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04 Aug 2022

Coca-Cola Beverages SA gives support worth almost R700,000 to five SMMEs in flood-hit eThekwini

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has provided support totaling almost R700,000 to assist five small business owners to help them get back on their feet following the impact of the 2021 civil unrest and the floods which devastated KwaZulu-Natal earlier this year.

Business, Sustainability

28 Jul 2022

CCBSA accelerates transformation and retains level 1 BBBEE status

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has retained its level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) status for following a rigorous verification process. The company attributes this achievement to strategic investments in amongst others, procurement which saw an increased spend with black-owned suppliers from 50% to just over 61% of its total adjusted procurement spend, of which 34% is with black females.

Business

28 Jul 2022

COSDEF receives much needed financial support from CCBA Namibia

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Namibia has partnered with Community Skills Development Foundation (COSDEF) and donated N$450 000 to enable skills training for women and youth.

Sustainability

27 Jul 2022

Boost for environment and jobs as CCBA funds recycling campaign

Plastic waste collectors in Botswana will be able to earn money for their efforts thanks to a new partnership between Coca-Cola Beverages Botswana (CCBB) and Cleanico Waste Management Solutions.

Sustainability

19 Jul 2022

‘Clear Rivers Campaign’ hits Dirty Water Systems across SA on Mandela Day

A Mandela Day clean-up of river systems around South Africa, including drought-stricken Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB), could be vital to future water security in the region.

Sustainability

18 Jul 2022

Women with disabilities get down to business with support of CCBA

The first group of 110 women in a five-year programme to empower women with disabilities to start their own retail businesses have officially begun their training, supported by Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Kenya in partnership with USAID.

Sustainability

15 Jul 2022

CCBA in Ethiopia makes a clear commitment to recycling

Continuing to be the industry trendsetter and to make its plastic packaging more recyclable, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Ethiopia has switched Ambo Mineral Water from a blue plastic bottle to a clear plastic bottle.

Sustainability

06 Jul 2022

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa empowers 50 young women driving the circular economy for waste in Mozambique

Fifty women plastic waste collectors have completed training in health and safety standards, and received guidelines for collection and waste management, which in turn is expected to empower over 500 waste collectors across the country.

Sustainability

01 Jul 2022

Voltic provides access to safe water for communities in need

The communities of Mmofra Nfadwene and Yahoman celebrated the handover of boreholes providing safe and reliable water recently after Voltic GH, a subsidiary of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), funded the projects.

Sustainability

30 Jun 2022

Coca-Cola bottler invests US$2 million in wastewater treatment plant to meet global standard

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Kenya has today announced a US$2 million investment in upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant at its Equator Bottlers Ltd plant in Kisumu after the company adopted an international environmental management system standard known as ISO 14001.

Business

Sustainability