Recycling rewards: Coca-Cola earns Gold Medal for sustainable development
By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff -- Manufacturing Business Technology, 2/13/2009 1:46:00 PM
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The World Environment Center's (WEC) Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development went to The Coca-Cola Company for strategic business initiatives in the high impact areas of water stewardship, sustainable packaging, energy management, and climate protection.
Coca-Cola's Signature Contribution—“Returning to nature and communities an amount of water equal to what it uses in all of its beverages and their production”—was cited as an exceptional demonstration of leadership in sustainability. Based on reducing and recycling the water used in manufacturing—and replenishing water as a vital resource—the efforts are yielding important social, environmental, and economic benefits.
Says Coca-Cola President and CEO Muhtar Kent, "Together with our bottling partners around the world, we have made a deep commitment to managing and preserving our water resources. This recognition from the World Environment Center gives us confidence that we are heading in the right direction."
The WEC Gold Medal Jury is independent of the WEC and its programs, and is composed of international leaders from academia, government, and nongovernmental organizations and retired industry professionals.
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