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PetStar becomes official partner for UNESCO World Engineering Day 2025 campaign
- PetStar led by Arca Continental, Coca-Cola México, and other bottlers from the Coca-Cola Bottling System in Mexico, is a 100% Mexican company, globally recognised for its leadership in food-grade PET collection and recycling. For 30 years, PetStar has been a solution that addresses global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, waste and plastic pollution aligned to the UN SDGs and Agenda 2030.
- PetStar, as a leading voice in recycling in the world, led by Arca Continental, Coca-Cola México, and other bottlers from the Coca-Cola Bottling System in Mexico has been selected as an official partner for UNESCO World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development (WED) 2025, which was launched at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 4 March 2025.
WED is jointly operated by UNESCO and the World Federation for Engineering Organizations (WFEO), which spans some 100 countries and represents more than 30 million engineers. It is an International Day proclaimed by the UNESCO General Conference and open to everyone.
The launch in Paris marks the start of a year-long campaign of events, films and related articles and news, highlighting the achievements of engineers and engineering around the world, and promoting engineering as a career.
Produced by the SJH Group – the official media partner and broadcaster for WED – all campaign content, which includes a multimedia hub dedicated to PetStar, is hosted on the WED website at www.worldengineeringday.net.
As an official partner, PetStar’s insights and expertise will form an integral part of the 12-month campaign, which provides a springboard for governments, UN-associated organisations, policymakers, educators and leaders in the public and private sectors to raise awareness of the importance of engineering.
The WED campaign has an estimated global reach of more than 100 million individuals, and this year’s theme of “Shaping our sustainable future through engineering” focuses on the essential role that engineering has to play in achieving the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
PetStar is a 100% Mexican company, globally recognised for its leadership in food-grade PET collection and recycling. Since 2011, Arca Continental has been its main shareholder, alongside Coca-Cola Mexico, Bepensa Bebidas, Corporación del Fuerte, Grupo RICA, Grupo Embotellador Nayar, and Embotelladora de Colima, bottlers from the Coca-Cola Bottling System in Mexico.
For 30 years, the Sustainable Business Model of PetStar has been a systemic solution that addresses global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, waste and plastic pollution, building a climate circular economy with a human rights perspective, aligned with the SDGs and the Agenda 2030, which guide us towards the transformation of circular economy models to achieve a world free from plastic pollution and greater social inclusion.
Jaime Cámara, CEO of PetStar said “The world needs innovative solutions to contribute to the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals. For 30 years we have been generating social, environmental and economic value to benefit families, communities in Mexico and the planet through our Sustainable Business Model. Based on a circular economy of PET bottles, we make a difference at every stage of our process, from PET bottle collection to incorporating recycled food-grade PET into the packaging of the Coca-Cola Company portfolio of our shareholders, with whom we share the vision for a more sustainable world.
Addressing the significance of WED, Mustafa Shehu, President of the WFEO, says: “World Engineering Day 2025 is all about putting engineering in the global spotlight, showing how engineers are leading the way in the effort to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal targets, and inspiring the next generation to find out more about what a career in engineering has to offer.”
Jacques de Mereuil, Executive Director of the WFEO, says: “We’re thrilled to be involved in launching this important international celebration and campaign at UNESCO’s global headquarters in Paris, and delighted to have PetStar involved, as an authority in recycling.”
To view PetStar’s WED content, go to www.petstar.mx
About Arca Continental
Arca Continental is a company engaged in the production, distribution and sale of beverages under the brands owned by The Coca-Cola Company, as well as salty snacks under the brands Bokados in Mexico, Inalecsa in Ecuador and Wise in the United States. With an outstanding track record of more than 98 years, Arca Continental is the second-largest Coca-Cola bottler in the Americas and one of the most important in the world. Through its Coca-Cola franchise, the company serves a population of more than 128 million in the northern and western regions of Mexico, as well as in Ecuador, Peru, the northern region of Argentina and the southwestern United States. Arca Continental is listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange under the symbol “AC”.
For more information about Arca Continental, please visit www.arcacontal.com/en.aspx
Media contact:saladeprensa@arcacontal.com
About Mexican Coca-Cola Industry
The Mexican Coca-Cola Industry is made up of Coca-Cola de México, eight bottling groups: Arca Continental, Bebidas Rerescantes de Nogales, Bepensa, Coca-Cola FEMSA, Corporación del Fuerte, Corporación RICA, Embotelladora de Colima and Embotelladora del Nayar, Jugos del Valle-Santa Clara and our recycling plants, IMER and PetStar. The joint work of these companies has allowed our more than 80 brands and all our products to reach your hands. Together, IMCC companies provide direct employment to more than 98,000 people, and generate more than one million indirect jobs.
