This ‘Golden Triangle’ philosophy is paralleled in the 17th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), which calls for the revitalisation of global partnerships for the achievement of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Coca-Cola System has always had a powerful ability to rally stakeholders together behind common goals for our future; The Coca-Cola Company in the global arena, and Equatorial Coca-Cola in each of our 13 countries. As a result, we recognise the importance of doing more than just putting forward our money or our capabilities for the implementation of sustainability projects. It is imperative that we also use our brand and our voice to bring together stronger alliances that can achieve much more than any of us could do alone.
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/?menu=1300The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development were adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit. They pledged to mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind. The SDGs build on the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and aim to go further to end all forms of poverty. The new Goals call for action by all countries promote prosperity while protecting the planet.
In January 2018, the Coca-Cola Company announced a bold, ambitious goal: to help collect and recycle a bottle or can for every one we sell by 2030.
To help improve recycling rates, Coca-Cola will apply its global marketing muscle to help educate the public on what, how and where to recycle. The company will also team up with local communities, NGOs, industry peers and consumers to help make recycling easier and more accessible for everyone by improving local recycling systems and driving policy change that supports a truly circular economy.
At Equatorial Coca-Cola we will be tackling this issue head on, partnering with our local communities to collect recyclable waste and raising awareness of the importance of good waste management. Much of our efforts in the initial stages of the project will be focused in our three biggest markets - Algeria, Morocco and Ghana - where we will be testing and trialling projects that we will roll out across all of our territories in the coming years.
Read more about our global efforts at
https://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/world-without-wasteALGERIA WITHOUT WASTE 2018
In Algeria, Coca-Cola partnered with the National Waste Agency (L’Agence National de Dechets, AND) to raise awareness about recycling at 6 beaches in 3 coastal towns: Boumerdes, Tipaza and Tizi-Ouzou. We gave out free Cokes for every three plastic bottles collected and through interactive games, competitions and prizes we educated beachgoers on the importance of sorting our waste. Our awareness campaigns will be continuing in 2019, as we seek to encourage as many Algerians as possible to use the AND’s yellow and green bin waste sorting system!
J’AIME MA PLAGE 2018
In the summer of 2018, our team in Morocco made a trip to the beach, not to relax by the waves, but to collect as much waste as possible. What made this initiative unique is that it was that every bit of plastic collected by our team and the volunteers that joined them was recycled by SMRR, a major Moroccan recycler. This project aimed to raise awareness of not only the importance of recycling, but also its possibility.
Have a look at the video of this landmark project below!
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6473588453064863744GRIPE
Ghana is moving toward a World Without Waste through initiatives led by a coalition of private enterprises. Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises
(GRIPE) was founded through a partnership between eight of Ghana’s biggest producers. Established within through the Association of Ghana Industries The initiative leads multi-stakeholder collaboration and combines the efforts of people across the whole product life cycle; including producers, waste collectors and recyclers. They are also advocating for effective policies that will enable Ghana to combat waste build up and allow the local recycling industry to flourish.
The Coca-Cola system in Ghana is proud to be founding members of this initiative,
one that brings all of these actors together for a cleaner Ghana.
Find out more about what GRIPE is doing to fight waste build up in Ghana on their social media pages, or on their website:
http://thegripe.org/ Twitter: @gripe_official Instagram: @gripe_official Facebook: gripeofficial LinkedIn: GRIPEIn 2009, The Coca-Cola Africa launched the Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN), with a US $30 million budget and a goal to provide at least 2 million people across Africa with safe water by 2015. The initiative was a huge success, and having fulfilled their targets early, the Coca-Cola Foundation pledged to redouble their efforts and aim to reach a total of six million people before 2020.
Lack of access to clean drinking water and poor sanitation remain one of the biggest public health challenges affecting developing nations. The effects of this state of affairs are not only medical, poor access to drinking water also inhibits development, with a disproportional impact on women and young girls. When families are forced to travel miles to get drinking water, often it is the women and young girls that are elected to do this. This deprives them of the opportunities for education and to enter into the workforce. One example of the types of initiatives RAIN supports is Safe Water for Africa. Through SWA, The Coca-Cola Foundation, Equatorial Coca-Cola and their partners built Water Health Centres in Ghana and in Liberia. With a capacity of 65,000 litres per day, each centre provides clean water to the surrounding communities. As well as providing access to safe water, RAIN also promotes good sanitation through WASH education programs and through the building of sanitation infrastructure.
For more information about RAIN and the work of The Coca-Cola Foundation please visit:
www.coca-colacompany.com/rainHealth is a key concern for everyone, but in many of our countries lack of access to lifesaving treatments make this concern more acute. The Coca-Cola system has consistently worked to address this need and it will continue to be a focus area for Equatorial Coca-Cola going on into the future.
‘Let your eyes enjoy!’ is a partnership between ECCBC, Fundación Elena Barraquer and Fundación Ruta de la Luz that, since 2014, has carried out expeditions offering relief to people suffering from cataracts in ECCBC’s territories.Cataracts are the most common cause of blindness globally. Of the 39 million people in the world that are blind, 20 million of those are due to cataracts. Cataracts are treatable, but many countries have technological or economic barriers that prevent people in need of treatment from accessing it. ‘Let your eyes enjoy!’ seeks to overcome those obstacles by bringing the treatment to them, free of charge.Since 2014 this project has improved the vision of close to 3.000 people, with 1.830 cataract surgeries and 1.664 glasses donated.
Read more about Fundación Elena Barraquer at
https://www.fundacionelenabarraquer.com/en/Read more about Ruta De La Luz at
http://fundacionrutadelaluz.es/‘Health is a key concern for everyone, but in many of our countries lack of access to lifesaving treatments make this concern more acute. The Coca-Cola system has consistently worked to address this need through the ShareHope Program. In this project, Equatorial Coca-Cola partners with the Coca-Cola Foundation, Medshare, our local medical communities and government to equip local hospitals with much needed equipment and material. Working together we ensure that the right materials reach the areas where they can make the most impact. In 2017 & 2018 alone this partnership delivered thirteen 40ft containers full of supplies to six of our countries, each valued at close to USD 200,000.
Read more about Medshare and the work they do at
https://www.medshare.org/Through this project we leverage our supply chain capabilities to build up government capabilities to deliver medical supplies to areas where they are currently unable to reach. Project Last Mile is scheduled to expand into Sierra Leone in the coming year. Across Africa, governments and donors have made progress in getting medicines into African countries. However, the medicine does not always reach the health facilities where people collect it. In Africa, a Coca-Cola product is available almost everywhere on the continent, yet nearly 50% of people lack access to critical medicines. We’re working to change that. Project Last Mile improves the availability of life-saving medicines in Africa by leveraging our supply chain capabilities and building up government’s ability to deliver medical supplies to remote areas. Project Last Mile is currently in place in Liberia, but is scheduled to expand into Sierra Leone in the coming years. Project Last Mile is a partnership between the Global Fund, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF).
Read more about Project Last Mile at
https://www.coca-colacompany.com/project-last-mileWomen and the youth across Africa have critical roles to play in our economies and communities. However, they face a number of barriers to empowering themselves economically. This affects not only them, but it also means that Africa cannot access the dormant workforce that it needs to build a better future. We seek to breakdown these barriers and help them achieve their potential.
Women across Africa have critical roles to play in our economies and communities. However, they face a number of barriers to empowering themselves economically. This affects not only our women, but also means that Africa is missing out on a dormant workforce that could be helping to build a better future. In 2010, the Coca-Cola Foundation pledged to breakdown these barriers and help them achieve their potential. 5by20 is The Coca-Cola Company’s global commitment to enable the economic empowerment of 5 million women entrepreneurs across the company’s value chain by 2020. Equatorial Coca-Cola joined this initiative, working hard to provide women entrepreneurs in our territories with business training, initial investment and start up materials for their businesses. In 2017, more than 1500 women were impacted by this program.
Read more about 5by20 at
https://www.coca-colacompany.com/5by20Starting in 2019 we will be officially partnering with Labdoo.org, a humanitarian social network joined by people around the world who want to make our planet a better place by providing those in underdeveloped regions a chance at a better education. Their goal is to send unused devices, loaded with educational software to schools around the world without incurring any economic nor environmental costs. They achieve this by connecting willing travellers with schools registered on their platform, and giving them computers to deliver in the country of their final destination. They also have individuals and companies donate old computers which they sanitize and prepare for the schools they will be donated to in the future. Equatorial Coca-Cola will be donating some of our old computers, and volunteering our travels between our territories to deliver computers to places where they are needed. We will also serve as a local hub for Labdoo in each of our territories; collecting, sending them to be sanitized and then delivering them to schools in need.
Read more about the work the Labdoo network is doing at
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