Community Water Initiatives

Our commitment to replenish means that on a global basis we aspire to give back by supporting healthy watersheds and sustainable community water programs to balance the water used in our finished beverages. We will do this by working on a wide range of locally relevant initiatives, such as watershed protection, expanding community drinking water access, rain water harvesting, reforestation and agricultural water use efficiency.

 
We are beginning to make progress towards this goal. Since 2005, our Company has developed a significant Community Water Partnership (CWP) program. Together, with our Business Units and Bottling Partners, we have over 100 projects in 49 countries in various stages, complete, in progress, or scheduled to launch in 2008. These projects are examples of work that could possibly support our “replenish” goal and our corporate vision for water stewardship.

This far-reaching and expanding project portfolio is divided into four categories of locally relevant initiatives that include:

• Watershed Protection
• Access to Safe Water and Sanitation
• Water for Productive Use
• Education and Awareness

We recognize that we can only meet our replenish goal by working with others. We are collaborating with organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), PlayPumps International, CARE and the Global Water Challenge to protect watersheds and support initiatives that bring clean water and sanitation to underserved areas. Many of the projects are part of a broader collaboration, which we define as one or more organizations who decide to work together jointly to address a common vision or goal. Partnerships are a way of doing business for our Company. Working together, we can leverage the resources of multiple organizations to focus on the global water challenges.

Videos

Where the River Flows: Partnership in Action
Find out how our partnerships are preserving the freshwater river basin that feeds into the Mesoamerican Caribbean Reef.
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Community Watershed Partnership
See how we are working with partners to provide safe water to primary schools in Western Kenya.
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