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ATHENS, Greece, September 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Coca-Cola Hellenic ("Company"), one of the world's largest bottlers of products of The Coca-Cola Company, has been included in the 2012 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) for the fifth consecutive time, listing it as one of the world's top-ranking beverage companies in sustainability. Coca-Cola Hellenic is one of only four companies in the beverage industry to merit a listing on the DJSI World Index and just two to...
TOKYO, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Coca-Cola (Japan) Company, Limited and Coca-Cola Educational & Environmental Foundation announced on September 10 that the Coca-Cola Japan Reconstruction Fund held a ceremony at Shinchi Elementary School on Sunday, September 9, to commemorate the completions of solar facilities installed with grants from the Fund at four public elementary and junior high schools in the town of Shinchi in Soma-gun, Fukushima Prefecture. (Photo:...
Attorney Thomas J. Henry forces Coca Cola to face a corporate responsibility challenge after cell phone distraction injury case. Corpus Christi, Texas (PRWEB) May 04, 2012 Coca Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. today faces a corporate responsibility challenge after Corpus Christi jury awards in excess of 21 Million Dollars in a cell phone distraction injury case heard in the County Court at Law No. 2 in Nueces County, Case No. 10-61510-2. Two law firms came together to bring the cell phone...
TOKYO, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Coca-Cola Japan announced on March 30 new voluntary energy-saving measures that will reduce the potential for electric power disruptions this summer. The additional efforts were announced at the conclusion of a two-day series of events in Tokyo attended by Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company. His participation comes one year after his trip to Japan immediately following the March 11 disasters. Kent met with Coca-Cola Japan...
TOKYO, July 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coca-Cola Japan Reconstruction Fund has decided to contribute 1.5 billion yen to the rebuilding of public elementary and junior high schools, with the funds being extracted from the 2.5 billion yen collected for reconstruction of the affected areas in the Great East Japan Earthquake. With an eye towards expanding renewable energy in Japan, the Fund supports cleaner energy in the reconstruction of the affected schools by providing funding for the...
The Coca-Cola Foundation Awards Over $19 Million to Communities Across the U.S. and Canada in 2010 ATLANTA, Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coca-Cola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company, has awarded grants totaling $4 million to 38 organizations across the U.S. and Canada in the fourth quarter of 2010. In line with the Foundation's commitment to building sustainable communities throughout the U.S. and Canada, this grant funding will help support local...
The Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Coca-Cola executives help launch the first-ever permanent recycling program on the National Mall ATLANTA, Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Coca-Cola wants YOU... to please recycle when you visit the National Mall. One year after announcing an investment of more than one million dollars in the National Park System in partnership with the National Parks Service, National Park Foundation and the Trust for the National Mall, Coca-Cola helped...
COACHELLA, Calif., April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Southern California celebrated the Grand Opening of the environmentally sustainable Coachella Sales Center today. The sales center is the first LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified facility in the Coca-Cola Enterprises system and in the city of Coachella. The facility, located on Industrial Parkway in Coachella, is a newly constructed, 60,000 square foot building. Among...
The Coca-Cola Company, in partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), today announced ambitious new targets to improve water efficiency and reduce carbon emissions within its system-wide operations, while promoting sustainable agricultural practices and helping to conserve the world's most important freshwater basins. "Our sustainability as a business demands a relentless focus on efficiency in our use of natural resources. These performance targets are one way we are engaging to improve our...
The Coca-Cola Company announced today its intention to make cash offers to purchase China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited, a Hong Kong listed company which owns the Huiyuan juice business throughout China. The Coca-Cola business in China has been operating since 1979 and is well known for its sparkling beverage brands such as Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta. In the last few years, the Company has also introduced a number of still beverage brands, including Guo Li Chen (Minute Maid Pulpy) and Yuan...
