Coca-Cola Co. Announces Plan to Offset the 76 Billion Gallons of Water it uses Annually


	Coca-Cola Co. Announces Plan to Offset the 76 Billion Gallons of Water it uses Annually

zephyr1

6-8-2007 6:37 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3ca1a371-12cd-4e4c-b83c-fc79b6794126/389E8C6A-260A-4687-8A4D-52873138049C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sustainableisgood.com/blog/2007/06/cocacola_announ.html" href="http://www.sustainableisgood.com/blog/2007/06/cocacola_announ.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sustainableisgood.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sustainableisgood.com/blog/2007/06/cocacola_announ.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sustainableisgood.com/img/599DD697-70B6-4614-861C-EDEB3F474E12" alt="Cocacola" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sustainableisgood.com/blog/2007/06/cocacola_announ.html"><P><A href="http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com">Coca-Cola Co.</A> today dropped a sustainable bombshell announcing it is funding a $20 million project to try and offset the 76 billion gallons of water it uses each year to make Coke, Sprite, Fanta and its other drinks.  Yes that is not a typo Coca-Cola uses 76 billion gallons of water annually.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sustainableisgood.com/blog/2007/06/cocacola_announ.html"><P>According to a company <A href="http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/presscenter/nr_20070605_tccc_and_wwf_partnership.html">press release</A> Coca-Cola Co. will work to conserve seven major rivers worldwide and will also revamp its bottling practices to reduce pollution and water use. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sustainableisgood.com/blog/2007/06/cocacola_announ.html"><P>The campaign was announced at the <A href="http://www.worldwildlife.org/">World Wildlife Foundation's</A> (WWF) annual meeting in Beijing.  Information on the announcement and apparent Coca-Cola/WWF partnership is prominently displayed on both parties web sites.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sustainableisgood.com/blog/2007/06/cocacola_announ.html"><P>"Essentially the pledge is to return every, every drop we use back to nature," Coca-Cola Chief Executive E. Neville Isdell said at a news conference. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/389E8C6A-260A-4687-8A4D-52873138049C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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