Coca-Cola to partner Global Citizen on empowerment and sustainability
Global beverage giant, Coca Cola, is partnering with Global Citizen, a global movement of citizen advocacy against poverty, to create change for people and the planet. The Coca-Cola Company is partnering with Global Citizen in 2021 to drive change.
The Coca-Cola Company’s purpose is to refresh the world and make a difference. As a global company operating in more than 200 countries and territories, Coca-Cola is focused on creating a more sustainable and better shared future by doing business in a way that supports more sustainable communities around the world.
In addition to being a Global Partner for Global Goal Live, a campaign to defeat poverty, defend the planet, and demand equity, Coca-Cola and Global Citizen will partner to highlight progress against key sustainability initiatives such as women’s empowerment, water replenishment, sustainable packaging, and climate action.
“The Coca-Cola Company is focused on helping communities address their sustainability challenges, but we can’t do it alone,” said Bea Perez, senior vice president and chief communications, sustainability & strategic partnerships officer, Coca Cola. “Valued partnerships, like this one with Global Citizen, are critical to living our purpose to refresh the world and make a difference,” he noted.
The Coca-Cola Company’s dedication to its sustainability goals remains stronger than ever. The company seeks to positively impact people’s lives, communities, and the planet through water replenishment, recycling investments, sustainable sourcing practices, and carbon emissions reductions across its value chain. Reducing sugar in its drinks to give people options and choices is central to its journey to become a total beverage company. Together with its bottling partners, the Coca-Cola system employs more than 700,000 people, helping bring economic opportunity to local communities worldwide.
“Global Citizen has always been passionate about educating, empowering and driving action in local communities,” said Hugh Evans, CEO of Global Citizen. “We’re thrilled to be building on our long-standing partnership with Coca-Cola to drive even more action and impact at a time when it’s needed the most.”
About Coca Cola
Coca Cola is an American multinational beverage corporation headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The Coca-Cola Company has interests in the manufacturing, retailing, and marketing ofnon-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company produces Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton
About Global Citizen
Global Citizen is a movement of engaged global citizens designed to help interested members of the general public find effective and relevant ways to take action on extreme poverty. It is designed as a platform to learn more about the issues that trap people in extreme poverty, to support organizations working to create change on the ground, and to campaign for systemic, lasting change.
It was launched in 2012, alongside the Global Citizen Festival, and was the tool through which interested people had to earn tickets to this event.
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