Take a closer look. We do more than market the beverages the world loves. We make a difference in local communities.

Planet. Making a difference. Everywhere we go, we strive to positively affect communities while minimizing the impact of our operations on the environment.

For instance, we're partnering with the U.S. Agency for International Development on the Global Community Watershed Partnerships Program, a wide variety of water-sustainability programs in Bolivia, Mali and other developing countries. With other partners, we're helping to preserve the Danube River basin and other water basins around the world. We're also working on initiatives such as biodegradable packaging and public recycling programs.

With our largest bottling partner in Latin America and a PET packaging supplier, we built the first bottle-to-bottle PET recycling plant in the region. The plant, located in Toluca, Mexico, has the capacity to recycle more than 25,000 tons of PET annually--twice the capacity in Mexico before the plant opened.

One of the key drivers of economic and social development is an educated population. Through our foundations--18 local and one global--we invested approximately $76 million in philanthropic initiatives and educational programs around the world in 2005. In China alone, "Project Hope" has reached 60,000 students and 1,200 schoolteachers. This initiative is a joint program with the China Youth Development Foundation to improve access to education in rural areas.

We are committed to making a difference for our shareowners as well as our business partners, consumers, customers, employees and the communities we serve.

This is The Coca-Cola Company of today. The next chapter in our story is beginning. We invite you to join us on our journey.