019S U S T A I N A B L E

mobility

Through our Sustainable Mobility strategy, we aim to re-
duce the impact of our fleet—including our primary and 
secondary distribution trucks—and to position ourselves 
as the industry leader in Latin America in terms of vehi-
cle efficiency, environmental stewardship, and safety.

COCA-COLA FEMSA107INTEGRATED REPORT 2019We are executing route optimization strategies to maxi-
mize our overall vehicle efficiency. With the complete roll-
out of our KOF Digital Distribution 1.0 platform in Mexi-
co  and  Brazil,  we  have  installed  telemetry  equipment 
on 100% our secondary distribution fleet. Thanks to our 
trucks’ telemetry data—combined with the functionality 
of  our  mobile  delivery  devices—we  enjoy  the  capability 
to identify and correct deviations in our distribution route 
execution  versus  our  route  plan.  This  equipment  also 
enables  us  to  analyze  our  route  execution  patterns  in 
order to identify an optimal combination of variables to 
improve our route planning process. As a result, we op-
timize our fleet’s usage, minimizing our vehicles’ down-
time  while  maximizing  our  vehicles’  uptime.  Thanks  to 
our  telemetry  equipment,  we  also  significantly  reduced 
our fuel consumption by more than 650 thousand liters 
in  2019,  while  decreasing  our  CO2  emissions  by  1,740 
tons for the year.

Moreover, with our deployment of dynamic routing across 
our secondary distribution fleet in Brazil, Colombia, and Ar-

gentina, we enjoy the flexibility to plan our vehicles’ routes 
every day, thereby optimizing our available fleet resources 
and our distances traveled to serve our customers.

reinforced our commitment to eco-efficiency with local 
environmental authorities. 

In  2019,  we  continued  to  evaluate  the  commercial  via-
bility  of  new  lower  emission  vehicles  and  emission  re-
duction devices. In Mexico, we are working with FEMSA 
on an initiative to convert certain small trucks to electric 
vehicles. We are also running tests on an engine idling 
limiter for our secondary delivery trucks in order to de-
crease our CO2 emissions by 8,200 tons per fleet annual-
ly. Currently, 91% of our company’s forklifts run on either 
electricity or liquefied petroleum gas.

Additionally, we leveraged our secondary fleet substitu-
tion  program  in  Mexico  and  Brazil,  where  we  maintain 
our largest volume of delivery trucks. Over the past four 
years, we have substituted more than 1,350 trucks with 
vehicles  that  meet  higher  standards  to  reduce  emis-
sions. Thanks to this program, we reduced our fuel con-
sumption,  emissions,  and  maintenance  costs,  and  we 

In  the  Valley  of  Mexico,  we  continued  to  work  closely 
with local governmental authorities to earn certification 
for 1,127 of our trucks under the self-regulation program.
Pursuant to this voluntary program, we commit to mini-
mize the local delivery fleet’s emissions through key ini-
tiatives, including an efficient maintenance process and 
ongoing fleet substitution program. Among other bene-
fits, local authorities allow us to continually operate our 
complete secondary distribution fleet every day—foster-
ing our social license to operate.

In recognition of our efforts to reduce our primary and 
secondary fleet’s emissions, we earned the Clean Trans-
portation  Award  from  Mexico’s  ministries  of  Environ-
ment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) and Commu-
nications and Transportation (SCT) for the eighth year.

COCA-COLA FEMSA108INTEGRATED REPORT 2019S H A R E D   O P P O R T U N I T I E S   W I T H

our communities

We  work  to  strengthen  and  consolidate  positive  rela-
tionships with the communities with which we interact. 
We  identify  and  develop  shared  opportunities  for  our 
company  and  communities’  sustainable  development, 
enhancing  our  ability  to  serve  the  marketplace  while 
maintaining our social license to operate.

COCA-COLA FEMSA109INTEGRATED REPORT 2019S U S T A I N A B L E   S O U R C I N G

83% of our 
procurement 
expenditure goes 
to local suppliers.

At Coca-Cola FEMSA, we work with our suppliers to re-
duce  the  environmental  and  social  impacts  generated 
by  our  commercial  interactions  and  thus  improve  the 
conditions of our supply chain. In this way, we not only 
minimize negative impacts,  but also raise standards in 
key  business  areas,  increase  labor  efficiency,  preserve 
environmental capital, and reduce risks and costs for all 
of those involved throughout the value chain.

As part of our company’s sustainable sourcing mandate, 
in conjunction with our defined strategic initiatives, each 
supplier cooperates to minimize their social and environ-
mental  risks  over  which  we  have  no  direct  control  and 
which cause the greatest number of impacts throughout 
our supply chain on a daily basis. The general guidelines 
that we use to make this happen are:

1.  The Coca-Cola Company’s (TCCC) Supplier Guiding 
Principles focus on strategic input categories and in-
clude areas such as Human Rights Policies, Environ-
mental  Protection,  and  Labor  Rights.  Through  audits 
that  ensure  compliance  with  these  standards,  TCCC 
authorizes its bottlers to work with approved suppliers.

2.  Sustainable  Agriculture  Guiding  Principles.  Estab-
lished by TCCC, they include the same areas as the 
previous  principles,  but  are  adapted  to  suppliers  of 
agricultural raw materials.

3.  FEMSA’s  Supplier  Guiding  Principles.  We  apply 
these principles to mitigate social risks of suppliers 
for  categories  that  are  different  from  those  of  the 
strategic inputs and are relevant to the value chain.

F E M S A
Supplier  
Guiding Principles

Labor Rights

Environment

Community

Ethics & Values

Child labor

Forced labor  
& freedom to move

Impact  
& environmental 
compliance

Community 
development

Freedom of association 
& collective bargaining

Discrimination  
& harassment

Work schedule  
& compensation

Occupational health  
& safety

Reporting mechanisms

Legal Compliance

Fiscal integrity

Anti-corruption

Money laundering

Fair competition

Conflicts of interest

Privacy & intellectual 
property

Human Rights

COCA-COLA FEMSA110INTEGRATED REPORT 2019These principles reflect the standards that guide our dai-
ly activities to ensure we provide responsible workplaces 
that protect human rights and comply with environmen-
tal laws. Founded on these principles, we follow a com-
prehensive five-step Sustainable Sourcing Strategy:

Prioritization of categories

At Coca-Cola FEMSA, we use a proprietary tool to iden-
tify  which  suppliers  are  candidates  for  a  development 
process.  Suppliers  are  prioritized  considering  factors 
such  as  expenditure,  environmental,  social,  and  ethical 
impacts for each product category, dependability, brand 
association, and operational criticality. 

Sustainable purchases

Through this step, we include FEMSA’s Supplier Guiding 
Principles in our supplier contracts and requests for in-
formation,  provide  general  guidelines  for  assessment 
procedures, and conduct training for sourcing and pur-
chasing employees.

COCA-COLA FEMSA111INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Assessment

At Coca-Cola FEMSA, we assess our suppliers continu-
ously through our Sustainable Sourcing System, ensur-
ing  that  they  are  aligned  with  our  company’s  operating 
principles and values. Carried out online, this assessment 
focuses  on  four  main  areas:  Social/Labor  Rights;  Envi-
ronment; Ethics and Values; and Community. To ensure 
the process’ transparency, a third party reviews and ver-
ifies the information, and we then provide feedback and 
create action plans to encourage supplier development, 
ethics,  and  sustainability.  All  suppliers  with  low  scores 
are subject to improvement plans at their facilities and 
are evaluated periodically to encourage their continuous 
improvement. This year, we conducted 426 supplier eval-
uations  based  on  FEMSA’s  Supplier  Guiding  Principles. 
Since 2015, we have carried out 1,897 evaluations under 
these principles.

Consistent  with  this  strategy, The  Coca-Cola  Company 
(TCCC) assesses and ensures compliance with its guid-
ing  principles  and  sustainability  standards  for  specific 
categories  of  strategic  suppliers;  at  Coca-Cola  FEMSA, 
we only work with suppliers approved by TCCC in those 
categories. In 2019, TCCC carried out 105 evaluations of 
suppliers  aligned  with  their  Supplier  Guiding  Principles 
and Sustainable Agricultural Guiding Principles. 

Suppliers assessed under The Coca-Cola Company guiding principles

C O U N T R Y
C O U N T R Y

2 0 1 5

2 0 1 6

2 0 1 7

2 0 1 8

2 0 1 9

Mexico

Costa Rica

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Panama

Argentina

Brazil

Colombia

Total

33

52

40

59

37

2

3

0

1

5

54

8

3

5

1

0

11

47

7

107

126

7

8

0

3

19

102

18

197

0

7

0

3

10

51

11

1

8

1

2

10

42

4

141

105

Suppliers assessed under FEMSA guiding principles

C O U N T R Y
C O U N T R Y

2 0 1 5
2 0 1 5

2 0 1 6
2 0 1 6

2 0 1 7
2 0 1 7

2 0 1 8
2 0 1 8

2 0 1 9
2 0 1 9

In addition to these assessments, Coca-Cola FEMSA is 
one of the few companies that promoted the application 
of these assessments to Tier 2 suppliers or the suppliers 
of our suppliers. Currently, our strategic suppliers are ap-
plying the same risk assessment and mitigation mech-
anisms  within their own value chain. This ensures that 
the knowledge and the drive for greater sustainability not 
only remains within our direct circle of influence, but also 
extends to all of those who participate in supplying raw 
materials, inputs, and services.

Mexico

Costa Rica

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Brazil

Panama

Argentina

Total

100

30

–

–

–

–

–

198

120

–

84

–

–

–

245

106

49

94

45

–

–

172

165

34

34

27

66

36

31

41

36

21

63

24

31

130

402

539

400

426

COCA-COLA FEMSA112INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Capabilities development

To  strengthen  our  suppliers’  business  capabilities,  we 
provide them with access to training and growth initia-
tives on topics such as finance, marketing, and human 
resources, among others. We also support their growth 
and build their business skills, improve their companies, 
and develop high quality products aligned with our prin-
ciples and values.

In  collaboration  with  the  Mexican  Center  for  Competi-
tiveness  (Centro  Mexicano  de  Competitividad),  we  car-
ry out a Comprehensive Supplier Development Program 
for  strategically  selected  small-  and  medium-sized  en-
terprises (SMEs) to improve their business capabilities. 
Through this program, we collaborate with suppliers to 
not only improve their sustainable competitiveness, but 
also forge stronger relationships with our company and 
other large companies. In 2019, 35 suppliers participat-
ed in the program, training a total of 266 suppliers from 
Mexico and Costa Rica over the past four years.

Recognition 

The good performance of our suppliers on sustainabil-
ity  issues  is  very  important.  Accordingly,  we  recognize 
all of those suppliers that incorporate sustainability into 
their own business’s DNA not only as a requirement for 
doing  business  with  Coca-Cola  FEMSA,  but  also  as  a 
competitive advantage and a means to become socially 
responsible. In Mexico, we conducted a suppliers’ forum, 
with  the  participation  of  over  55  companies,  where  we 
recognized Ecolab, Lub y Rec, and Spirax Sarco for their 
remarkable practices in water access and education. 

35 suppliers participated 
in the SME Development 
program, training a total of 
266 suppliers from Mexico 
and Costa Rica over the 
past four years.

COCA-COLA FEMSA113INTEGRATED REPORT 2019C O M M U N I T Y   D E V E L O P M E N T

To  develop  stronger  relationships  with  our  immediate 
communities,  we  encourage  continuous  dialogue  and 
interaction.  By  systematically  analyzing  their  particular 
needs, we design and deploy activities that benefit both 
our communities and our company. In this way, we seek 
to build trust and ensure the commitment of all parties 
involved—maintaining our social license to operate.

This not only enables us to consolidate positive relation-
ships with our communities, but also contributes to our 
ability to serve the market while identifying key opportu-
nities to collaborate with our neighbors. 

Our 2020 Goal:
To put in place a 
community relations plan 
throughout 100% of our 
key work centers.

COCA-COLA FEMSA114INTEGRATED REPORT 2019In Coca-Cola FEMSA we 
are convinced that strong 
communities are good for 
business.

C O M M U N I T Y   R E L A T I O N S ’ 

M A N A G E M E N T   M O D E L

To create a community relations vision that we can put 
it into practice in a standardized and systematic manner, 
we  developed  a  management  model  that  includes  five 
sequential steps—which are the foundation of our Model 
for Addressing Risks and Relations with the Community 
(MARRCO).

During 2019, we expanded the reach of MARRCO. From 
2016 to 2019, we have implemented MARRCO in 40 pri-
oritized facilities representing 81.6% of our target.

Based on MARRCO methodology, our work centers are 
designing a community engagement plan to immediate-
ly implement a series of measures, including mitigation 
activities  to  reduce  our  operational  footprint  and  com-
munity programs aligned with local needs and risks. In 
turn, this will help us to ensure our positive coexistence 
and our business’ permanence at those locations, while 
reaffirming our social license to operate.  

COCA-COLA FEMSA115INTEGRATED REPORT 201901

Identify & 
Understand

Objectives, capabilities, 
priorities, needs, resources, 
and commitments of the 
business towards the 
community.

02

Analyze & Plan

The risks and opportunities 
for designing community 
engagement activities and 
programs.

03

Agree & Act

Listen to and build with 
the community to set 
commitments and execute 
mutually beneficial activities 
and programs.

04

Assess & Measure

Impact levels of the 
community engagement 
activities and programs, and 
of the plan’s progress.

05

Learn & Improve

Strengthen the capabilities 
and develop abilities 
by identifying areas for 
improvement, best practices, 
and knowledge exchange.

D I A L O G U E   //   C O M M I T M E N T 
C O L L A B O R A T I O N   //   T R U S T

E N G A G E M E N T

Achieve positive engagement with the 
communities to ensure the continuity of the 
operation and improve life quality.

B U S I N E S S
Identifying the impact and influence of a 
community in achieving business goals, 
considering community risks.

C O M M U N I T Y
Identify the impact of the business strategy on 
the community.

O P P O R T U N I T I E S
Finding opportunities to collaborate with the 
community to improve their living conditions.

COCA-COLA FEMSA116INTEGRATED REPORT 2019B R A Z I L

C O L O M B I A

Minha Galera Faz Eco

Vive Bailando

This  is  an  inter-school  socio-environmental 
program that seeks to foster interest in sus-
tainable practices among children.

This  social  intervention  model  focuses  on 
teenagers  and  uses  dance  classes  as  both 
a  transformation  and  healthy  lifestyles  tool 
that  sustainably  and  positively  impacts  their 
behavior, leadership, family unit, and ability to 
change  their  surroundings,  which  have  been 
affected by violence.

M E X I C O

Vive tu Parque

These  parks  feature  an  outdoor 
gym,  sports  facilities,  drinking 
fountains,  children’s  games,  and 
lights. 

A R G E N T I N A

C O S T A   R I C A

Canteros Alcorta

Female Empowerment Project 

We  rehabilitated  the  boulevard  in  front  of 
our Alcorta plant by installing sports poles. 

With  the  participation  of  women  entrepre-
neurs and neighbors from Calle Blancos, we 
carry  out  financial  practices  workshops  to 
benefit their small enterprises. 

Social programs and  
initiatives

At Coca-Cola FEMSA, we build positive rela-
tionships  with  our  communities  by  carrying 
out  different  social  programs  and  initiatives 
in  order  to  improve  local  living  conditions 
from  the  moment  we  begin  our  operations. 
Recognizing  the  diversity  of  our  countries 
and  communities,  we  develop  enriching  ac-
tivities aligned with their local needs.

In 2019, we carried out over 100 community 
development programs and social initiatives 
with over 6 thousand different interventions 
to benefit our communities across the coun-
tries where we operate.

Among our many different activities, our ex-
emplary  social  programs  and  initiatives  in 
these countries include:

COCA-COLA FEMSA117INTEGRATED REPORT 2019appendix

118summary

Amounts expressed in millions of U.S. dollars and Mexican pesos, except data per share and headcount.

I N C O M E   S T A T E M E N T

Total revenues

Cost of goods solds

Gross profit

Operative expenses

Other expenses, net

Comprehensive financing result

Income before income taxes and share of the profit or 
of associates and joint ventures accounted for using 
the equity method

Income taxes

Share in the (loss) profit of equity accounted investees, 
net of taxes

Net income (loss) after tax from discontinued 
operations 

Consolidated net income

Equity holders of the parent for continuing operations

Equity holders of the parent for discontinued 
operations

Non-controlling interest net income for continuing 
operations

Non-controlling interest net income for discontinued 
operations

U.S. (*)

2019

2018 (4) (5) (6)

2017 (2) (3) (4)

2016 (1)

2015

 10,311 

 194,471 

 182,342 

 183,256 

 177,718 

 152,360 

 5,671 

 4,640 

 3,211 

 132 

 321 

 106,964 

 87,507 

 60,537 

 2,490 

 6,071 

 98,404 

 83,938 

 57,924 

 1,881 

 6,943 

 99,748 

 83,508 

 58,044 

 31,357 

 5,362 

 98,056 

 79,662 

 55,462 

 3,812 

 6,080 

 80,330 

 72,030 

 48,284 

 1,748 

 7,273 

 976 

 18,409 

 17,190 

 (11,255)

 14,308 

 14,725 

 299 

 (7)

 -   

 670 

 642 

 — 

 28 

 — 

 (131)

 (226)

 60 

 147 

 155 

 -   

 3,366 

 3,725 

 — 

 — 

 12,630 

 12,101 

 15,070 

 10,936 

 (11,654)

 (16,058)

 10,527 

 10,070 

 10,329 

 10,235 

 — 

 2,975 

 3,256 

 — 

 529 

 768 

 679 

 457 

 — 

391

469

—

 — 

 94 

—

Information considers full-year of KOF’s territories and one month of Vonpar Refrescos, S.A. (“Vonpar”).
Income statement information considers full-year of KOF’s territories and  full-year of Coca Cola FEMSA Venezuela.

1. 
2. 
3.  Balance sheet information does not include Coca Cola FEMSA Venezuela’s balances due to deconsolidation as of December 31, 2017. Venezuela balance is included as 

investment in shares as of December 31, 2017.

Income statement information includes 8 months of the financial results for Abasa and Los Volcanes in Guatemala.
Income statement information includes six months in the financial results for Uruguay.
Includes investments in property, plant and equipment, refrigeration equipment and returnable bottles and cases, net of disposals of property, plant and equipment.

4.  KOF Philippines has been classified as a discontinued operation in our profit and loss statement for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018.
5. 
6. 
7. 
8.  Based on 16,806.7 million ordinary shares as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and 16,583.4 million shares as of December 31, 2016 and 2015.
9.  Computed based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the periods presented:16,806.7 million for 2019 and 2018, 16,730.8 million in 2017 and 

16,730.8 million in 2016 and 2015.

10.  Dividends paid during the year based on the prior year’s net income, using 16,806.7 millions outstanding ordinary shares for 2019 and 2018 and 16,583.4 million outstanding 

ordinary shares for paid on 2017, 2016 and 2015.
Includes third-party and for 2017 excludes 16,566 employees for our discontinued operation in Philippines.

11. 
* Exchange rate as of December 31, 2019 Ps. 18.86 per U.S. dollar solely for the convenience of the reader according to the federal USA reserve.

U.S. (*)

2019

2018 (4) (5) (6)

2017 (2) (3) (4)

2016 (1)

2015

R A T I O S   T O   R E V E N U E S   ( % ) 

Gross margin

Net income margin

C A S H   F L O W

Operative cash flow

Capital expenditures (7)

Total cash, cash equivalents

B A L A N C E   S H E E T

Current assets

Investment in shares

Property, plant and equipment, net

Intangible assets, net

Deferred charges and other assets, net

 45.0 

 6.5 

 1,660 

 608 

 1,086 

 3,011 

 517 

 3,244 

 5,941 

 958 

 45.0 

 6.5 

 31,289 

 11,465 

 20,491 

 56,796 

 9,751 

 61,187 

 46.0 

 8.3 

 29,687 

 11,069 

 23,727 

 57,490 

 10,518 

 61,942 

 45.6 

 (6.4)

 33,236 

 12,917 

 18,767 

 55,657 

 12,540 

 75,827 

 44.8 

 5.9 

 47.3 

 6.8 

 32,446 

 12,391 

 10,476 

 45,453 

 22,357 

 65,288 

 23,202 

 11,484 

 15,989 

 42,232 

 17,873 

 50,532 

 90,754 

 8,858 

 112,050 

 116,804 

 124,243 

 123,964 

 18,055 

 17,033 

 17,410 

 22,194 

L I A B I L I T I E S

Short-term bank loans and notes payable

Interest payable

Other current liabilities

Long-term bank loans and notes payable

Other long-term liabilities

Total Liabilities

Equity

Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries

 609 

 23 

 2,073 

 3,101 

 989 

 6,795 

 6,876 

 358 

 11,485 

 11,604 

 12,171 

 439 

 39,086 

 58,492 

 18,652 

 128,154 

 129,685 

 6,751 

 497 

 33,423 

 70,201 

 16,312 

 132,037 

 131,750 

 6,806 

 487 

 42,936 

 71,189 

 18,184 

 144,967 

 140,710 

 18,141 

 3,052 

 520 

 36,296 

 85,857 

 24,298 

 150,023 

 129,233 

 7,096 

 3,470 

 411 

 26,599 

 63,260 

 7,774 

 101,514 

 108,735 

 3,986 

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent

 6,518 

 122,934 

 124,944 

 122,569 

 122,137 

 104,749 

F I N A N C I A L   R A T I O S   ( % ) 

Current

Leverage

Capitalization

Coverage

D A T A   P E R   S H A R E

Book Value (8)

Loss (income) tributable to the holders of the parent (9)

Dividends paid (10)

Headcount (11)

 1.11 

 0.99 

 0.37 

 5.51 

 0.388 

 0.038 

 0.023 

 1.11 

 0.99 

 0.37 

 5.51 

 7.315 

 0.723 

 0.443 

 1.26 

 1.00 

 0.41 

 4.52 

 7.434 

 0.831 

 0.419 

 82,186 

 82,186 

 83,364 

 1.00 

 1.03 

 0.39 

 4.16 

 7.293 

 (0.765)

 0.422 

 79,636 

 1.14 

 1.16 

 0.41 

 4.80 

 7.365 

 0.607 

 0.419 

 1.39 

 0.93 

 0.39 

 3.92 

 6.317 

 0.617 

 0.386 

 85,140 

 83,712 

 5,648 

 5,260 

 4,184 

 3,928 

 4,551 

Total Assets

 13,671 

 257,839 

 263,787 

 285,677 

 279,256 

 210,249 

FINANCIALCOCA-COLA FEMSA119INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2019  
Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2018 

analysis

C O N S O L I D A T E D   R E S U L T S   

The  comparability  of  our  financial  and  operating  performance  in  2019  as  compared  to  2018 
was affected by the following factors: (1) the ongoing integration of mergers, acquisitions, and 
divestitures completed in recent years, specifically the acquisitions in Guatemala and Uruguay 
in April and June 2018, respectively; (2) translation effects from fluctuations in exchange rates; 
and  (3)  our  results  in  Argentina,  which  effective  as  of  January  1,  2018  has  been  considered 
a hyperinflationary economy. To translate the full-year results of Argentina, we used the 2019 
end-of-period exchange rate of 59.89 Argentine pesos per U.S. dollar and the 2018 end-of-peri-
od exchange rate of 37.70 Argentine pesos per U.S. dollar, for the periods ended December 31, 
2019 and 2018, respectively. The depreciation of the end-of-period Argentine peso at December 
31, 2019, as compared to the end-of-period exchange rate for 2018, was 58.9%. In addition, the 
average depreciation of currencies used in our main operations relative to the U.S. dollar in 2019, 
as compared to 2018, were: 14.8% for the Uruguayan peso, 11.0% for the Colombian peso, 7.9% 
for the Brazilian real, and 0.1% for the Mexican peso. 

Total  Revenues.  Our  consolidated  total  revenues  increased  by  6.7%  to  Ps.  194,471  million  in 
2019, mainly as a result of price increases aligned with or above inflation, volume growth in key 
territories and the consolidation of our acquisitions of ABASA and Los Volcanes in Guatemala 
and Monresa in Uruguay. These effects were partially offset by the depreciation of the Argentine 
peso, the Brazilian real and the Colombian peso, in each case as compared to the Mexican peso. 
This figure includes extraordinary other operating revenues related to an entitlement to reclaim 
tax payments in Brazil. On a comparable basis, total revenues would have increased by 10.8%, 

mainly as a result of an increase in the average price per unit case across our operations and 
volume growth in Brazil and Central America. Total sales volume increased by 1.4% to 3,368.9 
million  unit  cases  in  2019  as  compared  to  2018.  On  a  comparable  basis,  total  sales  volume 
would have increased by 1.4% in 2019 as compared to 2018. 

•  Sales volume of our sparkling beverage portfolio increased by 2.0% as compared to 2018; 
sales  volume  of  our  colas  portfolio  increased  by  1.9%,  while  sales  volume  of  our  flavored 
sparkling beverage portfolio increased by 2.5%. On a comparable basis, sales volume of our 
sparkling beverage portfolio would have increased by 1.8% as compared to 2018, driven by 
growth in Brazil, Central America and flat performance in Mexico. Sales volume of our colas 
portfolio would have increased by 1.6%, mainly due to growth in Brazil, Central America and 
flat performance in Mexico, and sales volume of our flavored sparkling beverages portfolio 
would have increased by 2.8%. 

•  Sales volume of our still beverage portfolio remained flat as compared to 2018. On a compa-
rable basis, sales volume of our still beverage portfolio would have increased by 0.9%, driven 
by volume growth in Brazil. 

•  Sales volume of our bottled water category, excluding bulk water, decreased by 2.5% as com-
pared to 2018. On a comparable basis, sales volume of our water portfolio would have de-
creased by 2.2%, driven by volume growth in Brazil and Central America offset by a volume 
contraction in the rest of our territories. 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION &COCA-COLA FEMSA120INTEGRATED REPORT 2019•  Sales volume of our bulk water category remained flat as compared to 2018. On a compara-
ble basis, sales volume of our bulk water portfolio would have increased by 0.5%, mainly as 
a result of volume  growth in Brazil and Mexico partially offset by a contraction in Colombia 
and Central America. 

Consolidated average price per unit case increased by 3.7% to Ps. 52.46 in 2019, as compared 
to Ps. 50.57 in 2018, mainly as a result of price increases aligned with or above inflation partially 
offset by the negative translation effect resulting from the depreciation of most of our operat-
ing currencies relative to the Mexican peso. On a comparable basis, average price per unit case 
would have increased by 7.8% in 2019, driven by average price per unit case increases aligned 
with or above inflation in key territories. 

Gross Profit. Our gross profit increased by 4.3% to Ps. 87,507 million in 2019; with a gross margin 
decline of 100 basis points to reach 45.0% in 2019 as compared to 2018. On a comparable basis, 
our gross profit would have increased by 8.0% in 2019, as compared to 2018. Our pricing initia-
tives, together with lower PET resin costs and stable sweetener prices in most of our operations, 
were offset by higher concentrate costs in Mexico, higher concentrate costs in Brazil due to the re-
duction of tax credits on concentrate purchased from the Manaus Free Trade Zone coupled with 
our temporary decision to suspend such tax creditsand the depreciation in the average exchange 
rate of most of our operating currencies as applied to U.S. dollar-denominated raw material costs. 

The components of cost of goods sold include raw materials (principally concentrate, sweeteners 
and packaging materials), depreciation costs attributable to our production facilities, wages and 
other labor costs associated with labor force employed at our production facilities and certain 
overhead  costs.  Concentrate  prices  are  determined  as  a  percentage  of  the  retail  price  of  our 
products  in  local  currency,  net  of  applicable  taxes.  Packaging  materials,  mainly  PET  resin  and 
aluminum, and HFCS, used as a sweetener in some countries, are denominated in U.S. dollars.

Administrative  and  Selling  Expenses.  Our  administrative  and  selling  expenses  increased  by 
4.5% to Ps. 60,537 million in 2019 as compared to 2018. Our administrative and selling expenses 
as a percentage of total revenues decreased by 70 basis points to 31.1% in 2019 as compared 
to  2018,  mainly  as  a  result  of  operating  expense  efficiencies  which  were  partially  offset  by  an 

increase in labor, freight and maintenance expenses. In 2019, we continued investing across our 
territories to support marketplace execution, increase our cooler coverage, and bolster our return-
able presentation base. 

Other Expenses Net. We recorded other expenses net of Ps. 2,490 million in 2019 as compared 
to Ps. 1,881 million in 2018, which increased mainly as a result of severance payments related 
to the implementation of our efficiency program to create a leaner and more agile organization 
partially  offset  by  the  tax  actualization  effect  of  tax  reclaim  proceeds  received  in  Brazil.  Our 
non-operating expenses net in 2019 were mainly comprised of an impairment of Ps. 948 million 
of our investment in Compañía Panameña de Bebidas, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (Estrella Azul) along with 
provisions related to contingencies in Brazil.

Comprehensive Financing Result. The term “comprehensive financing result” refers to the com-
bined financial effects of net interest expenses, net financial foreign exchange gains or losses, 
and net gains or losses on the monetary position of hyperinflationary countries where we oper-
ate. Net financial foreign exchange gains or losses represent the impact of changes in foreign 
exchange rates on financial assets or liabilities denominated in currencies other than local cur-
rencies, and gains or losses resulting from derivative financial instruments. A financial foreign 
exchange loss arises if a liability is denominated in a foreign currency that appreciates relative to 
the local currency between the date the liability is incurred or the beginning of the period, which-
ever occurs first, and the date it is repaid or the end of the period, whichever occurs first, as the 
appreciation of the foreign currency results in an increase in the amount of local currency, which 
must be exchanged to repay the specified amount of the foreign currency liability. 

Comprehensive financing result in 2019 recorded an expense of Ps. 6,071 million as compared 
to an expense of Ps. 6,943 million in 2018. This 12.6% decrease was mainly driven by a reduction 
in our interest expense, due to debt reductions during the year, a foreign exchange loss as our 
cash exposure in U.S. dollars was negatively impacted by the appreciation of the Mexican peso, 
and a reduction in other financial expenses. 

Income Taxes. In 2019, our effective income tax rate was 30.7%, reaching Ps. 5,648 million in 
2019,  as compared to Ps. 5,260  million  in  2018.  As a result,  our  effective income  tax rate re-

COCA-COLA FEMSA121INTEGRATED REPORT 2019 
mained stable as compared with 2018, as the non-deductible charge related to the impairment 
of our investment in Estrella Azul offset by the increase in the relative weight of Mexico oper-
ations profits in our consolidated results which have a lower tax rate, coupled with certain tax 
efficiencies across our operations. 

Share of the Profit of Associates and Joint Ventures Accounted for Using the Equity Method, 
Net of Taxes. In 2019, we recorded a loss of Ps. 131 million in the share of the profits of asso-
ciates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity method, net of taxes, mainly due to a 
loss in Estrella Azul that was partially offset by gains in our Jugos Del Valle joint venture and our 
water joint ventures in Brazil. 

Net Income (Equity holders of the parent). We reported a net controlling interest income of Ps. 
12,101 million in 2019, as compared to Ps. 13,911 million in 2018. This was mainly driven by a 
demanding comparable driven by the results of discontinued operations related to the sale of the 
operation in the Philippines and an impairment of Ps. 948 million in our Estrella Azul dairy joint 
venture in Panama. 

R E S U L T S   B Y   C O N S O L I D A T E D   R E P O R T I N G   S E G M E N T 

Mexico and Central America 
Total Revenues. Total revenues in our Mexico and Central America consolidated reporting seg-
ment increased by 9.1% to Ps. 109,249 million in 2019 as compared to 2018, mainly as a result 
of an increase in the average price per unit case in Mexico, the consolidation of our acquisitions 
of ABASA and Los Volcanes in Guatemala and volume growth in Central America. 

Total sales volume in our Mexico and Central America consolidated reporting segment increased 
by 0.5% to 2,075.3 million unit cases in 2019 as compared to 2018, as a result of the consolida-
tion of our acquisitions of ABASA and Los Volcanes in Guatemala, coupled with volume growth 
in Central America. 

•  Sales volume of our sparkling beverage portfolio increased by 1.2%, mainly driven by a 1.4% 
increase in our colas portfolio and a stable performance in our flavored sparkling beverage 
portfolio.  On  a  comparable  basis,  sales  volume  of  our  sparkling  beverage  portfolio  would 

have remained flat as compared to 2018, driven by a stable performance in both our colas 
and flavored sparkling beverage portfolios. 

•  Sales volume of our still beverage portfolio decreased by 1.6%, mainly due to a decline in both 
Mexico and Central America. On a comparable basis, sales volume of our still beverage port-
folio would have decreased by 1.9% as compared to 2018, driven by a decline in both Mexico 
and Central America. 

•  Sales volume of bottled water, excluding bulk water, decreased by 6.3%, due to a decline in 
Mexico that was partially offset by growth in Central America. On a comparable basis, sales 
volume of our bottled water portfolio would have decreased by 6.7% as compared to 2018, 
driven by a decline in Mexico that was partially offset by growth in Central America. 

•  Sales volume of our bulk water portfolio increased by 0.5%. 

Sales volume in Mexico slightly decreased by 0.6% to 1,838.3 million unit cases in 2019, as com-
pared to 1,850.2 million unit cases in 2018. 

•  Sales volume of our sparkling beverage portfolio remained flat, driven by stable performance 
in our colas portfolio, which was partially offset by a decline in flavored sparkling beverage 
portfolio. 

•  Sales volume of our still beverage portfolio decreased by 1.7%. 
•  Sales volume of bottled water, excluding bulk water, decreased by 7.9%. 
•  Sales volume of our bulk water portfolio increased by 0.5%. 

Sales volume in Central America increased by 10.3% to 236.9 million unit cases in 2019, as com-
pared to 214.8 million unit cases in 2018, mainly as a result of the consolidation of our acquisi-
tions of ABASA and Los Volcanes in Guatemala, coupled with organic volume growth. 

•  Sales volume of our sparkling beverage portfolio increased by 11.8%, driven by a 13.4% in-
crease  in  sales  volume  of  our  colas  portfolio  and  a  5.4%  increase  in  sales  volume  of  our 
flavored sparkling beverage portfolio. On a comparable basis, sales volume of our sparkling 
beverage portfolio would have increased by 1.8% as compared to 2018; sales volume of our 
colas portfolio would have increased by 1.8%, while sales volume of our flavored sparkling 
beverage portfolio would have increased by 1.7%. 

COCA-COLA FEMSA122INTEGRATED REPORT 2019 
•  Sales volume of our still beverage portfolio decreased 0.9%. On a comparable basis, sales 
volume of our still beverage portfolio would have decreased by 3.0% as compared to 2018. 
•  Sales volume of bottled water, excluding bulk water, increased by 8.4%. On a comparable ba-
sis, sales volume of our bottled water portfolio would have increased by 4.0% as compared 
to 2018. 

Total sales volume in our South America consolidated reporting segment increased by 2.9% to 
1,293.6 million unit cases in 2019 as compared to 2018, mainly as a result of volume growth in 
Brazil and the consolidation of Uruguay, effects that were partially offset by declines in Argentina 
and Colombia. On a comparable basis, total sales volume would have increased by 4.9% in 2019 
as compared to 2018, as a result of volume growth in Brazil. 

•  Sales volume of our bulk water portfolio declined by 4.1%. 

Gross Profit. Our gross profit in this consolidated reporting segment increased by 8.8% to Ps. 
52,384  million  in  2019  as  compared  to  2018;  however,  gross  profit  margin  decreased  by  20 
basis points to 47.9% in 2019. Gross profit margin decreased mainly as a result of increases in 
concentrate prices in Mexico and the depreciation of the average exchange rates of most of our 
operating currencies of the division, in each case as applied to our U.S. dollar denominated raw 
material costs, which factors were partially offset by our pricing initiatives coupled with more 
stable sweetener prices and a decline in our PET resin prices. 

Administrative and Selling Expenses. Administrative and selling expenses as a percentage of 
total revenues in this consolidated reporting segment decreased by 80 basis points to 32.9% in 
2019 as compared with the same period in 2018. Administrative and selling expenses, in abso-
lute terms, increased by 6.5% as compared to 2018 driven mainly by Increases in maintenance 
and labor costs in Mexico. 

South America 
Total Revenues. Total revenues in our South America consolidated reporting segment increased 
by 3.7% to Ps. 85,222 million in 2019 as compared to 2018, mainly as a result of volume growth 
in Brazil together with average price per unit case growth across our territories and the consoli-
dation of the new acquisition in Uruguay. These effects were partially offset by volume declines 
in the rest of our operations and negative translation effects due to the depreciation of the Argen-
tine peso, the Brazilian real and the Colombian peso in each case as compared to the Mexican 
peso. Total revenues for beer amounted to Ps. 15,619 million in 2019. This figure includes ex-
traordinary other operating revenues related to an entitlement to reclaim tax payments in Brazil. 
On a comparable basis, total revenues would have increased by 14.8%, driven by volume growth 
in Brazil and average price per unit case increases in local currencies across our territories. 

•  Sales volume of our sparkling beverage portfolio increased by 3.2% as compared to 2018. On 
a comparable basis, sales volume of our sparkling beverage portfolio would have increased 
by 4.9%, mainly due to a 2.5% growth in our colas portfolio and 5.5% in our flavored sparkling 
beverage portfolio. 

•  Sales volume of our still beverage portfolio increased by 2.6% as compared to 2018. On a 
comparable basis, sales volume of our still beverage portfolio would have increased by 7.1%, 
mainly driven by growth in Brazil and Uruguay that was partially offset by a decline in Colom-
bia. 

•  Sales volume of our bottled water category, excluding bulk water, increased by 2.2% as com-
pared to 2018. On a comparable basis, sales volume of our bottled water category, excluding 
bulk water, would have increased by 4.7% as compared to 2018, mainly driven by growth in 
Brazil and Colombia. 

•  Sales volume of our bulk water portfolio decreased by 2.3% as compared to 2018. On a com-
parable basis, sales volume of our bulk water portfolio would have remained flat, mainly driv-
en by a decline in Colombia that was offset by growth in Brazil. 

Sales volume in Brazil increased by 7.5% to 846.5 million unit cases in 2019, as compared to 
787.4 million unit cases in 2018. 

•  Sales volume of our sparkling beverage portfolio increased by 6.7% as compared to 2018, as 
a result of a 5.9% increase in our colas portfolio and a 9.3% increase in our flavored sparkling 
beverage portfolio. 

•  Sales volume of our still beverage portfolio increased by 17.1% as compared to 2018. 
•  Sales volume of our bottled water, excluding bulk water, increased by 10.1% as compared to 

2018. 

•  Sales volume of our bulk water portfolio increased by 6.5%. 

COCA-COLA FEMSA123INTEGRATED REPORT 2019 
Administrative and Selling Expenses. Administrative and selling expenses as a percentage of 
total revenues in this consolidated reporting segment decreased by 60 basis points to 28.9% in 
2019 as compared to 2018 , driven mainly by operating expense efficiencies in Brazil. Adminis-
trative and selling expenses, in absolute terms, increased by 1.8% as compared to 2018.

Sales volume in Colombia decreased by 2.2% to 265.5 million unit cases in 2019, as compared 
to 271.4 million unit cases in 2018. to 271.4 million unit cases in 2018. 

•  Sales volume of our sparkling beverage portfolio remained flat as compared to 2018, mainly 
driven  by  a  1.8%  decline  in  our  flavored  sparkling  beverage  portfolio,  offset  by  flat  perfor-
mance in our colas portfolio. 

•  Sales volume of our still beverage portfolio decreased by 17.4% during 2019, as compared to 

2018. 
 Sales volume of bottled water, excluding bulk water, decreased by 5.3% as compared to 2018. 

• 
•  Sales volume of our bulk water portfolio decreased by 2.4%. 

Sales volume in Argentina decreased by 20.6% to 139.3 million unit cases in 2019, as compared 
to 175.3 million unit cases in 2018. 

•  Sales volume of our sparkling beverage portfolio decreased by 21.0% as compared to 2018, 

mainly driven by a decline in both our colas and flavored sparkling beverage portfolios. 
•  Sales volume of our still beverage portfolio decreased by 21.4% as compared to 2018. 
•  Sales volume of bottled water, excluding bulk water, decreased by 18.0%. 
•  Sales volume of our bulk water portfolio decreased by 16.3%, as compared to 2018. 

Sales volume in Uruguay amounted to 42.4 million unit cases in 2019. Our sparkling beverage 
category represented 91.1% of our total sales volume. Our still beverage category represented 
0.9% of our total sales volume. Our water portfolio represented 8.0% of our total sales volume. 

Gross Profit. Gross profit in this consolidated reporting segment amounted to Ps. 35,123 mil-
lion, a decrease of 1.8% in 2019 as compared to 2018, with a 230 basis point margin contraction 
to 41.2%. This decrease in gross profit was mainly driven by higher concentrate costs in Brazil 
related to the reduction of tax credits on concentrate purchased from the Manaus Free Trade 
Zone, coupled with our temporary decision to suspend such tax credits and the depreciation of 
the average exchange rate of all our local currencies in the division as applied to our U.S. dollar 
denominated raw material costs. These factors  were partially offset by our  revenue manage-
ment initiatives, a favorable currency hedging position, combined with lower PET prices in the 
division and lower sweetener prices mainly in Brazil.

COCA-COLA FEMSA124INTEGRATED REPORT 2019C A P I T A L S   &   C O M P A N Y

engagement

H U M A N

N A T U R A L

S O C I A L 

Our people and the way they work together are our com-
pany’s most valuable assets. Accordingly, we encourage 
their  comprehensive  professional  and  personal  deve-
lopment,  while  creating  an  inclusive,  diverse,  and  safe 
work  environment.  Through  our  continuous  talent  ma-
nagement  and  development,  we  promote  trust,  trans-
parency, and teamwork, prepare our next generation of 
leaders,  advance  meritocracy,  recognize  and  celebrate 
our  teams’  success,  while  providing  them  with  honest, 
regular feedback. In this way, we look to attract, retain, 
and  develop  the  best  multicultural  talent  to  ensure  our 
sustainable success.

Our business is committed to the responsible use of our natural re-
sources. As the main ingredient in our beverages, our comprehensive 
water strategy focuses on ensuring efficient water management in 
our operations, facilitating access to safe water and sanitation in our 
communities, and implementing water conservation and replenish-
ment projects to protect the environment. We also work to increase 
energy efficiency across our value chain, while integrating clean and 
renewable energy to reduce our carbon emissions. Aligned with The 
Coca-Cola  Company’s  “World  Without  Waste”  global  initiative,  we 
continue  to  focus  on  comprehensive  and  responsible  waste  man-
agement,  increase our  use  of  recycled  materials  in  our  packaging, 
and participate in schemes and models that support post-consump-
tion collection and recycling.

Our  communities  and  other  stakeholders  are  key  en-
ablers  of  our  business  success.  Accordingly,  we  are 
committed  to  creating  economic,  environmental,  and 
social value by encouraging dialogue and continuous in-
teraction with our neighbors and stakeholders in order to 
develop and implement programs and initiatives that ad-
dress their particular needs and guarantee the continuity 
of our social license to operate. 

COCA-COLA FEMSA125INTEGRATED REPORT 2019F I N A N C I A L

I N T E L L E C T U A L

M A N U F A C T U R E D

Our  financial  and  operating  discipline,  strong  capital 
structure and financial flexibility, transformational digital 
initiatives,  and  adaptability  to  changing  market  dynam-
ics  enable  us  to  capture  organic  and  inorganic  growth 
opportunities in our industry, while creating sustainable 
value for our investors. 

We  are  accelerating  our  digitally  driven  business  transformation 
throughout  our  value  chain.  We  are  further  capturing  the  insights 
from  our  powerful  analytical  platform  to  develop  tailored  business 
models. By building our critical capabilities, we are creating a stron-
ger, more agile, and flexible organization to drive our competitiveness, 
proactively address industry challenges, capitalize on market oppor-
tunities, and foster intellectual development across our organization. 

Our  highly  experienced  team  of  specialists  operate  49 
bottling  plants  and  268  distribution  centers  across  9 
countries, deliver over 3.3 billion unit cases of beverag-
es through a primary and secondary fleet of more than 
11,000 trucks to more than 1.9 million points of sale and 
serve a population of 261 million people.

COCA-COLA FEMSA126INTEGRATED REPORT 2019C O M P R E H E N S I V E   R I S K

management

Our  company  is  present  in  different  countries  and  regions. 
Consequently, we are continually exposed to an environment 
that presents  challenges and risks.  Our ability to manage the 
risks that may arise in the global environment where we oper-
ate is vital for our business’ value creation.  Accordingly, our 
strategy  includes  a  Comprehensive  Risk  Management  Pro-
cess through which we are able to identify, measure, register, 
assess, prevent, and/or mitigate risks.

Strategic shareholder relationships

Consumer preferences

M A I N   R I S K S

M A I N   R I S K S

Our business depends on our relationship with The 
Coca-Cola Company and FEMSA, and changes in this 
relationship may adversely affect us.

Changes in consumer preferences, purchase drivers, 
and consumption habits might generate variability in 
the demand for some of our products.

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

•  Termination of the bottler agreements.
•  Actions contrary to the interests of our shareholders 
other than The Coca-Cola Company and FEMSA.

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

•  Comply with our bottler agreements.
•  Work together and promote effective interaction 
between our strategic shareholders in order to 
maximize value creation.

Variability in the demand for our products.

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

•  Transform into a total beverage company aligned 
with consumers’ changing tastes and lifestyles.

•  Build a winning total portfolio of products and 

presentations .

•  Drive our low- and no-sugar portfolio ahead of 

consumer trends.

•  Promote healthy habits .
•  Offer sustainable packaging options for our 

beverages. 

COCA-COLA FEMSA127INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Coca-Cola trademarks

Competition

Cyber attacks

M A I N   R I S K S

M A I N   R I S K S

M A I N   R I S K S

Coca-Cola’s brand reputation or brand violations could 
adversely affect our business.

Our competition could adversely affect our business, 
financial performance, and results of operations.

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

Damage to Coca-Cola’s trademark reputation.

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

•  Changes in consumer preferences.
•  Lower pricing by our competitors.

•  Maintain the reputation and intellectual property 

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

rights of  Coca-Cola trademarks.

•  Effective brand protection.
•  Strictly comply with Responsible Marketing Policy. 

•  Offer affordable prices, returnable packaging, 

effective promotions, access to retail outlets and 
sufficient shelf space, enhanced customer service, 
and innovative products.
Identify, stimulate, and satisfy consumer preferences.

• 

Service interruption, misappropriation of data or 
breaches of security could adversely affect our 
business.

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

•  Financial loss.
• 
•  Unauthorized disclosure of material confidential 

Interruption of operations.

information.

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

Identify and address cyber threats.

• 
•  Strengthening strategic and technical capabilities for 

• 

mitigation and recovery.
Increase awareness and provide training for incident 
resolution.   

COCA-COLA FEMSA128INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Economic, political, and social conditions

Regulations

Legal proceedings

M A I N   R I S K S

M A I N   R I S K S

M A I N   R I S K S

Adverse economic conditions, political and social events in 
the countries where we operate and elsewhere, and changes 
in governmental policies may adversely affect our business, 
financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

•  Affect and reduce consumer per capita income, which 
could result in decreased consumer purchasing power.
•  Lower demand for our products, lower real pricing of our 

products or a shift to lower margin products.

•  Negatively affect our company and materially affect our 
financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

•  Through a risk management strategy, hedge our exposure 
to interest rates, exchange rates, and raw material costs.

•  Annually or more frequently evaluate, when the 

circumstances require, the possible financial effects of 
these conditions and, to the extent possible, anticipate 
mitigation measures.

Taxes and changes in regulations in the regions where we 
operate could adversely affect our business.

Unfavorable results of legal proceedings could adversely 
impact our business.

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

Increase in operating and compliance costs

• 
•  Restrictions imposed on our operations.

Investigations and proceedings on tax, consumer protection, 
environmental, and labor matters. 

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

•  Map regulatory risks and proposals of changes to 

regulations that directly affect our operation or financial 
condition.

•  Advocacy work to provide advice on legislators’ proposed 

regulatory changes.

Comply with applicable laws and regulations and comply 
with workplace rights policy. 

COCA-COLA FEMSA129INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Acquisitions

Foreign exchange

Climate change

M A I N   R I S K S

M A I N   R I S K S

M A I N   R I S K S

Inability to successfully integrate acquisitions or 
achieve expected synergies could adversely affect our 
operations.

Depreciation of the local currencies of the countries 
where we operate relative to the U.S. dollar could 
adversely affect our financial condition and results.

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

Difficulties and unforeseen liabilities or additional costs 
in restructuring and integrating bottling operations.

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

Integrate acquired or merged businesses’ operations in 
a timely and effective way, retaining key qualified and 
experienced professionals.

•  Financial loss.
• 
•  Adversely affect our results, financial condition, and 

Increase cost of some raw materials.

cash flows in future periods. 

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

•  Closely monitor developments that may affect 

exchanges rates.

•  Hedge our exposure to the U.S. dollar with respect to 
certain local currencies, our U.S. dollar-denominated 
debt obligations, and the purchase of certain U.S. 
dollar-denominated raw materials.

Adverse weather conditions could adversely affect our 
business and results of operations.

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

•  Negatively affect consumer patterns and reduce 

sales.

•  Affect plants’ installed capacity, road infrastructure, 

raw material supply and points of sale.

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

Identify sources of our operations’ CO2 emissions
• 
•  Support and comply with climate change measures 

• 

for adaptation and mitigation. 
Identify and reduce our environmental footprint 
through efficient use of water, energy, and materials. 

COCA-COLA FEMSA130INTEGRATED REPORT 2019Social media

Water

Raw materials

M A I N   R I S K S

M A I N   R I S K S

M A I N   R I S K S

Negative or inaccurate information on social media could 
adversely affect our reputation.

Water shortages or failure to maintain our current water concessions 
could adversely affect our business.

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

Damage to our brands or corporate reputation without 
affording us an opportunity for correction.

•  Water supply may be insufficient to meet our future production needs.
•  Water supply may be adversely affected due to shortages or changes 

• 

• 

Increases in the price of raw materials we use to 
manufacture our products could adversely affect our 
production costs.
Insufficient availability of raw materials could limit the 
production of our beverages. 

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

•  Effective brand protection.  
•  Proactive external communication. 

in governmental regulations or environmental changes.

P O T E N T I A L   I M P A C T S

•  Water concessions or contracts may be terminated or not renewed.

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

•  Efficient water usage.
•  Execute water conservation and replenishment projects. 
•  Maintain 100% legal compliance.
•  Develop Water Risk Index, including four issues that need to be 

assessed: Community and Public Perception Risks, Scarcity of Water 
and other Inputs, Regulatory Risks, and Legal Risks for each of our 
bottling plants.

•  Update water risk assessment tool and work plans that contemplate 
aspects such as climate change, resilience to hydrological stress, 
media and social vulnerabilities, as well as regulations and production 
volumes for each of our bottling plants.

•  Secure water concessions for our production facilities.

Increase in our cost of goods sold.

• 
•  Shortage or insufficient availability of raw materials 

may adversely affect our capacity to ensure production 
continuity.

•  Adjustments to our product portfolio according to 

availability.

K E Y   M I T I G A T I O N   A C T I O N S

• 

Implement measures to mitigate the negative effect 
of product pricing on our margins, such as hedging via 
derivative instruments.

•  Proactively address risk of supply on our value chain
•  Strictly comply with our Supplier Guiding Principles.
•  Strategically adjust our product portfolio to enable us to 
minimize the impact of certain operating disruptions.

COCA-COLA FEMSA131INTEGRATED REPORT 2019officers

John Santa Maria Otazua 
C H I E F   E X E C U T I V E   O F F I C E R    

Constantino Spas Motesinos
C H I E F   F I N A N C I A L   O F F I C E R 

Rafael Ramos Casas 
S U P P LY   C H A I N   A N D   E N G I N E E R I N G   O F F I C E R

Xiemar Zarazua López 
C O M M E R C I A L   D E V E L O P M E N T   O F F I C E R

Karina Paola Awad Pérez
H U M A N   R E S O U R C E S   O F F I C E R 

José Ramón Martínez 
C O R P O R A T E   A F F A I R S   O F F I C E R   

Rafael Alberto Suárez Olaguibel 
I N F O R M A T I O N   T E C H N O L O G Y   A N D   T R A N S F O R M A T I O N   O F F I C E R

Fabricio Ponce García 
C H I E F   O P E R A T I N G   O F F I C E R   –   M E X I C O

Ian Marcel Craig Garcia
C H I E F   O P E R A T I N G   O F F I C E R   -   B R A Z I L 

Eduardo Guillermo Hernández Peña
C H I E F   O P E R A T I N G   O F F I C E R   -     L A T A M

EXECUTIVECOCA-COLA FEMSA132INTEGRATED REPORT 2019directors

D I R E C T O R S   A P P O I N T E D 
B Y   S E R I E S   
A   S H A R E H O L D E R S 

José Antonio Fernández Carbajal 
Executive Chairman of the Board of 
Directors of FEMSA
27 years as a Board Member 

Eduardo Padilla Silva
Chief Executive Officer of FEMSA
4 years as a Board Member

Federico Reyes García
Independent Consultant
27 years as a Board Member
Alternate: Javier Astaburuaga Sanjines

John Santa Maria Otazua
Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola 
FEMSA
6 years as a Board Member

Ricardo Guajardo Touché
Chairman of the Board of Directors, 
SOLFI, S.A. de C.V.
27 years as a Board Member

Alfonso González Migoya¹
Chairman of the Board of Directors 
of Controladora Vuela Compañía de 
Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. (Volaris), 
and Managing Partner of Acumen 
Empresarial, S.A. de C.V.
14 years as a Board Member

Enrique F. Senior Hernández¹
Managing Director of Allen & 
Company, LLC.
16 years as a Board Member

Luis Rubio Friedberg¹
President of the Organization México 
Evalúa
6 years as a Board Member
Alternate: Jaime El Koury

Daniel Servitje Montull¹
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman 
of the Board of Directors of Bimbo
22 years as a Board Member

José Luis Cutrale
Chairman of the Board of Directors of 
Sucocítrico Cutrale, LTDA.
16 years as a Board Member
Alternate: José Henrique Cutrale

Luis Alfonso Nicolau Gutiérrez¹
Partner at Ritch, Mueller, Heather y 
Nicolau, S.C., Law Firm; Member of 
the Firm´s Executive Committee
2 years as a Board Member

D I R E C T O R S   A P P O I N T E D 
B Y   S E R I E S   D 
S H A R E H O L D E R S

José Octavio Reyes Lagunes
Retired
4 years as a Board Member

Charles H. McTier¹
Retired
22 years as a Board Member

John Murphy
Executive Vice President and Chief 
Financial Officer of The Coca-Cola 
Company
2 years as a Board Member
Alternate: Sunil Krishna Ghatnekar

Brian Smith
President and Chief Operating Officer 
of The Coca-Cola Company
3 years as a Board Member
Alternate: Marie D. Quintero-Johnson 

D I R E C T O R S   A P P O I N T E D 
B Y   S E R I E S   L 
S H A R E H O L D E R S

Herman Fleishman Cahn¹
President of Grupo Tampico, S.A.P.I 
de C.V.
8 years as a Board Member
Alternate: Robert Alan Fleishman Cahn

Victor Tiburcio Celorio¹
Independent Consultant
2 years as a Board Member

Francisco Zambrano Rodríguez¹
Managing Partner of Forte Estate 
Planning S.C.
17 years as a Board Member

S E C R E T A R Y   O F   B O A R D

Carlos Eduardo Aldrete Ancira
General Counsel of FEMSA
27 years as a Secretary
Alternate: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

¹ Independent

BOARD OFCOCA-COLA FEMSA133INTEGRATED REPORT 2019practices

F I N A N C E   A N D   P L A N N I N G   C O M M I T T E E 

The  Planning  and  Finance  Committee  works  with 
management to set our annual and long-term stra-
tegic  and  financial  plans  and  monitors  adherence 
to these plans. It is responsible for setting our opti-
mal capital structure and recommends the appro-
priate level of borrowing as well as the issuance of 
securities.  Financial  risk  management  is  another 
responsibility  of  the  Planning  and  Finance  Com-
mittee.  Ricardo  Guajardo  Touché  is  the  chairman 
of  the  Planning  and  Finance  Committee. The  oth-
er  members  include:  Federico  Reyes  García,  John 
Murphy,  Enrique  F.  Senior  Hernández  and  Miguel 
Eduardo  Padilla  Silva.  The  secretary  non-member 
of the Planning and Finance Committee is Constan-
tino Spas Montesinos, our Chief Financial Officer. 

A U D I T   C O M M I T T E E 

The Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing 
the accuracy and integrity of quarterly and annual 
financial statements in accordance with account-
ing,  internal  control  and  auditing  requirements. 
The Audit Committee is directly responsible for the 

appointment,  compensation,  retention  and  over-
sight  of  the  independent  auditor,  who  reports  di-
rectly  to  the  Audit  Committee,  such  appointment 
and  compensation  being  subject  to  the  approv-
al  of  our  Board  of  Directors;  the  internal  auditing 
function also reports to the Audit Committee. The 
Audit Committee has implemented procedures for 
receiving, retaining and addressing complaints re-
garding  accounting,  internal  control  and  auditing 
matters,  including  the  submission  of  confidential, 
anonymous complaints from employees regarding 
questionable  accounting  or  auditing  matters.  To 
carry out its duties, the Audit Committee may hire 
independent counsel and other advisors. As neces-
sary, we compensate the independent auditor and 
any outside advisor hired by the Audit Committee 
and  provide  funding  for  ordinary  administrative 
expenses  incurred  by  the  Audit  Committee  in  the 
course  of  its  duties.  Victor  Alberto  Tiburcio  Celo-
rio  is  the  chairman  of  the  Audit  Committee  and 
the  audit  committee  financial  expert.  Pursuant  to 
the Mexican Securities Market Law, the chairman 
of  the  Audit  Committee  is  elected  at  our  share-

holders meeting. The other members are: Alfonso 
González Migoya, Charles H. McTier and Francisco 
Zambrano  Rodríguez.  Each  member  of  the  Audit 
Committee is an independent director, as required 
by  the  Mexican  Securities  Market  Law  and  appli-
cable New York Stock Exchange listing standards. 
The secretary nonmember of the Audit Committee 
is  José  González  Ornelas,  vice-president  of  FEM-
SA’s internal corporate control department.

C O R P O R A T E   P R A C T I C E S   C O M M I T T E E 

The  Corporate  Practices  Committee,  which  con-
sists  exclusively  of  independent  directors,  is  re-
sponsible  for  preventing  or  reducing  the  risk  of 
performing  operations  that  could  damage  the 
value  of  our  company  or  that  benefit  a  particular 
group of shareholders. The committee may call a 
shareholders meeting and include matters on the 
agenda for that meeting that it deems appropriate, 
approve policies on related party transactions, ap-
prove  the  compensation  plan  of  the  chief  execu-
tive  officer  and  relevant  officers,  and  support  our 
board of directors in the elaboration of related re-

ports.  The  chairman  of  the  Corporate  Practices 
Committee is Daniel Servitje Montull. Pursuant to 
the Mexican Securities Market Law, the chairman 
of the Corporate Practices Committee is elected at 
our shareholders meeting. The other members in-
clude: Jaime A. El Koury, Luis Rubio Freidberg, Luis 
A. Nicolau Gutiérrez and two permanent non-mem-
ber guests, Miguel Eduardo Padilla Silva and José 
Octavio  Reyes  Lagunes. The  secretary  non-mem-
ber of the Corporate Practices Committee is Karina 
Awad Pérez. 

A D V I S O R Y   B O A R D 

The Advisory’s Board main role is to advise and pro-
pose initiatives to our board of directors through the 
Chief  Executive  Officer.  This  committee  is  mainly 
comprised  of  former  shareholders  of  the  various 
bottling  businesses  that  merged  with  us,  whose 
experience constitute an important contribution to 
our operations.

BOARDCOCA-COLA FEMSA134INTEGRATED REPORT 2019ethical system

34%

Unsubstantiated

Complaints by status

Through our ethical culture, we manage under schemes 
that must be adopted as a way of life that inspires the 
acts and actions of all those who are part of the organi-
zation through the establishment of an Ethical System.

principles. Our Code, recently updated, includes import-
ant topics such as Human Rights, Inclusion and Diversi-
ty, Discrimination, Violence and Harassment, Conflicts of 
interests, Misuse of information and Anti-corruption.

24%

Substantiated

Our ethical management is based on:
•  Prevent  illicit  behaviors  that  may  affect  our  human 

capital and our heritage.

•  Detect  improper  acts  through  open  communication 

channels.

•  Respond and provide feedback to our organization to 

build trust.

•  Therefore,  our  system  is  comprised  of  three  funda-
mental elements: the Code of Ethics, an Ethics Com-
mittee and the whistleblowing system known as KOF 
Ethics Line.

Our Code of Ethics
It  is  the  basis  of  our  organizational  culture,  communi-
cates our values, contemplates our main behaviors, pro-
motes good behavior inside and outside our organization 
and guides our correct decision-making based on ethical 

Our Ethics Committee
It  is  the  oversight  and  control  body,  which  guarantees 
compliance with the Code of Ethics and attends to the 
most relevant ethical situations of the company. In each 
of our territories, there is an Ethics Committee and each 
Committee reports to the Corporate Ethics Committee.

Our KOF Ethics Line whistleblowing system
Complaints about noncompliance with the Code of Eth-
ics  are  received  through  the  KOF  Ethics  Line,  which  is 
managed by a third-party. Employees, customers, suppli-
ers, third parties or anyone who has a relationship with 
Coca-Cola FEMSA can use the system anonymously.

A group of investigators analyzes the complaints impar-
tially and confidentially and, if a violation of the Code is 
found, corrective measures are applied.

In  2019,  we  received  1,190  complaints;  of  these,  none 
were  related  to  child  labor,  forced  labor  or  freedom  of 
association.

To  strengthen  our  culture,  our  workers  sign  a  Letter  of 
Compliance to our Code of Ethics. Its purpose is to en-
sure  that  our  employees  are  aware  of  the  Code  of  Eth-
ics, understand the main acts or omissions that may be 
incurred and can put at risk to our organization and that 
they must report any violation of the Code that they know.

42%

In review

1%

Financial
Information

Complaints by topic

20%

Operational

79%

Human  
Resources

INTEGRALCOCA-COLA FEMSA135INTEGRATED REPORT 2019information

I N V E S T O R   R E L A T I O N S

Jorge Collazo
Bryan Carlson
Maite Vilchis
Lorena Martin

kofmxinves@kof.com.mx

S U S T A I N A B I I T Y   &   C O R P O R A T E   C O M M U N I C A T I O N

Juan Carlos Cortés 
Carlos Valle 
Pedro Incháustegui 

sostenibilidad@kof.com.mx

Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.
Mario Pani N° 100
Col. Santa Fe Cuajimalpa 05348,
Ciudad de Mexico, México

(5255) 1519 5000

www.coca-colafemsa.com

L E G A L   C O U N S E L   O F   T H E   C O M P A N Y

Carlos L. Díaz Sáenz
Marío Pani N° 100
Col. Santa Fe Cuajimalpa 05348,
Ciudad de Mexico, México
Phone: (5255) 1519 5000

I N D E P E N D E N T   A C C O U N T A N T S

Mancera, S.C.
A member firm of Ernst & Young Global
Antara Polanco
Av. Ejército Nacional Torre Paseo 843-B Piso 4
Colonia Granada 11520
Ciudad de Mexico, México
Phone:(5255) 5283 1400

S T O C K   E X C H A N G E   I N F O R M A T I O N

Coca-Cola FEMSA’s common stock is traded  
on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, (the Mexican 
Stock Exchange) under the symbol KOFUBL and on 
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (NYSE)
under the symbol KOF.

T R A N S F E R   A G E N T   A N D   R E G I S T R A R

Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street 22W
New York, New York 10286, U.S.A

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U.S. Dollars per ADS

2019

Quarter Ended

$ High

$ Low

$ Close

dec-31

sep-30

jun-28

mar-29

61.98

63.12

68.51

66.75

54.98

57.27

62.03

58.29

60.62

60.62

62.14

66.00

U.S. Dollars per ADS

2018

Quarter Ended

$ High

$ Low

$ Close

dec-31

sep-28

jun-29

mar-30

 64.59 

 56.99 

 60.84 

 63.54 

 54.98 

 61.24 

 69.25 

 54.72 

 56.43 

 78.97 

 64.79 

 66.43 

KOFUBL

Mexican Pesos

2019

Quarter Ended

$ High

$ Low

$ Close

dec-31

sep-30

jun-28

mar-29

121.01

105.71

114.88

122.57

112.93

120.09

130.07

119.05

119.11

128.31

114.28

128.31

Mexican Pesos

2018

Quarter Ended

$ High

$ Low

$ Close

dec-31

sep-28

jun-29

mar-30

 128.25 

 114.60 

 119.15 

 118.62 

 109.94 

 114.26 

 125.21 

 111.49 

 112.46 

 146.21 

 118.92 

 120.23 

SHAREHOLDERS & ANALYSTCOCA-COLA FEMSA136INTEGRATED REPORT 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A B O U T   O U R

integrated report

From our headquarters in Mexico City, we present our 

zil,  Guatemala,  Colombia,  and  Argentina,  and,  nation-

Integrated  Report  2019  edition.  Developed  following 
the guidelines of the International Integrated Reporting 

wide, in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and Uruguay.

Council (IIRC) and in accordance with the GRI (Global 

For  comparability  purposes,  the  non-financial  quanti-

Reporting Initiative) Standards. Similarly reporting the 

tative data for 2019 and 2018 is represented without 

indicators of the Sector Supplement for Food Process-

Venezuela, since as of December 31, 2017 Venezuela 

ing  Companies  of  the  same  guide  in  its  G4  version. 

is  a  deconsolidated  operation  reported  as  an  invest-

Furthermore,  this  Report  elaborates  our  Communica-

ment  in  shares;  while  the  2017  information  is  repre-

tion  on  Progress  (COP)  to  the  United  Nations  Global 

sented without the Philippines.

Compact included by FEMSA in its 2019 report. 

The  information  contained  corresponds  to  the  period 

from January 1st to December 31st, 2019. It includes 

data  from  all  the  countries  where  Coca-Cola  FEMSA, 

S.A.B. of C.V. has operations or a majority share. Its op-

erations encompass franchise territories Mexico, Bra-

C H I E F   F I N A N C I A L   A N D   A D M I N I S T R A T I V E   O F F I C E R

Constantino Spas Montesinos

C O R P O R A T E   A F F A I R S   O F F I C E R

José Ramón Martínez Alonso

Stock listing information: Mexican Stock Exchange, Ticker: KOFUBL | NYSE (ADS), Ticker: KOF | Ratio of KOFUBL to KOF = 10:1

Coca-Cola FEMSA files reports, including annual reports and other information with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the “SEC,” and the 
Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, or the “BMV”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC (that apply to foreign private issu-
ers) and of the BMV. Filings we make electronically with the SEC and the BMV are available to the public on the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.
gov, the BMV’s website at www.bmv.com.mx, and our website at www.coca-colafemsa.com. Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. is the largest Coca-Cola 
franchise bottler in the world by sales volume. The Company produces and distributes trademark beverages of The Coca-Cola Company, offering a wide 
portfolio of 129 brands to a population of more than 261 million. With over 80 thousand employees, the Company markets and sells approximately 3.4 
billion unit cases through close to 2 million points of sale a year. Operating 49 manufacturing plants and 268 distribution centers, Coca-Cola FEMSA is 
committed to generating economic, social, and environmental value for all of its stakeholders across the value chain. The Company is a member of the 
Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Markets Index, Dow Jones Sustainability MILA Pacific Alliance Index, FTSE4Good Emerging Index, and the Mexican 
Stock Exchange’s IPC and Sustainability Indices, among others. Its operations encompass franchise territories in Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Colombia, 
and Argentina, and, nationwide, in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Uruguay, and Venezuela through its investment in KOF Venezuela. For further informa-
tion, please visit www.coca-colafemsa.com

COCA-COLA FEMSAINTEGRATED REPORT 2019