Carbon Footprint of Coca-Cola Company

Coca-Cola: Steps Toward a Greener Future

Abstract:

Global climate change is a critical, environmental issue plaguing our planet. Greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels have skyrocketed since the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution thus contributing increases in average global temperature. Thus, numerous organizations and individuals have taken action to reduce their carbon footprints in order to lessen their impact on the environment. Coca–Cola, the ever-popular, soft-drink corporation is one of these organizations that is taking action to curtail its carbon dioxide emissions in order to create a greener reputation. One of the ways in which it is attempting to accomplish this goal is through the acquisition of healthful, eco-friendly brands such as Odwalla. The purpose of this analysis was to investigate how Coca-Cola has become a greener company since acquiring more earth-friendly brands and revising their ways of functioning as a company on a whole. The data presented for this analysis was primarily compiled from the corporate responsibility reports published by the Coca-Cola company. The graphs and quantitative values that they presented were analyzed to understand the progression that Coca-Cola has made in becoming a greener corporation.

Introduction:

The Coca-Cola company has long been known as one of the leading international soft-drink corporations. Due to the rising frenzy concerning global climate change and the need to be ‘green’, Coca-Cola began monitoring and evaluating the company’s production and distribution methods in order to determine whether it was an ecologically responsible company. In an effort to present itself in a greener light, Coca-cola has acquired more natural brands, with Odwal...

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... prevent over 350,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere. Both of these modifications of the functions of their company have helped enormously in reducing their carbon footprint and environmental performance as a whole.

Conclusion

Coca-Cola is an enormous corporation that is constantly guzzling fossil fuels and using energy resulting in a considerable carbon footprint. However, Coca-Cola has taken this carbon footprint into its own hands by applying certain measures such as acquiring eco-friendly brands (e.g. Odwalla), reducing material use in their products, and modifying their refrigeration process to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. Through these small steps to minimize its carbon footprint, Coca-Cola is contributing to the global cause of preserving Earth's environment as we know it today.