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Environment

Environment

We aim to drive growth and build resilience for the long term. We prioritize goals and actions that seek to improve water security in high-risk locations, reduce packaging waste and decrease emissions.

Our impact by

the numbers

100%+

of water returned
to nature and
communities since 2015*

 

Water

65%

of the equivalent bottles and cans we introduced into the market were collected and refilled or collected for recycling

alt

28%

system-wide renewable electricity usage


 

Electricity

*100% of water returned to nature and communities since 2015: Contributing to the implementation of community and watershed “replenish” projects across the world that yield an estimated annual volumetric water benefit equivalent to the company’s annual global sales volume. Volumetric water benefits are quantified following established and peer-reviewed methodology described in Corporate Water Stewardship: Achieving a Sustainable Balance (2013) or the methodology described in Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting (VWBA): A Method for Implementing and Valuing Water Stewardship Activities (2019), unless an exception has been approved in writing. The progress against the "water replenished" goal of more than 100% is externally assured.

 

Our focus areas

Water

Water

We’re promoting water stewardship, increasing water use efficiency in our operations and treating and returning safe water to nature and communities. 


 

Packaging

Packaging

We’re working to use more recycled material in our primary packaging and to support the collection and recycling of beverage containers.

Climate

Emissions

We aim to reduce emissions in our own operations and work with our bottling partners and suppliers to reduce their direct emissions.

Agriculture

Agriculture

We work with suppliers and partners on initiatives that support sustainable sourcing of agricultural ingredients.