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Black Enterprise magazine ranks Coca-Cola among the top 40 best companies for diversity for 6th consecutive year.
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SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS & RECOGNITION
50 Most Admired Companies, FORTUNE (March 2010), Learn more »
2009 CSR Award, Coca-Cola China, AmCham Shanghai 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Conference and Awards (November 2009)
Corporate Social Responsibility Awards, Coca-Cola India (May 2009), Learn more »
Most Socially Responsible Company 2008, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, Social Enterprise Reports and Award (SERA) 2008, (August 2008)
Foods and Beverages Most Socially Responsible Company in Nigeria 2008, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, Social Enterprise Reports and Award (SERA) 2008, (August 2008)
One of Ten "Most-Admired" Companies in Germany, The Coca-Cola Company, Manager Magazine (February 2008)
Philanthropist of the Year, Coca-Cola Ukraine, World of Child, Ukrainian Fund of Philanthropists and Ukraine 3000 (December 2007)
Named Strategic Partners in Poland's Responsible Business Forum, Coca-Cola Poland Services (CCPS) and Coca-Cola HBC Polska (CCHBCP), Responsible Business Forum (FOB) (December 2007)
No. 2, 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility Study, Coca-Cola Mexico, Excélsior (December 2007)
World's Most Accountable Corporations, One World Trust 2007 Global Accountability Report (December 2007) Learn more »
Asia Society Leadership Award (November 2007)
No. 2, India's Most Respected Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company, and No. 7, Most Respected Multinational Corporation in India, Coca-Cola India, BusinessWorld, in conjunction with the Indian Market Research Bureau (November 2007)
No. 13, World's Most Respected Companies survey, Barron's (September 2007)
No. 1, Food and Beverage Industry Category, Best EthicalQuote Progress and Best Reported Performance Categories (July 2007)
No. 2, Leaders Across All Sectors for Best Reported Performance, EthicalQuote (July 2007)
FTSE4Good Index of Socially Responsible Companies (July 2007)
No. 4, Most Respected Companies, Coca-Cola India, Business World (April 2007)
No. 8, America's Most Responsible Companies Consumer Index (March 2007)
Best Sustainability Initiative, eKOfreshment program, Zenith International Publishing Beverage Innovation Awards (March 2007)
No. 3, Beverage Industry Category, America's Most Admired Companies Survey,
Fortune Magazine (March 2007)
Corporate Social Responsibility Award, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (March 2007)
Ethical Brand Awards: No. 1 in the U.S., No. 3 in Spain and No. 8 in France, five-country study by market research group GfK NOP (February 2007)
"Global 100," unranked list of the world's 100 most sustainable corporations (January 2007)
Product Innovation Best Ideas on Social Responsibility Issues, Coca-Cola Spain, Actualidad Economica (2007)
Best Companies of the Year, Coca-Cola Spain, Dirigentes (2007)
Best Professional Ethics - 3rd Place, Coca-Cola Spain, Actualidad Economica (2007)
WORKPLACE AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2010 Women of Excellence, Carletta Ooton, Business to Business magazine (July 2010), Learn more »
Most Desirable Company to Work for Among Britons, www.HireScores.com study (July 2010)
40 Best Companies for Diversity, 6th consecutive year, Black Enterprise magazine (July 2010), Learn more »
Workplace and People Policy Awards, Coca-Cola de Argentina, INADI, EISC, and FPP (June 2010), Learn more »
"Best Companies to Work for in Australia," Coca-Cola Pacific, Great Place to Work Institute Australia (June 2010)
POW! Awards Honoring Purposeful Women, Wendy Clark, Senior VP, Integrated Marketing Communications & Capabilities, Womenetics, (April 2010)
CSR Excellence Awards for "Continuous Commitment," "Environment" and "Human Resources," Coca-Cola Greece (February 2010), Learn more »
"75 Most Powerful Women in Business," black enterprise magazine (January 2010), Learn more »
Honorable Mention, Employee Communications Campaign of the Year, Coca-Cola South Pacific's Live Positively campaign, Asia Pacific PR Awards (November 2009)
Top 100 Companies to Work For in Brazil and Top 25 Companies to Work For in Rio de Janeiro, Coca-Cola Brazil, The Great Place to Work Institute (October 2009)
#6, Best Employers for Fathers and Mothers Survey, Coca-Cola de Chile (October 2009)
No. 9, Top 50 Companies for Diversity, DiversityInc. (2009)
Top 40 Best Companies for Diversity, black enterprise magazine(2009), Learn more »
America's Top Corporation for Women Business Enterprises, Women Business Enterprises National Council (2009)
America's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities, DiversityBusiness.com (2009)
"Strongest Management," Employer of the Year election, Randstad (survey of 10,000 Belgians aged 18-65) (February 2009)
No. 2, Top 50 Companies For Diversity, DiversityInc (April 2008), Learn more »
No. 2, 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility Study, Coca-Cola Mexico, Excélsior (December 2007)
Madrid Flexible Firm Awards for policies to help employees balance work and family life, Coca-Cola Spain, Autonomous Government of Madrid Region (November 2007)
Strategic HR Leadership Award, Manifesto for Growth, Society for Human Resource Management (October 2007)
Star Status for employee safety and health initiatives, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program, Caribbean Refrescos Inc. concentrate plant (Puerto Rico) (August 2007)
40 Best Companies for Diversity, 3rd year in a row, Black Enterprise magazine (June 2007)
Student Employer of the Year, Polish Students Community (June 2007)
America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises, Women's Business Enterprise National Council (March 2007)
Top 25 Employers for African-American Women, ESSENCE magazine (March 2007)
25 Great Places to Work, ESSENCE magazine (March 2007), Learn more »
No. 4, Top Companies For Diversity, DiversityInc (March 2007), Learn more »
Top 50 Companies for Supplier Diversity, Hispanic Trends (March 2007)
No. 10, 2006 Best Companies for Leaders, Hay Group in partnership with Chief Executive magazine (February 2007)
Top 50 Companies for Latinas to Work for in the United States, Latina Style (February 2007)
BEVERAGE BENEFITS AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Strategic Partner Award, Auntie Anne's Inc. (August 2010), Learn more »
"One Team" Collaborative Supplier Award for global collaboration and delivered results, Walmart (June 2010)
European Beverage Innovation Award (September 2009)
AFDO Endowment Foundation Award for Corporate Leadership, Association of Food and Drug Officials (July 2007)
ENVIRONMENT AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Greener Package Award for Sustainable Innovation, PlantBottle™ Packaging (August 2010), Learn more »
Environmental Merit certificate, Coca-Cola Brasil's bottling partner Leão Junior, 9th Latin American Conference on the Preservation of the Environment (August 2010), Learn more »
Environment Excellence Award 2010, The Coca-Cola Export Corporation Pakistan Branch, National Forum for Environment & Health (NFEH) (August 2010), Learn more »
2009-2010 Environmental Responsibility Award "Ghiis Jáa," Coca-Cola Peru (July 2010), Learn more »
Gold Award, PlantBottle™ Packaging, DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation (May 2010) Learn more »
CSR Excellence Awards for "Continuous Commitment," "Environment" and "Human Resources," Coca-Cola Greece, Learn more »
Official Partner of the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign, Coca-Cola Belgium, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, Learn more »
1st place, Corporate Reputation Ranking, Coca-Cola Chile, Hill and Knowlton-Captiva and La Tercera newspaper (October 2009)
2nd place, Corporate Responsibility Ranking, Coca-Cola Argentina, ComunicarSE NGO (October 2009)
Best Reputation Company in Bolivia, Coca-Cola Bottling Partner Embol, Captura Consulting (October 2009)
Citizen of Gold Award, Learning to Achieve program with Junior Achievement, Latin American Center for Development (CELADE) (Uruguay, October 2009)
iTQi and Mode Selection Awards, Manantial premium water (Colombia, October 2009)
LEED Gold Environment Certificate, Global Innovation and Technology Center, The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) (China, September 2009), Learn more »
No. 2, Newsweek Green Rankings (September 2009), Learn more »
River Guardian Award, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (UCR) (September 2009)
Green Choice Award, Natural Health Magazine (May 2009), Learn more »
Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development, World Environment Center (January 2009), Learn more »
Red dot award : product design 2008, for innovative recycling bin made of recycled PET, red dot competition (January 2009) Learn more »
Sustainable Packaging Award for creation of lightweight Coca-Cola contour bottle, The Coca-Cola Company and Ardagh Glass, Starpack Awards (June 2008)
"Best Corporate Brand License of the Year" for innovative merchandise made from "reclaimed, recycled and repurposed" materials, The Coca-Cola Company, Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association (LIMA) (June 2008), Read about an example of our work in this area »
Water Care Award, Coca-Cola South Africa's Leak Repair Project, Mail & Guardian's Greening the Future Awards (June 2008)
Green Save Award for outstanding and unique environmental conservation efforts in the Atlanta metropolitan area, Atlanta Business Chronicle (April 2008)
"Alliance of the Year" Award, USAID (March 2008). Read speech and view video.
Golden Peacock Award for water management initiatives, Coca-Cola India, World Council for Corporate Governance (February 2008)
National Award for Excellence in Water Management for the most "Water Efficient Unit," Coca-Cola India, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) (December 2007)
Named Strategic Partners in Poland's Responsible Business Forum, Coca-Cola Poland Services (CCPS) and Coca-Cola HBC Polska (CCHBCP), Responsible Business Forum (FOB) (December 2007)
No. 2, 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility Study, Coca-Cola Mexico, Excélsior (December 2007)
Finalist, Water Stewardship Initiatives, Coca-Cola China, Secretary of State's 2007 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) (September 2007)
Bronze Star for Best Use of Innovative Materials, Chaudfontaine 0.5l RGB environmental friendly transparant label (first time compatible with reusable bottle), Starpack Industry Awards (May 2007)
Green End User of the Year (small projects), eKOfreshment compression (used in coolers and vending machines), Cooling Industry Awards (March 2007)
Bhagidari Award, Coca-Cola India water conservation and environmental management, Delhi government (February 2007), Learn more »
COMMUNITY AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Number-One Enterprise in Sustainable Social Responsibility, Coca-Cola México, Mundo Ejecutivo magazine (June 2010), Learn more »
GBC Business Excellence Award for Partnership & Collective Action, NetsforLife Partnership (The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation/ExxonMobil/Standard Chartered Bank), Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, Learn more »
CSR Excellence Awards for "Continuous Commitment," "Environment" and "Human Resources," Coca-Cola Greece, Learn more »
Golden Peacock Award, Coca-Cola India (May 2009), Learn more »
India Today Pegasus Corporate Social Responsibility Gold Award 2008, Coca-Cola India, Readers Digest (May 2009), Learn more »
Philanthropist of the Year, Coca-Cola Ukraine, World of Child, Ukrainian Fund of Philanthropists and Ukraine 3000 (December 2007)
No. 2, 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility Study, Coca-Cola Mexico, Excélsior (December 2007)
World's Most Accountable Corporations, One World Trust 2007 Global Accountability Report (December 2007) Learn more »
Biggest Givers in Corporate Philanthropy, BusinessWeek (November 2007)
Community Excellence Award for efforts to promote HIV/AIDS education and prevention in China, The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC) (June 2007)
Best Sustainability Initiative, eKOfreshment program, Zenith International Publishing Beverage Innovation Awards (March 2007)
Special Award for UNESDA commitments on health and wellness, Zenith International Publishing Beverage Innovation Awards (March 2007)
Corporate Social Responsibility Award, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (March 2007)
Gold, Best Charity Marketing, Coca-Cola Philippines Calories for a Cause program, Marketing Agencies Association Globes Awards (March 2007)
Gold, Best Charity Marketing; Best in Philippines - (Singapore), Coca-Cola Philippines Calories for a Cause program, Promotions Marketing Awards of Asia (March 2007)
Most Valuable Grassroots Football Event, Coca-Cola Cup in Kazakhstan, UEFA (European football's governing body) (February 2007)
Coca-Cola Designated Driver Award, Public Relations Institute of Ireland (January 2007)
DIVERSITY AWARDS & RECOGNITION
40 Best Companies for Diversity, 6th consecutive year, Black Enterprise magazine (July 2010), Learn more »
"75 Most Powerful Women in Business," Black Enterprise magazine, Learn more »
No. 9, Top 50 Companies for Diversity, DiversityInc. (2009)
Top 40 Best Companies for Diversity, Black Enterprise magazine (2009), Learn more »
America's Top Corporation for Women Business Enterprises, Women Business Enterprises National Council (2009)
America's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities, DiversityBusiness.com (2009)
"18 People You Should Know," Johnnie B. Booker, director of Supplier Diversity, Upscale magazine (August 2007)
40 Best Companies for Diversity, 3rd year in a row, Black Enterprise magazine (June 2007)
2007 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Tom Mattia, senior vice president and director, Worldwide Public Affairs and Communications, National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (May 2007)
Law Inc.'s Corporate Diversity Pipeline Award, Legal Division (May 2007)
Top 25 Employers for African-American Women, ESSENCE magazine (March 2007)
America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises, Women's Business Enterprise National Council (March 2007)
Hyacynth Equality Award, Equality Association of Poland (March 2007)
Highest Corporate Diversity Index, TEGL (Economic Society of Gay and Lesbian Association) (March 2007)
Top 50 Companies for Latinas to Work for in the United States, Latina Style (February 2007)
25 Great Places to Work, ESSENCE magazine (March 2007), Learn more »
No. 4, Top Companies For Diversity, DiversityInc (March 2007), Learn more »
Top 50 Companies for Supplier Diversity, Hispanic Trends (March, 2007)
BRANDS AWARDS & RECOGNITION
No. 3, World's Most Valuable Brands, Coca-Cola, Forbes (August 2010)
Golden Effie Award for non-alcoholic beverages, Gladiator, X EFFIE Awards, Mexican Association of Advertising Agencies (October 2009)
Celebrities' Choice, water category, glacéau vitaminwater, InStyle magazine (Mexico, October 2009)
Best of Show and Best Mobile Creative awards for innovative and creative mobile advertising campaign, Fanta, 2009 MOBI Awards (September 2009)
Diet Coke Plus named "Top Launch 2007," Relentless, POWERADE, Coke Zero and Oasis also recognized, Coca-Cola Great Britain, Top Products Survey 2007, The Grocer (January 2008)
2007 Product of the Year - Aquarius, Coca-Cola Italy, TNS Infratest (January 2008)
Second-Hottest Product of 2007, Coca-Cola Zero, AOL (November 2007)
Fifth-Hottest Product of 2007, glacéau vitaminwater, AOL (November 2007)
Ireland's No. 1 Grocery Brand, Coca-Cola, Coke Zero and Diet Coke, Checkout magazine (September 2007)
South Africa consumers' favorite brand, Coca-Cola, Markinor/Sunday Times Top Brands survey (August 2007)
Best Mineral Water in Hungary, NaturAqua, Nõk Lapja (August 2007)
No. 1 for the seventh consecutive year, 100 Best Global Brands, Coca-Cola, BusinessWeek/Interbrand (July 2007)
No. 1, Harris Interactive Poll of Best Brands, Coca-Cola (July 2007)
Most Trusted Soft Drink in Hungary, Coca-Cola, Reader's Digest Hungary (May 2007)
Gold Award - Best Metal Package, Burn 250ml aluminium bottle, Starpack (May 2007)
World's Fourth Most Powerful Brand, Coca-Cola, Millward Brown Optimor study in cooperation with Financial Times (April 2007)
No. 1 Sparkling Beverage Brand, Coca-Cola, Millward Brown Optimor study in cooperation with Financial Times (April 2007)
Beverage Innovation Award/Best New Adult Drink - 2nd place, Coca-Cola Blak, UNESDA (March 2007)
Best Campaign, Burn relaunch, GLTB (Gay, Lesbian, Trans and Bisexual) Business Association (March 2007)
Product of the Year - Best Energy and Isotonic Drinks Category, POWERADE, Produkt Roku Sp z o.o. (February 2007)
Ethical Brand Awards, Coca-Cola: No. 1 in the U.S., No. 3 in Spain and No. 8 in France, market research group GfK NOP (February 2007)
Most Valuable Brand, The Coca-Cola Company, Brand-Finance Ranking (2007)
Most Valuable Brand for 7th consecutive year, The Coca-Cola Company, IPMARK (2007)
Top 3 Most Valuable Brands, Coca-Cola, Milward Brown Optimar (2007)
Innovation of the Year, Coca-Cola Zero, Lebensmittel Praxis trade magazine (2007)
Product of the Year, Coca-Cola Zero, Sotto Tempo (2007)
Beverage Innovation Awards - 2nd Place Best Overall Concept, Minute Maid, UNESDA (2007)
MARKETING AWARDS & RECOGNITION
No. 1 Social Media Company In Japan Among Consumers, Coca-Cola Japan Company, Nikkei Survey (August 2010)
Distinguished Honoree, The Coca-Cola Company 2009 Year in Review, International Business Awards ("Stevie Awards") (July 2010)
"Best House Organ - For Employees" Award, The World of Coca-Cola Icecek Quarterly Magazine, International Business Awards ("Stevie Awards") (July 2010)
Gold Interactive Award, Happiness Machine, CLIO Awards (May 2010), Learn more »
Corporate Web 2.0 Award, Best External Communication Web 2.0 Strategy, Coca-Cola Germany, 7th IIR Web 2.0 Congress (April 2010)
Most Innovative Companies for 2010, BusinessWeek (April 2010), Learn more »
Best Integrated Marketing Campaign, Asia Marketing Effectiveness (AME) Awards, Coca-Cola Japan's CRUSH ECO campaign (April 2010), Learn more »
Outside the Industry Innovator of the Year, Expedition 206, TravelCom (March 2010), Learn about Expedition 206 »
'Encounter' television commercial recognized for linking "universal brand values with a positive message for the future and the importance of building a constructive relationship between generations," Child Guardian Awards, Terre des Hommes/Sole 24 Group/Fondazione Pubblicità Progresso (Italy, October 2009)
Bronze Media Lion (Cannes) and Gold Effie (Argentina), "Destapados Copa Coca-Cola" activation (Argentina, October 2009)
Silver Effie, "Coca-Cola Interactive Music" platform (Argentina, October 2009)
Globe Award, "Destapados Copa Coca-Cola" activation and "Coca-Cola Interactive Music" platform in Argentina, Argentinean Chamber of Promotional Marketing Companies (October 2009)
Eikon Award for Consumer Relations, Coca-Cola Interactive Music Campaign, Coca-Cola Argentina (October 2009)
1st for 4th consecutive year, 30 Top Brands Ranking, Coca-Cola, Apertura (Argentina, October 2009)
European Beverage Innovation Award (September 2009)
Gold Lion Award, Video Vender interactive vending machine, Cannes Lions 2009 International Advertising Festival, Learn more »
"Happiness Factory -- The Movie," 10 Best TV Ads of 2007 (#7), TIME magazine (December 2007)
Best In Show honors, "The Extreme Diet Coke Mentos Experiments," OMMA Awards (October 2007)
Bronze Award, International category, "The Coke Show - Coca-Cola's Consumer Generated Media Approach," MIXX Awards (October 2007)
Silver Award, Brand Awareness/Positioning category, "The Coke Show - Coca-Cola's Consumer Generated Media Approach, " MIXX Awards (October 2007)
Silver Award, Mobile Platforms category, "Sprite Obey," MIXX Awards (October 2007)
Silver Award, VOD and Interactive Television category, "Sprite H2O: Hip Hop on Demand," MIXX Awards (October 2007)
Food Beverage Team of the Year Award, Company's Trademark Function, World Trademark Review magazine (August 2007)
"Lion d'Or" (Golden Lion) - Best Internet Copy, "Video Game" ad, International Advertising Festival (Cannes) (June 2007)
Best Communication Strategy, Coca-Cola France "We All Speak Football" campaign, Strategies magazine (June 2007)
2007 Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Awards, "Walking the Talk to Sustainable Growth - Blog Blast '06" and video showcasing McDonald's Division's post-Katrina community service efforts in New Orleans (June 2007)
Best Advertiser Award 2006, Coca-Cola (Japan) Company, Ltd. (CCJC), CM Data Bank (May 2007)
Grand Kam Fan Award, Coca-Cola China, Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies of Hong Kong (HK4As) (April 2007)
Coke.com named finalist in nonalcoholic beverages category, New York Festivals Interactive Advertising Competition (April 2007)
Best Campaign, Burn relaunch, GLTB (Gay, Lesbian, Trans and Bisexual) Business Association (March 2007)
Wayne Rooney Short Film named finalist, Revolution Awards (March 2007)
Coke.com/Music named finalist, Revolution Awards (March 2007)
No. 3 in the U.S. and No. 12 globally, Financial Times/Bowen Craggs Index of Corporate Website Effectiveness, www.thecoca-colacompany.com, (March 2007)
Bronze Reggie Award for International/Global Promotion, World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola (March 2007)
Gold, Best Charity Marketing, Coca-Cola Philippines Calories for a Cause program, Marketing Agencies Association Globes Awards (March 2007)
Gold, Best Charity Marketing; Best in Philippines - (Singapore), Coca-Cola Philippines Calories for a Cause program, Promotions Marketing Awards of Asia (March 2007)
Bronze for Lose/Gain Posters - Manila, Coca-Cola Philippines Calories for a Cause program, Araw Values Awards (March 2007)
Top Soft Drink Ad, "First Taste," USA TODAY's Ad Meter, a real-time consumer focus group ranking of all Super Bowl commercials (February 2007)
Advertiser of the Year Award, Coca-Cola Spain, Anuncios Awards (2007)