By: Cleaner Greener China

Cleaner Greener China — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:45:55 +0000

while I commend Coke on its report, and the some of their programs, I have a few issues:
1) They do not address transportation at all, and given their shipping needs I believe there is a large gap here
2) What do the numbers really mean? The plants use 2.47 liters of water to produce a liter of Coke.. but that measure is a fraction of the total water footprint for their products.
3) What is water neutrality, and how does Coke plan to add water back at a level equal to what they take out? Also, where will this be done? In areas that they are removing water? Or somewhere else that perhaps actually does not need the water?
4) 100,000 new cooling systems. How many of these are retrofits of the old units vs. completely new builds?
Coke is a leader in many areas, and one that I commend in many areas of CSR and sustainability. Issues above aside, they are looking to address the issues in what appears to be genuine, but hopefully next year will see a report that addresses some of the above.
R
http://www.china-crossroads.com
http://www.cleanergreenerchipa.com

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