The Coca-Cola Company

Coca-cola owns an astonishing 500 brands and is sold in over 200 countries and territories. This is the definition of ‘global reach’ considering the UN only recognises 195 states.
• Coca-cola owns an astonishing 500 brands and is sold in over 200 countries and territories. This is the definition of ‘global reach’ considering the UN only recognises 195 states.
• This single company has a higher annual income than two thirds of the world’s countries.
• Together with bottling partners, the company employs 700,000 people.
Is it an ethical business? NO!
• In 2019 The International Union of Food (IUF) severed its 15-year partnership with Coca-Cola, accusing it of attacking union leaders and intimidating members through dismissals and disciplinary action.
• Ireland’s largest trade union, Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU), told Ethical Consumer that Coca-Cola had refused to engage with representatives at the company’s plant in Ballina.
• Coca-Cola received Ethical Consumer’s worst rating for Supply Chain Management. The company and its subsidiaries have also been accused of contributing to water shortages in Mexico, appropriating Guarani culture, and using child labour in its Mexican recycling system.
• Coca-Cola received Ethical Consumer’s worst rating for Carbon Management and Reporting and its Palm Oil policy.
• It was labelled the world’s biggest plastic polluter in a 2019 survey by Break Free From Plastic, and Greenpeace too labelled the company a top plastic polluter. A Guardian article stated that the company was responsible for around 3m tonnes of plastic packaging per year.
How can it improve?
• First, it must completely change its attitude to the opposite.
• When a company generates such a large profit, a large portion of it must...

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