Eurasia
Eurasia is home to 2.1 billion people and represents a significant growth opportunity
for our Company. Through our focus on water stewardship and active lifestyles, we are
working to make a meaningful difference and grow sustainably.
Water Stewardship
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Nepal, India: Coca-Cola India and the United Nations
Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT) are teaming up to improve
access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation in India
and Nepal. The community development projects will launch as part
of the UN-HABITAT's Water for Asian Cities Program. Specific
projects include increasing water supply through rainwater harvesting
and other techniques, providing safe drinking water and sanitation
for urban poor, improving water management and sanitation, and
awareness-raising programs on water usage, sanitation, and conservation.
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| Turkey: Coca-Cola Içecek in Turkey has a bottling
plant with ionized air rinsers, which do not use water. Two of
the five production lines in this plant have these air rinsers,
which save a significant amount of water per line per day. |
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| UNDP Partnership: Our Company and the United Nations
Development Programme committed to a $7 million, five-year partnership
in 2006. The initiative initially focuses on projects in Croatia,
Kazakhstan, Romania and Turkey to improve communities' access
to safe drinking water and industrial water use along the Danube
River and the Black Sea. The project will also provide advocacy
on water issues in the region. |
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India: Coca-Cola India works with local government agencies,
such as the Central Ground Water Board, and communities to combat
water scarcity and restore groundwater tables. Local government
officials and NGOs identify critical areas, and then the Company
establishes rainwater harvesting partnerships in those areas to
collect and recharge the groundwater tables. More than 300 rainwater
harvesting systems have been installed in India. |
Active Lifestyles
| Ukraine: Coca-Cola Ukraine worked with the Charity Fund
of the Klitschko Brothers to build playgrounds in six large cities,
attracting thousands of children. A total of 15 playgrounds are
scheduled to be installed by the end of 2007. |
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Croatia: Coca-Cola Croatia joined the Ministry of Science
and Education in supporting a major sports competition in 2007.
Approximately 1,500 primary school students and 900 secondary
school students participated in a number of competition sports
such as basketball, gymnastics, soccer, swimming and volleyball.
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Environmental Stewardship
| Russia: In 2007, for the fourth consecutive year, the
Coca-Cola system and their families formed Green Teams. More than
2,500 volunteers cleaned streets and parks in Russian cities where
the Company operates. |
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| Coca-Cola Green Team in Ukraine: Employees from Coca-Cola
Beverages Ukraine hosted Coca-Cola Green Day to promote local
awareness of water stewardship for the second straight year. More
than 350 employees teamed up with the Ukraine State Committee
of Water Management, the Representative Office of OSCE, environmental
professors and students from Kyiv National University, and members
of the media to clean the banks of the Desna River -- which
sources drinking water to the Brovary Region. The volunteers collected
approximately 4 tons of waste and around 80 bags of PET and glass
bottles for recycling. The group also planted 100 trees during
the two-hour event. |
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