Water Stewardship at Coca-Cola

Jon Radtke Water Resource Sustainability Manager Coca-Cola North America

And yet we

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re truly a local business

Coca-Cola: A Global Business with a Local Reach 200+ 300 400 1,000 1,600,000,000 Countries we operate in Franchise bottling partners Number of brands, worldwide Manufacturing plants Servings per day

TCCC Global Water Stress: 2008 Update

Classified - Internal use

Production Volume

Today

Water Stress: North America Operations

Drought Analysis (1 Year-through late 2009): CCNA

Rate of Change from Climate, Population Growth and Development

Business Case

Water is:

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The main ingredient in all of our beverages Essential to our manufacturing processes A life-sustaining resource for the communities and ecosystems that make our business possible

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A key component of many of our ingredients, including sugar

“Water is not just important to our businesses. It is critical to the communities we serve. We cannot have a sustainable business unless the communities we serve are sustainable themselves.” E. Neville Isdell

Assessment: Global Water Risk Assessment Sample Plant Water Risk Profile

A 10-year Vision for Water Stewardship

Best-in-class in water use efficiency & compliance on wastewater management

1. Improve Plant Performance 2. Help Protect Watersheds 3. Support Community Initiatives 4. Make a Global Difference

Support the protection of watersheds in water stressed regions where we operate

TNC

Help enable equitable access to clean drinking water in underserved communities where we operate Help mobilize the International Community

Our Water Conservation Goal Our water conservation goal is to return to communities and nature an amount of water equivalent to what we use in all of our beverages and their production REDUCE Water Efficiency RECYCLE REPLENISH Stringent Wastewater Treatment Standards Support Healthy Watersheds and Sustainable Community Water Programs

Watershed Partnerships Can Replenish Water Sources

North America system has over 50 active watershed projects

Example

Flint River Basin partnership with The Nature Conservancy ● Funded by the TCCC Foundation ● ● Variable rate irrigation Reducing farm water use by 17% ● Project saves hundreds of millions of liters per year

Replenish: Conserving Freshwater Resources US Southeast Rivers and Streams

• Facing highest extinction rates in North America due to degraded water quality from population growth, poorly planned development, agriculture, mining and forestry operations • Goal: To harmonize urban growth with the protection of the basin by increasing sustainable water policies and practices

Assess: Source Vulnerability Assessment Process

• SVA Process Includes: – Hydrology/Hydrogeology – Land use • Pollution sources • Competing users – Regional Water Supply Plans – Climatic Effects • i.e., drought susceptibility – Water Rights, Permits and Policies – Social/Community Issues • • Plant Water Resource Management Team

Output

– Source Protection Plan

Vulnerability Assessment – Land Use

Restoration Recreation (hunt clubs) Silviculture Beef Cattle Row and Hay Crops* Dairy Operations* Sand Mining* Rural Residential Subdivisions* Old Phosphate Mining *Activities of high concern.

Ginnie Springshed Model

•Sustainability •Healthy Watersheds