Water
Water Replenishment
Since 2015, The Coca-Cola Company has met or exceeded our collective goal to return more than 100% of the water used in our finished products globally, on an aggregate level, to nature and communities with support from The Coca-Cola Foundation, bottling partners like CCBA and independent suppliers and partners.
Taking a Local Approach
We have operations in 15 African countries and because we source water locally, we also aim to reach 100% replenishment in each of our more than 20 high-risk locations* across Africa by 2035. These locations represent almost half of our locations** within the CCBA footprint.
Media Releases
The Coca-Cola System in Africa Unveils Water Stewardship Initiative
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Voltic works to bring relief to water-stressed communities
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World Environment Day Highlights Our Ongoing Commitment to Sustainability
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Because people need water to thrive, we support local water access projects that help bring safe, clean drinking water to communities in need.
For example, CCBA contributed substantially to The Coca-Cola Foundation’s (TCCF) Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN), where six million people in more than 4 000 communities across 41 countries have gained improved access to clean water. Across CCBA’s territories alone, our partnership to implement RAIN has resulted in three million people having access to water – that’s half of the total number impacted by RAIN.
We are also focused on being water balanced and improving water security where it is needed most. Furthermore, a number of the countries in CCBA are water-stressed and in this context, we take our water stewardship responsibilities very seriously.
We will continue to further improve water access for communities and nature, aligning our water stewardship priorities with The Coca-Cola Company’s 2030 Water Stewardship strategy, which are:
- Regenerative operations, reducing local shared water challenges
- Healthy watersheds, improving watershed health and supply chain sustainability, and
- Resilient communities, enhancing community water resilience, focusing on women and girls.
Other Key Sustainability Areas
Sustainability
We act in ways to create a more sustainable and better shared future. To make a difference in people’s lives, communities and our planet by doing business the right way.
Packaging
We aim to help ensure the collection of 70% to 75% of the equivalent number of bottles and cans we introduce into the market annually by 2035.
Water
Since 2015, the Coca-Cola system has returned more than 100% of the water used in our finished products globally, on an aggregate level, to nature and communities. Moving forward, we will also seek to return 100% of the total water used in each of our more than 200 high-risk locations* across the Coca-Cola system by 2036.
*Locations were identified following an extensive analysis updated in 2024 using the World Resources Institute Aqueduct 4.0 tool and Coca-Cola system level assessments of each production facility.
