Coca Cola the Water Stewardship and Replanish Report1 2012

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On the cover: WaterHealth Centers use sedimentation, ltration, and ultraviolet technologies to deliver saedrinking water to communities at minimal cost. Centers are being installed in Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria byWaterHealth International with support rom The Coca-Cola Arica Foundation and other partners.

Natures most precious resource, water is critical to the health and prosperity o the

communities we serve, vital to ecosystems, and key to our business sustainability. It is not

only an essential ingredient in all o our beverages, but central to many o the agricultural

ingredients that make up our products.

Whil th plats rsh watr is it, it is iitl rwabl, which is wh

Th Coca-Cola Compa is committd to rducig, rcclig, ad rplishig th

watr w usor commuitis, or atur, ad or our busiss.By doing so, we

have the opportunity, through water eciency, responsible water management, and locally

relevant water projects, to help transorm lives. We believe the world contains enough water

to meet individual, ecological, agricultural, and business needs, but only i everyone works to

better manage water resources. As a company with a presence that is both global and local,

we have a unique opportunity to be a responsible steward o the worlds most valuable natural

resource. In this, our th water stewardship and replenish report, were pleased to share how

we are working to do our part to better manage water resources.

At The Coca-Cola Company, we are transforming the way we think

and act about water stewardship. It is in the long-term interest of both

our business and the communities where we operate to be good

stewards of our most critical shared resource, water.

~ Muhtar KentChairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company

Meeting Todays Challenges and

Building a Better Tomorrow


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AddressingGlobal WaterChallenges

4-5

Leading theWay in WaterStewardship

6-9 ManagingWater Risk forCommunities

and Our Business10-13Delivering Water

for Healthand HumanProsperity

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Partneringfor StrongerCommunities

20-23

PromotingEnvironmentalSustainability

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MeetingOur Water

StewardshipGoals28-29Advancing

WaterStewardshipScience andInnovation

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Summary ofAll Community

WaterPartnership

Projects

B

NewCommunity

WaterPartnership

Projects

A

Coca-ColaSystem

SustainabilityTransparency,

Disclosure, andReporting

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The pressures converging on the worlds reshwater supplies are signicant. Dramatic population

growth and economic development, urbanization, and climate change all combine to stress our

shared water resources. Overcoming these challenges requires business to take an active role in

advancing innovation that conserves and sustainably manages water resources or the benet o all

communities, nature, and business. As a global watr stwardship ladr, Coca-Cola ot ol

cosrvs ad maags watr rsourcs as a stratgic busiss imprativ, but as a vital

rsposibilit w hav mbracd aroud th world.

Thats why we are working to improve access to sae water or people in some o the worlds most

water-scarce regions, such as sub-Saharan Arica and the Middle East. We are unding programs that

help to alleviate poverty and hunger by providing water or use in agriculture and other livelihoods.

We are implementing education and awareness programs to improve health and hygiene and oster

responsible use o water resources. We are partnering with other global organizations to restore

watersheds and ecosystems and pioneer tools or assessing and managing water risk. We are engaging

both globally and locally on water policy reorm. And we are committed to improving the lives o

women and girls through water projects that improve gender equity.

We dont have all o the answers. But we are advancing the global dialogue on these issues, and

working to meet our responsibilities in both ongoing and emerging issues:

The need to address water risks or both communities and business

The nexus o climate, energy, water, and ood

The ethics o water access and water rights

Innovative approaches to sustainable agriculture

The economic valuation o ecosystems and the services they provide

Coca-Cola is ocused on each o these issuesand many moreso that we can contribute to a truly

sustainable global water ramework based on the collective, responsible use o water worldwide.

Addressing Global

Water Challenges


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Because responsible water management is at the heart of

a sustainable future, overcoming todays water challenges

calls for extraordinary action. Weve assumed an active role

in advancing innovation that conserves and sustainably

manages water resources for the benet of allcommunities,

nature, and business.

~ Bea PerezChief Sustainability Ofcer, The Coca-Cola Company

Megatrends WaterImpacts

CommunityImpacts

BusinessImpacts

Higher demands oragriculture, household use1/3 o world land area insevere water stress

Aticipatd Global Thrats to Watr Availabilit ad Qualit RquirCollctiv Rspos b Govrmt, Busiss, ad Commuitis

More competition orreshwaterDiminished sourceavailabilityMore challenging to securesocial, legal, political licensto operate

2/3 o world population insevere water stress areas1 billion people withoutaccess to sae drinking waterInadequate sanitation

Populatio Growth:

8 billion by 2025

Greater water consumptionSignicant water qualitydegradation

Higher costs or sourcewater and water treatmentenergy, transportation,agricultural inputsRisks to business continuitand growth

Increased water competitionMore aggressive allocation,higher prices, greater confictpotentialGreater health concerns andrisk o waterborne disease,child mortality

Global Dvlopmtad Urbaizatio:

Dramatic increase indeveloped economies1.4 billion more urbanresidents by 2030

Altered precipitationpatterns, more requent/extreme weatherIncreased water stressMore impaired water

Inconsistent adaptationby public sector, requiringgreater responses by privatsectorRisks to business continuitand growth

Decreased agriculturalproductivityReduced access to sae andadequate waterIncreased hunger, amine,mortality

Climat Chag:

0.8o C increase by 2020

Water stress or scarcity in48 nations by 2025

Sources:

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: ipcc.ch

United Nations: esa.un.org/unpd/wpp and esa.un.org/unpd/wup

World Health Organization: who.in t


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Throughout our operations, in our global supply chain, and beyond, we remain

deeply committed to water stewardship to enable us to build and maintain

a truly water-sustainable business, and to urther the science and practice o

water conservation. Our strategy begins with world-class water management

and eciency in our 860-plus bottling plants, and extends to watershed

protection, sustainable communities and economic development, and initiatives

that educate and inspire others to act.

Our Stratgic Approach

As responsible water stewards, we are becoming more ecient by reducing the

amount o water used per l iter o product, even as we increase our production

volume, and we are doing so through state-o-the-art water eciency practices.

We are making sure that our process water is treated and returned to the

environment or use by nature and communities. We are replenishing, or

balancing, the water used in our nished beverages through community water

partnerships. And we are working with our key suppliers to help them better

delineate and better manage the water they use, contributing to a more water-

ecient supply chain rom their arms to our beverage acilities.

Locall Rlvat Watr StratgisWhile the Coca-Cola brand is unquestionably global, our business itsel is quite

local, as is our water strategy. We are employers, distributors, and community

members in villages, towns, and cities in 207 countries. Hlpig to ma

sur ths commuitis maitai accss to adquat ad sustaiabl

supplis o rshwatr is a wa w build ad cotribut to

sustaiabl commuitis, ostrig soud coomic dvlopmt

ad a halth qualit o l i.In addition, because water-related impacts are

local, eorts to mitigate impacts are most eective in the watersheds where the

impacts occur. The CWP program not only strives to replenish the water used in

our nished beverages, but also to support thriving and sustainable watershedsand ecosystems in local communities through the nearly 400 locally relevant

water projects proled in Appendices A and B.

Leading the Way

in Water Stewardship

Global Watr Stward

Stratgic Itt

Our stratgic itt is to l i w

stwardship to busiss growt

Balancing global production v

with locally relevant water pro

that deliver benets equal to

production volumeProtecting reputation, brand,

manuacturing capacity, and p

quality and saety

Advancing the awareness and

practice o water conservation

science.


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Our Watr Stwardship Goals

Our global water stewardship goal is to saely return to nature and to communities

an amount o water equivalent to what we use in all our beverages and their

production by 2020. Our water stewardship platorm is tied to our global

production volume, so that as our business grows, so does our investment in

community water partnerships that help us to achieve and maintain 100%

balance by 2020 and thereater. To accomplish this ambitious end goal, the entire

Coca-Cola system has embraced the ollowing water targets:

ReDUCe our water use ratio to improve water eciency by 20% by 2012 (using2004 eciency as our baseline).

ReCyCLe the water used in our manuacturing processes at 100% o our plants

by ensuring it is treated and returned to the environment at a level that supports

aquatic lie. We reer to this as recyclebecause our treated wastewater upon

discharge supports local watersheds and can be used by others downstream.

RePLenISH the water used in our nished beverages by participating in locally

relevant projects that include watershed protection and conservation, community

drinking water and sanitation access, and water or productive community use to

produce a volumetric benet equivalent to our global beverage production volume.

We intend to meet this goal by 2020 and maintain it thereater.

MAnAGe RISk by assessing the vulnerabilities o the quality and quantity o

water sources or each o our bottling plants and or communities to make sure we

do what we can to avoid adversely aecting the ability o others to access water,

achieving ull Coca-Cola system compliance with our Water Resource Sustainability

Standard, and implementing a locally relevant program by the end o 2012.

Right: The Grassy Slough Preserve is part o the Cache River Wetlands, one o only 15 designatedWetlands o International Importance in the world. Photo Credit: The Nature Conservancy


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Multi-stakeholder initiatives are of critical importance because most of

the water risk companies face exists outside the factory walls. Coca-Colasdecision to donate their geospatial water risk data to Aqueduct is a unique

and extremely valuableact of corporate social responsibility that reects the

Companys commitment to global water stewardship.

~ Charles IcelandSenior Associate, World Resources Institute, Markets & Enterprise Program

Reliable access to sucient quantities o water rom sustainablewater supplies is critical to communities, nature, and business, but in

many parts o the world, that access is under greater pressure than

ever beore. Both comprehensive and local water risk assessments

have been instrumental in helping us understand the global water

challenges acing communities and our business, and shape our

water strategy.

Managing Water Risk for

Communities and Our Business

Hlpig to Protct Commuit Watr SourcA Coca-Cola Rquirmt

Helping to protect community access to water supplies

is required by Coca-Colas internal Water Resource

Sustainability Standard. Every acility within the Coca-Cola

system must adhere to this Standard, with compliance

veried through audits. Three sections o the Standard

address community water access.

The Source Vulnerability Assessment must include a review

community water sources even i dierent rom Coca-Cola

sources. I the acilitys source o process water is dierthan the local communitys source o water, then th

acilit must complt a basic assssmt o th

sustaiabilit o th commuits sourc o watr.

The Source Water Protection Plan must include: An

evaluation to determine i the acilitys water use limit

th availabilit ad qualit o watr or th pop

i th local commuit.This requirement is designe

satisy the Company policy toward taking a rights-bas

approach to water.

The Source Water Protection Plan must also detail: Acti

to mitigate any adverse eects the acilitys water use

has on the availability and quality o water or the

people in the local community and actios th acili

will ta, i a, to addrss th local commuit

sourc watr riss.

Sourc Watr Protctio

Dtaild Vulrabilit AssssmtsOur Water Resource Sustainability Standard requires every

bottling plant to complete a detailed source vulnerability

assessment (SVA) that evaluates risks to water resources

supplying their acility and surrounding communities.

Sourc Watr Protctio Plaig

Bottling plants must develop a locally relevant source

water protection plan (SWPP) detailing the actions, roles,

responsibilities, CWP projects, and unding to address

challenges at the watershed level.

Locall Rlvat Watr Rsourc SustaiabilitSource water protection is closely linked to our Replenish

commitments, with CWP projects maintained in productive

service to meet local community needs and manage risk.


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Aquduct A Uiqu Tool or Masurig ad Mappig Watr Ris

Although managing water risk is a business imperative or

companies around the world, ew tools are publicly available

to measure and map water risk at the scale necessary to

support sound business strategies. Now, the Aqueduct project,which includes the World Resources Institute, General Electric,

Goldman Sachs, Coca-Cola, and others, seeks to ll this gap by

helping companies operating in water-stressed regions become

innovative water stewards, advance next-generation water

technologies, and promote sustainable development. Aqueduct

aims to serve as the leading repository o standardized water

risk inormation and applications, provide the global standard

or measuring geographic water risk, and support multi-

stakeholder eorts to address water risk in key basins.

Coca-Cola has donated the extensive water risk geospatial

inormation we developed over several years, helping to

establish the oundation o the global Aqueduct database

that will ultimately enable companies, investors, governments,and others to create water risk maps with a high level o

detail and resolution. The private sector will be able to better

manage water resources in high-risk areas, while government

leaders will be encouraged to engage stakeholders in creating

more equitable, ecient, and sustainable water resources

management in water-stressed basins. In addition, the Aqueduct

Alliancean evolving coalition o corporations, governments,

academia, and non-governmental organizationswill oer a

orum where water experts can share insights and work toward

multi-stakeholder solutions.


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Since 2008, Coca-Cola has partnered with The Nature Conservancy

to support the Community Water Partnership program and help

build solutions to some o the worlds most pressing water

challenges acing communities and nature. The Conservancy brings

expertise in reshwater conservation science and an in-depth

understanding o the inter-relationships between healthy ecosystemsand the communities they sustain, while Coca-Cola provides

global leadership in implementing sustainable water practices in

watersheds throughout the world. The partnership also helps us

expand our thinking beyond traditional water management to

embrace emerging approaches that keep us reaching or even more

ambitious watershed protection solutions and lead to new policies

that sharpen our own water stewardship practices.

On the ground, multiaceted CWP projects ongoing in North

America involve Conservancy team members installing stormwater

inltration systems, providing rain barrels to conserve water a

better control runo, working with armers to promote agricu

best practices, advancing sustainable prairie management, an

supporting many other activities. The Nature Conservancy als

has been quantiying the benets o watershed protection an

restoration actions that restore and sustain adequate watersupplies or the ull range o benecial uses, and supporting o

water ootprinting work with three pilot studies.

Through this collaboration, both organizations can leverage

individual strengths to collectively address water challenges t

advance the understanding and application o reshwater scie

and watershed management at a scale no single entity can a

alone. For more inormation, please visit atur.org.

Partrig with Th natur Cosrvac or Frshwatr Cosrvatio


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Access to sae water and basic sanitation is the oundation o sustainable progress toward health, child survival, gender equity, educatio

environmental protection, poverty alleviation, and human securityall undamental to economic development. In act, sae drinkingwater and sanitation are the most eectiveand among the most ecientways to improve health and alleviate poverty. Each

investment in sae drinking water and sanitation provides an 8:1 return by way o reduced healthcare needs and time saved, which can

be redirected toward positive economic development3.

Since 2005, The Coca-Cola Company and our partners have supported more than 90 projects in over 45 countries that provide access

to water and sanitation or water or productive use. To dat, 1.6 millio adults ad childr aroud th world hav dirctl

btd rom bttr accss to cla watr, saitatio acilitis, or improvd livlihoods that dpd o watr

availabilit.As a result, exposure to water-borne illness decreases, time spent retrieving water can be reduced, more students

especially girlscan attend schools, and armers can achieve greater crop yields through access to ecient irrigation.

Accssig Cla Watr ad Saitatio

In 2011, we continued advancing toward our goal to provide over 2 million people with access to clean water by 2015

through the Replenish Arica Initiative (RAIN)our six-year, $30 million commitment to provide access to sae drinking

water or communities throughout the continent. Also as part o RAIN, in 2011 we joined Diageo Plc, WaterHealth

International, and the International Finance Corporation in launching the Sae Water or Arica program. This business-led

initiative will bring World Health Organization-quality water to hundreds o communities in West Arica. Long-term operation and

maintenance will be achieved through cost recovery that supports the programs sustainability.

Also during 2011 we began working in the Democratic Republic o the Congo with CARE International to increase access to sae water

and sanitation services by constructing hospital water and sanitation inrastructure, installing water points in surrounding communities, and

training youth associations to operate and maintain them. In Senegal, we undertook a Water and Development Alliance (WADA) project to

enhance access to watr ad saitatio or approximatl 22,500 popl in poor, rural, and remote communities. Likewise, our ne

WADA project in Tanzania will provide water, sanitation, and hygiene services to almost 17,000 popl livig i cologicall ssiti

aras. These projects represent just a ew o the ways we are transorming lives in countries around the world through access to sae

drinking water and sanitation. For inormation about our other water access projects, please see Appendices A and B.

Accssig Watr or Productiv ecoomic Us

Increasingly, armers who depend on regular rainall to irrigate garden plots or crops struggle to eed their amilies or generate income in

the ace o fooding and drought, erosion, and reduced soil nutrients. Through approximately 25 projects aimed at boosting livelihoods and

ostering long-term economic lit, we are helping to provide water or use in agriculture and other water-dependent economic activities,

while building resilience to climate change. In Guangxi, China, we are promoting sustainable agriculture and irrigation to enhance wateruse eciency in sugarcane cultivation, while making additional water available or human consumption. In Morocco, a new program to

reorest oases and install ecient irrigation will combat desertication, improve date palm yield, and increase income or 900 armers

and their amilies. And in Turkey, we have piloted community-based, integrated water resources management approaches that enhance

adaptation to climate change and protect livelihoods.

Delivering Water for

Health and Human Prosperity

3 The WASH Advocacy Initiative: washinitiative.org


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Top: Tram Chim National Park is one o the last natural wetlands in Vietnams Plain o Reeds ecosystem. The WWF/Coca-Cola global partnership has been working to conserve this important resource. Katherine Neebe / WWF-USBottom: New sanitation acilities, including two biogas acilities that will provide renewable energy or schools, areexpected to benet 28,000 people in Accra, Ghana.


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Providig Watr or Wom ad Girls

Th Coca-Cola Compa ad Th Coca-Cola Arica Foudatio ddicatd $6 millio

i 2011 to watr ad saitatio partrships aimd at improvig th livs o a

stimatd 250,000 wom ad girls o th Arica cotit.Through RAIN, our

contributions will have a positive impact on women and girls in Algeria, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco

Nigeria, Rwanda, South Arica, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Uganda. This is in addition to t

ongoing, multi-year initiatives being implemented through WADA in 8 countries.

Women and children in the developing world are disproportionally aected by the global water

and sanitation crisis. In Arica alone, women and children spend up to 40 billion hours collecting

water each yeartime that could be spent learning, working, or caring or amilies. Because o

distance many women must travel to collect clean water, they sometimes resort to unsae source

inadvertently putting themselves and their amilies at risk o lie-threatening disease, and girls

oten dont attend school due to the absence o proper sanitation acilities. With non-governme

organizations (NGOs) and government partners, The Coca-Cola Company benets communities

need through health, saety, education, and income-generating activities or women.

In Rwanda, we also are working with Water For Peoplewhich shares our vision o a world

where all people have access to sae waterand other partners to provide watr accss or

approximatl 17,000 popl. In 2011, new water and sanitation access in schools increase

the attendance o emale students, while 17 new community taps decreased the time women

and girls spend collecting water. Our unds are leveraging signicant contributions rom local

government and communities, underscoring the local ownership so critical to sustainability.

When safe water and sanitation are available in their

community, women have the foundation of health

and the time needed to pursue economic endeavors.

Through RAIN and other cross-cutting initiatives, such

as the 5 BY 20 campaign, The Coca-Cola Company

is creating an integrated model to support the

empowerment of women.

~ Monica EllisCEO, Global Environment & Technology Foundation


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Partnerships are a way o doing business or the Coca-Cola system. By orging multi-stakeholder community

water partnerships, we have joined orces with hundreds o organizations that oer ocused expertise in

environmental protection and community development, with governments eager to protect their water

resources, with multilateral nancing organizations, and with other corporations that share our commitment to

water stewardship. By leveraging this collective experience, know-how, and unding, we create a net benet or

local communities and ecosystems much greater than the sum o its parts. Globally, we believe the total impact

o our Replenish program goes well beyond Coca-Colas contribution to inspire others toward leadership in

addressing the worlds most pressing water chal lenges.

Partnering for

Stronger Communities

Our partnership with Coca-Cola has set the gold standard for

sustainability commitments, with a specic focus on water. Im

proud of our accomplishments to date: measurably improving the

water efciency of plants, setting standards for growing and milling

sugarcane, engaging with communities to conserve some of the

worlds most iconic watersheds, and holding down carbon emissionswhile growing the business. Water is not just essential to Coca-Colas

business, but to all our lives. Now is the time to build on our successes

and mobilize individuals around the world to join us in conserving this

most precious of resources.

~ Carter RobertsPresident and CEO, World Wildlife Fund


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A Global Partrship to Trasorm Frshwatr

Cosrvatio ad Local Commuitis

In 2011, our partnership with WWF achieved one o its most

signicant objectives yet, as we met our conservation goals

in seven o the worlds most important reshwater basins

spanning Asia, Europe, Arica, and the Americas. In each basin,

we addressed our central conservation challenges: bettergovernance and management, resource protection, conservation

in balance with development, and biodiversity protection.

Results on the ground include water quality improvements, new

reserves, and restored habitats. Through this work, we have

replenished millions o liters o water, advanced local policies

to protect valuable watersheds, and supported livelihoods in

10 countries. With these successes, we have extended our river

basin conservation work in three basins through 2012.

Work continues on our other shared goalsimproving

water eciency and reducing carbon emissions throughout

Coca-Colas manuacturing operations, promoting sustainable

agriculture in our supply chain, and inspiring a global movement

to conserve water. Going orward, we will strengthen oureorts to address reshwater impacts related to the agricultural

supply chain, especially rom water-intensive crops like

sugarcane. Already, Project Catalyst in Australia is improving

the quality o water fowing to the Great Barrier Ree, while

the partnerships work with sugarcane growers in South Arica,

Honduras, and Belize is improving arming practices and

building local capacity among growers.

For additional inormation on this partnership, please visit

ww.thecoca-colacompany.com


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Human dependence on ecosystems is vast and varied, encompassing a wide range o essential resources such as clean

water, healthy orests, and viable habitat or sheries and game, as well as services such as pollination, biodiversitymaintenance, waste decomposition, erosion control, soil renewal, and climate mitigation and adaptation. In every part

o the world, humans are biologically and economically dependent on ecosystems to deliver resources or the goods and

services essential to lie on Earth. Ad, bcaus watr is a itgral compot o arl vr srvic w

rciv rom atur, protctig ad rsposibl maagig watr cotributs to halth cosstms that

i tur ar abl to cotiu providig us with th rsourcs w d to surviv.

Rorstatio

Reorestation is one way in which we support ecosystems and communities by preventing erosion, improving water

quality, and sequestering carbon. Globally, our 15 reorestation projects are taking place in locations as diverse as

Colombia, Costa Rica, Greece, Guatemala, Japan, Morocco, the Philippines, Spain, Thailand, Turkmenistan, and the United

States. In Mexico, some 30 mill ion trees are being planted on more than 32,000 hectares, while our ongoing Amazonianrainorest program in Brazil is reducing sediment runo, avoiding greenhouse gas emissions rom predicted deorestation,

and improving water quality or about 120,000 residents.

Climat Mitigatio ad Adaptatio

Our current portolio o CWP initiatives is projected to conserve, restore, or reorest 500,000 hectares o land globally,

providing water quality, biodiversity, and other environmental benets, while removing carbon dioxide rom the atmosphere.

For example, reorestation programs that use sustainable irrigation approaches, such as in Morocco, represent important

adaptive strategies. Bog restoration eorts like those in Europes Yelyna Bog, where cascade dams raised water levels

to reduce peat res and prevent release o an estimated 14,000 tons o carbon dioxide annually, have the potential to

mitigate climate changes. Likewise, our river basin conservation work in collaboration with WWF in the Mekong Delta,

along the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo, and in other areas, advances climate change adaptation through integrated water

resources management, stream and river restoration, wetlands conservation, sustainable agriculture, and other activities.

Th Lati Amrica Watr Fuds Partrship

In 2011, Fundacin FEMSAthe philanthropic arm o our largest bottling partner in Latin America, Coca-Cola

FEMSAjoined The Nature Conservancy and the Inter-American Development Bank in creating the Latin

American Water Funds Partnership, which will manage all water unds in Latin America. Through stewardship

o 32 water unds (such as the Motagua-Polochic Water Fund proled on the acing page), the Latin American Water Funds

Partnership intends to conserve 800,000 hectares o protected natural areascomparable in size to the combined areas o

South Americas largest citiesalong with an additional 20,000 hectares o ecosystems. By 2015, an estimated 12 million

people will have better access to water, and at least 1,200 rural amilies will expand their annual incomes.

PromotingEnvironmental Sustainability

Right: Improved growing methods help to control erosion and runo, protectingthe reshwater ecosystem. WWF-Central America Regional Oce


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Project Catalyst is a 5-year initiative directed at innovative practices to sustainably improve the

quantity and quality o reshwater across catchments that fow directly into the Great Barrier

Ree. The project is working with 53 sugarcane growers to adopt improved soil, nutrient,

pesticide, irrigation, and stormwater management on 14,000 hectares, averting more than

19,000 million liters o runo in 2011 and providing signicant water quality benets.

Tanya Peterson / WWF-Canon


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35% 2.26 96% 70%(16% improvementover 2004 baseline)

Meeting Our Water Stewardship Goals

Replenish Reduce Recycle

Expand support o healthy

watersheds and sustainable

community water programs

to balance the water used

in our nished beverages

by 20204

We have set both aspirational goals and measurable, time-bound targets to drive and monitor

our global water stewardship progress.

By the end o 2010, return

to the environment, at a

level that supports aquatic

lie, the water we use in our

manuacturing operations

through comprehensive

wastewater treatment6

By the end o 2012, improve

water eciency by 20% over

2004 levels5

WATER STEWARDSHIP

Work to safely return to nature and communities an amount of water

equivalent to what we use in our beverages and their production.

Goal:

(% o Production VolumeBalanced to Water Use)

(% Plants in Compliance withour Wastewater Standard)

(Water Use Ratio, or theamount o water we use to

make a liter o product)

Progress:

Risk

By the end o 2012, ach

ull system compliance w

Source Water Protection

Standard7

(% Plants Completed SouWater Protection Plannin

4 2011 Replenish benet calculated using 2010 production volumes, the most recent available, and adjusted to refect an estimated increase or 2011.5 Represents global water use eciency through 2010, the most recent year or which inormation is available.6 Represents progress through September 2011, the most recent period or which inormation is available.7

The Standard requires that each acility rst prepare a source vulnerability assessment and a source water protection plan, then implement a locally relevant wate r resource sustainability program.8As part o our verication process, we learned that the benets or two projects quantied in 2010 had to be adjusted to refect in-the-eld construction decisions and the overall percentage o

TCCC cost share o the project. This resulted in an overall Replenish benet o 23% or that year.


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We continue implementing an increasingly holistic approach to water stewardship, recognizing that water must be considered

in the broader political, social, and ecological context. At the same time, the art and science o water conservation are evolving

as water resources experts in academia, NGOs, business, and government join orces to understand and devise solutions to the

worlds most pressing water issues. This collective eort has given rise to a number o promising areas o study and exploration.

Watr Fuds

We are excited about the use o water unds to encourage upstream communities to practice conservation and eective

watershed management by providing an ongoing source o unding. Through The Nature Conservancy, Inter-American

Development Bank, and our bottling partner FEMSA, we are already doing this in Latin America (see page 24), and hope to

expand the practice to other parts o the world.

Watr Footprits

As a ounding partner o the Water Footprint Network, we are continuing our work in water ootprint assessments, an emerging

science. To date, we have conducted ocused studies on the blue, green, and grey water ootprints o sugar beets, orange juice,

and Coca-Cola to help us pinpoint potential sustainability impacts in specic watersheds. Notably, in late 2010, Coca-Cola

Europe published a summary report on its assessment o the water ootprint o sugar use in Europe, 80% o which is derived

rom locally grown beets. Continued in 2011, this work underscored the importance o linking the ootprint to the potential

impacts o water used, not solely to its quantity. This breakthrough has changed the prioritization o our assessments to ocus on

the impact o water use more than the water use itsel. As part o this process, Coca-Cola Europe has proposed a methodology

or water ootprint sustainability assessments, and we are contributing our key learnings to the global dialogue. To read thereport, please visit thecoca-colacompany.com/citizenship/community_initiatives.html.

Corporat Watr Ris Maagmt

Globally, we have deployed a unique water risk decision support system worldwide with over 800 manuacturing plants. In

addition, as noted earlier, we have shared with the Aqueduct Alliance our extensive body o water risk data and geospatial

models or analyzing water stress, quality, socioeconomic actors, as well as potential impacts rom economic development and

climate and population changes. Although we once considered this inormation proprietary, we now believe its ability to support

global, strategic decision-making around global water supplies makes it extremely valuable to others as well.

Thought Ladrship ad educatio

Our in-house water experts regularly speak about water issues and best practices in water management, addressing national

and global water conerences, elected ocials, colleges and universities, schools, and community groups. Many o them also

serve on the boards and committees o international water organizations. In addition, The Coca-Cola Company is engaged with

several industry and business orums to address and raise awareness o global water challenges. One o the rst companies to

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New Community WaterPartnership Projects - 2011

Our global portolio o 386 Community Water Partnership (CWP), or Replenish, projects support local

communities, create and protect sustainable water supplies, build stronger stakeholder relationships, mitigate

water-related risk to communities and business, and underpin sustainable growth. In addition, many CWP

projects help to advance our 2020 goal o replenishing to nature and communities an amount o water equal

to that used in our nished beverages. In 2011, we undertook new projects in our categories:

1. Access t Water an Sanitatin Oten reerred to as WASH (water and sanitation or health)

projects, these generate social and economic benets through improved access to sae drinking water

(e.g., installing wells, purication systems, or water storage acilities) and sanitation (e.g., providing pit

latrines or septic systems).

2. Waterse Prtectin Watershed protection projects vary greatly in scope and scale, but all

support the sustainable and equitable use o water, conserve or restore water quantity or quality, and

yield measurable benets or nature and communities.

3. Water r Pructie Use These projects promote the ecient and sustainable use o water

to protect the environment and provide economic community benets, such as rainwater harvesting or

water reuse or irrigation.

4. Eucatin an Awareness These activities improve community understanding o locally

relevant water issues and increase capacity to address water challenges. Many o our Replenish projects

include an education and awareness component to strengthen outcomes, while a ew ocus exclusively

on water education to protect watersheds or improve health and hygiene.


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Note: This map represents the countries, and in some cases the general regions, where we have implemented projects. For space reasons, not all projects are shown here.


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As with our 320 previous and ongoing CWP projects, our new projects or 2011 wereidentied as part o broader Replenish strategies that consider:

Engagement within the communities and watersheds where we manuacture productsPartnerships and philanthropic priorities

Risk management priorities, as identied through source vulnerability assessment andsource water protection planning

Growth projections or our business

Geographically relevant water issues, or themes, such as water and agriculture, waterand cities, water and women, or water and nature


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ARGENTINACoNSERvATIoN ANd RESToRATIoN of ThE RAmSARSITE - LAGUNAS dE GUANACAChE, dESAGUAdERo y dELBEBEdERo

Classied as a Ramsar wetlands site, Lagunas de Guanacache, Desaguaderoy Del Bebedero is a system o chained lagoons and marshes inhabitedby 2,000 people dependent on the wetlands. The wetlands have beendrying due to natural and anthropogenic causes, resulting in the losso key ecosystem services such as irrigation or arming, grazing areas,

shing, and reeds and rushes or handicrats. This project aims to generatestrategic actions toward restoring and conserving Guanacaches wetlandsby promoting local community participation and ostering understandingo the sites value at local, provincial, and regional levels. The project aimsto eectively manage the site, pilot restoration actions, and improve localcommunity capacity in wetland conservation.

Prect Tpe: Education and Awareness, Water or Productive Use

Eternal Partners: National government, Fundacin para la Conservacin yel Uso Sustentable de los Humedales, Local NGOs

ThE foRESTS of RAmN RIvER

This project involves a communication campaign, education, training,community engagement, nancial incentives, and policy and governmentengagement to raise awareness and understanding o the environmentalservices provided by orested areas surrounding the Ramn River. Only 12%o native orest remains in the watersheds highest areas, with much o theland cleared or tea and yerba mate cultivation. This project will developgeographic inormation system maps that will acilitate conservation andrestoration incentives at the arm level, and will create a sustainable andbalanced agro-ecosystem capable o producing a wide range o goods andservices and support a healthy watershed.

Prect Tpe:Education and Awareness

Eternal Partners: National government, Ober Electric and Water Supply

Cooperative, Local NGOs

SUSTAINABLE mANAGEmENT of WATER RESoURCESIN ThE INCA CAvE CommUNITy

This project provides irrigation water to a community or the cultivation oancient Andean crops. Where no crops had been previously grown in theproject area, sprinkler and drip systems now irrigate almost 6 hectares onative crops during dry periods, and rain is sucient during other periods.The water, which is piped rom a mountain spring at the oot o Cerro Cono,supports potatoes, oca, quinoa, amaranth, corn, beans, peas, and othertubers. The initiative not only provides livelihoods within the community, butalso helps to preserve ancestral agricultural practices.

Prect Tpe: Water or Productive UseEternal Partner: National oundation

BoSNIA ANd hERZEGovINACLEAN vRBAS

Several years ago, local authorities in Banja Luka decided to take action toclean the Vrbas River, which runs through the town. Inspired by the success

o Banja Luka, other municipalities along the Vrbas River are joining tchallenge. To coordinate their eorts, authorities o all nine municipalhave created the Coordination o Mayors o the Vrbas River.

Coca-Cola and UNDP have developed the Clean Vrbas project to supthe coalitions work and encourage local protection o the river. The palso unded a new biological wastewater treatment acility in a primaschool, and sponsors the Vrbas Eco Regatta, an annual boat race thatawareness o cleanup eorts.

Prect Tpe: Access to Water and Sanitation, Education and Aware

Eternal Partners: UNDP, Local city governments, Community grou

BULGARIA, RomANIARESToRING ThE fLoodPLAINS ANd ImPRovING ThEhABITAT ALoNG ThE dANUBE

This project is helping to restore foodplains in Romania and Bulgaria,improving sturgeon migration across the Iron Gates dams, and promotibasin management through best practices exchange. Reconnecting the foodplains will help restore natural hydrological processes, create a bethabitat or fora and auna, and improve the quality and quantity o natresources as a source o income or local inhabitants. In Romania, the p

identied 5 million cubic meters o potential water storage by restoringGarle Mare wetlands. The project has also supported sturgeon conservaby producing an advocacy lm, Lords o the Danube, and securingcommitments or a easibility study o sturgeon sh passage through thGates dams. The project supports the proper implementation o environlegislation through the International Commission or the Protection o tDanube River and meetings with national level government authorities.Successul policy advocacy resulted in key EU policies and managementor the Danube basin, and the ormation o the Danube Network o ProAreas encourages cooperation across the region. This work is part o theCoca-Cola global partnership ocused on reshwater conservation. In thwe are working to conserve the Danube River basin.

Prect Tpe: Watershed Protection, Education and Awareness

Eternal Partner: WWF

CAmBodIA, LAoSIRRAWAddy RIvER doLPhIN CoNSERvATIoN

The reshwater dolphin population in the Mekong River is severely endaestimated at ewer than 100 animals. The Irrawaddy River Dolphin Consproject ocuses on improving shing regulation enorcement, enacting stprotocols or monitoring shing in dolphin pools, and conducting commoutreach to 8 villages along the stretch o river where the dolphin populives. The work has engaged government agencies, communities, and otNGOs, and one local environmental group is enorcing regulations to red

destructive shing practices and minimize illegal shing. Rivers that are to support healthy dolphin populations are much more likely to support range o other species that contribute to the health and productivity o tecosystem and the human livelihoods that depend on them. This work iso the WWF/Coca-Cola global partnership on reshwater conservation. Iregion, we are working together to conserve the Mekong River basin.


Eternal Partners: WWF, Local NGOs


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ChINAGUANGxI SUSTAINABLE SUGARCANE INITIATIvE

The Guangxi Autonomous Region accounts or more than 60% o Chinassugar industry, with more than 20 million people working in sugarcaneagriculture. Beginning in late 2009, Guangxi and our other provinces insouthwest China suered a severe drought that had a signicant impacton crop yields. This project addresses the need or reliable and ecientirrigation o sugarcane. In Shangsi County, water rom a sugar processingplant is being combined with river water and treated, then used to irrigate

sugarcane land over 12,000 hectares. In Longzhou County, water rom a lakeis being treated or irrigation and canals are being constructed to deliverthe treated water to 100 hectares o sugarcane elds. Water is conserved byusing channel and sprinkling irrigation systems, leaving more water availableor human consumption. Drinking water is also being provided to 100,000people by building new wells, installing new water pipelines, and replacingrusty lines.

Prect Tpe: Water or Productive Use, Access to Water and Sanitation

Eternal Partner: Multilateral institution

ImPRovING RIvER mANAGEmENT PRACTICES

IN ThE yANGTZEInspiring good governance and sustainable river management, this projecttrained Yangtze River basin residents in the upper basin to use a scorecard totrack environmental indicators over time. This helps ensure that river

management is responsive to local needs, and, in one instance, has led tothe establishment o a Water Fund in the Huoxihe River basin. The undreduces reshwater threats, such as pollution, deorestation and soil erosion,by providing grants or solar energy equipment, waste treatment, andpoverty alleviation. The project also secured an important commitment roma prominent hydropower company to adjust its dam operations, increasingenvironmental fows in tributaries o the Jialing basin. E-fow equipmenthas been installed on tributaries in the Jialing basin. In the same area, theestablishment o the new Jialing River Wetland Conservation Network,which connects 300,000 hectares in our provinces, is improving wetlandmanagement through capacity building activities. Additionally, the projectdistributes materials on drinking water saety in rural areas and promotes

source-water protection, including participation in the annual WetlanAmbassador Action program. Since 2007, over 2,000 students rom 7universities and colleges have been involved with the Wetland AmbasAction program and 300,000 people rom more than 500 communitihave participated in events and presentations. This work is part o theWWF/Coca-Cola global partnership ocused on reshwater conservati

In this area, we are working to conserve the Yangtze River basin.Prect Tpe: Watershed Protection, Education and Awareness

Eternal Partners: WWF, Chengdu Urban Rivers Association, Local NRural Drinking Water Saety Center o the Ministry o Water ResourceGovernment, Yuantian Village Party Committee

PoLLUTIoN CoNTRoL ANd dRINkING WATER SAfETy IShUANGChENG CITy

Shuangcheng City supports widespread agriculture and animal husbabut in 2008, no more than 20% o the manure produced in the city chandled and disposed o. As a result, large amounts o manure accum

alongside streets and elds, resulting in odor and water pollution. Theexisting sewer system acil ities were aulty or nonexistent, and wastewas discharged into the Lalin River, with pollutants fowing directly inwater bodies.

The Shuangcheng project constructed a wastewater treatment plant arebuilt the drainage pipelines. The project also included green agricultand biogas utilization demonstration activities to promote the recyclinmanure into organic ertilizer. A pilot program in water-saving technoor dry arming is also being promoted in Shuangcheng.

Prect Tpe: Watershed Protection

Eternal Partners: Multilateral institution, Provincial and nationalgovernment

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PRoTECTING ANd RESToRING fREShWATER ECoSySTEmRESoURCES

This project improves local livelihoods, reduces water pollution, and engageslocal citizens in decision-making through an integrated pollution controlpilot with our main activities: mobilizing the community to help restore anancient river channel; building ve courtyard wetlands to demonstrate hownatural puriying systems can treat household grey water; implementingsix biogas digesters in Yuantian and Yunqiao villages; and promotingcommunity supported agriculture in Yuantian village by partnering with ve

local armers who agreed to stop using harmul chemicals on their elds.It is anticipated that over 100,000 people will directly benet rom thereshwater conservation projects, and Yuantian and Yunqiao are being heldup as successul case studies or smart drinking water policies that includewater source area conservation. Already, additional courtyard wetlands arebeing built in Anlong and Yunqiao, and Jiulong village has incorporatedgrey water treatment methods into its master plan. These examples o localsuccess are helping to infuence national policy on good quality drinkingwater. This work is part o the WWF/Coca-Cola global partnership ocused onreshwater conservation. In this region, we are working together to conservethe Yangtze River basin.



RETURNING WATER To PEoPLE ANd NATURE

This project helps advance reshwater conservation, sustainable agricultureand public water stewardship awareness in the Upper Yangtze River basin.The project is reoresting 150 hectares in important source water areas,working with the Jialingjiang Wetland Conservation Network to conserveover 300,000 hectares o wetland area, and engaging with industries toimprove water use eciency. Sustainable agriculture work is ocusing onreducing impacts rom commodity agriculture production to reshwaterecosystems by helping armers implement best management practices.Finally, the project is mobilizing over 2 million people in China to conserve

water and protect their local watersheds. These eorts build on theaccomplishments o the WWF/Coca-Cola global partnership ocused onreshwater conservation. In this region, we are working together to conservethe Yangtze River basin.



WATER RESoURCES mANAGEmENT ANd ECoLoGICALREhABILITATIoN IN ThE mAINSTREAm AREA of TARImRIvER BASIN

The Tarim River basin is the largest inland river basin in China, hosting a

population o 10 million, o which ethnic minorities are the majority. It is alsothe most arid and ragile region in western China and central Asia. The TarimRiver suers rom serious water shortage, which has been aggravated bylarge-scale land reclamation. The water shortage and degenerated ecosystemhave resulted in many o the dependent communities becoming the most

impoverished in the country. This water resources management progris improving water management and allocation, enhancing local capain ecological agriculture, and improving the management capacity o decision-makers, stakeholders, and armers in water resources manag

Prect Tpe: Watershed Protection, Education and Awareness, WateAccess and Sanitation


WATER TREATmENT ANd WATERBoRNE dISEASE CoNTIN ChoNGZhoU CITy

In 2007, hal o Chongzhous population o 660,000 was drinking unwater. The Water Treatment and Waterborne Disease Control programimproved drinking water saety through a series o projects, includingsae drinking water in schools, rainwater harvesting and treatment, athe construction o rainwater and wastewater networks. The programenhanced awareness o environmental protection and drinking waterand controlled the occurrence o waterborne diseases. The program mserve as a template or other regions with similar water challenges.

Prect Tpe: Watershed Protection, Access to Water and Sanitation

Eternal Partners: Provincial water authorities

ZhEjIANG PRovINCE fLood PREvENTIoN PRojECT

The Zhejiang Province suers requent and serious fooding disasters,have greatly restricted local economic development. The Water GoverProject aims to prevent fooding by widening the river and constructinretaining wall. The project will reduce soil and water loss, improve theecosystem, and enhance the rivers discharge capacity. The project wipromote economic and social development in the region.


Eternal Partners: Multilateral institution, Provincial and nationalgovernment

CoLomBIA ANd NICARAGUAACCESS To SAfE WATER IN LATIN AmERICAN CommUN

Community water treatment systems have been established in ArgeliaColombia; Sop, Colombia; and San Francisco de Cuapa, Nicaragua,providing sae water to more than 30,500 people. Access to sae watonly improves a communitys quality o lie, but also enhances develoIn addition, community health is improved by decreasing the prevalengastrointestinal disease, the economy is boosted by strengthening theo the productive population, and school attendance is increased by rillness-related absenteeism. Local authorities have been involved thro

to encourage community ownership o the process and equipment.Prect Tpe: Access to Water and Sanitation

Eternal Partners: Fundacin FEMSA, National governments


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CRoATIAoUR BEAUTIfUL SAvA

Our Beautiul Sava aims to protect and promote the River Sava, and toraise awareness about Croatias water resources and the importanceo the river or social, environmental, and economic lie connectedwith navigation. This years program included the Sava Fair in Zagreb,upanja, Sisak, and Slavonski Brod, eaturing local fowers, exhibitions otraditional handicrats, traditional dishes and drinks, and other culturaland art programs. The program encouraged ecotourism and sustainable

development, including the launch o a website promoting entrepreneurialand tourist services around the river, and the donation o promotional lmsto local tourist boards.

Prect Tpe: Education and Awareness

Eternal Partners: International Sava River basin Commission, The Ministryo the Sea - Transport and Inrastructure and other national governmentministries, the Inland Waterways Agency, Civil sector stakeholders

dEmoCRATIC REPUBLIC of ThE CoNGokINShASA BoPETo

The Kinshasa Bopeto project increases access to sustainable sae water andsanitation services by constructing and rehabilitating water and sanitationinrastructure at Makala Hospital in Selembao health zone, and installingwater points in the surrounding communities. Ten youth associations will betrained in sanitation, hygiene, and the maintenance and operation o waterpoints, and they will be encouraged to work with community members todetermine water point locations. As a result, more than 3,000 communitymembers will benet rom improved access to water.

Prect Tpe: Access to Water and Sanitation, Education and Awareness

Eternal Partner: CARE International

ECUAdoRAdAPTING To RAPId GLACIER RETREAT INThE TRoPICAL ANdES

This program mitigates the impact o glacial retreat in the Tropical Andesby protecting and strengthening the resilience o local ecosystems andeconomies. The program is increasing the level o plant cover in the Tambo,Jamanco, and Papallacta communities by reoresting native species andpromoting the integration o arms and orests, contributing to ood securityby recovering biodiversity, and implementing a hydrology monitoring systemto veriy the level o improvement in reorested area water retention. Theenvironmental and economic eects o glacier retreat are lessened byreoresting with varied native species and by helping local communities tocreate diverse sources o ood and income.


Eternal Partners: Environment Ministry o Ecuador, CARE Ecuador

EGyPTENvIRoNmENTAL SERvICES foR ImPRovING WATERQUALITy mANAGEmENT

Only a small raction o Egypts 4,500 rural villages have adequatewastewater or solid waste management capacity, and water contamirom unsae wastewater and solid waste disposal into canals and draa growing problem. Additionally, 25% o inadequately treated wastewis reused or irrigation, resulting in hygiene and health problems. Betw2007 and 2010, wastewater treatment acilities were constructed in

Gharbiya Governorate, Lower Egypt and Qena Governorate, Upper Egcollectively serving 54,000 people. An estimated 493 mil lion liters owastewater annually now receive secondary treatment prior to dischaimproving water quality in the drains and or use in irrigation.

Prect Tpe: Access to Water and Sanitation, Water or Productive U

Eternal Partners: Multilateral institutions, National government, Csector stakeholders

EURoPERESToRING WETLANdS IN ThE dANUBE RIvER BASIN

Connecting more than 800,000 hectares, the lower courses o the Drand Mura rivers are among Europes largest and ecologically most imriverine areas. These wetlands are home to endangered bird species iblack storks, little tern, and white-tailed eagles, as well as beavers, otand Danube sturgeon. The wetlands are an important stepping-stonemore than 250,000 migratory waterowl every year. WWF and Coca-Chave undertaken wetland restoration in the area. In the Kopacki Rit NaPark, Croatia, and the Strbac area o the Special Nature Reserve GornjPodunavlje, Serbia, WWF and Coca-Cola are reconnecting foodplains,restoring the plant and animal communities on river banks, and re-estathe natural channel fow o the rivers to protect the regions biodiversitThese eorts build on the accomplishments o the WWF/Coca-Cola glopartnership ocused on reshwater conservation. In this region, we ar

working together to conserve the Danube River basin.Prect Tpe: Watershed Protection



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dANUBE dAy 2011

Danube Dayan annual tradition throughout the Danube River basinhasexpanded to additional countries such as the Czech Republic, Romania, andSlovakia. Children and adults in the Czech Republic discovered acts aboutwater ecosystems and environmental protection, and where The DanubeBox, an interactive education tool, was launched. More than 700 childrenentered artwork into this years Danube Art Master competition, withwinners enjoying a cruise on the Morava and taking part in a contest orthe most beautiul water-related art. In Romania, a stakeholder conerence

addressed protection o the Danube, and aimed to mark the beginning oa new EU strategy or the Danube region. A celebration o Danube cultureincluded a gastronomic and cultural estival in Sulina, a harbor city locatedat the terminus o the Danubes journey across Europe, where it emptiesinto the Black Sea. And in Slovakia, visitors took part in sightseeing cruiseson the Danube and toured Slovakias largest hydroelectric plant. Childrencollected trash on the banks o the Danube and created inormative panels

about protecting the environment. Visitors also took advantage o numerousdiscussions, lms, and workshops on the Danube ecosystem, the presenceand protection o rare animal and plant species, and nature conservation.


Eternal Partners: National governments, International and local NGOs

dANUBE + oNLINE PLATfoRm

The Danube + Online Platorm is an interactive website that allows visitorsto explore the Danube region using a satellite map, learn more about theDanubes biodiversity, and support its protection. Visitors to Danube + canlearn about the rivers environmental threats and the crucial restoration workbeing carried out in the region. The site also l ists ways people can contributeto those conservation activities, and encourages them to upload theirpersonal observations and tips or treasured spots in the Danube region.

Prect Tpe: Education and awareness

Eternal Partners: WWF, International NGO

fRANCEmASSIf dE LA NERThE REfoRESTATIoN

The Massi de la Nerthe, a orest in Southeast France, has suered rosignicant re damage in recent years, leaving the area vulnerable toexcessive runo and soil disruption. This Coca-Cola Enterprises projecaims to plant up to 2,000 trees over two hectares, including Montpemaple, olive, almond, and pistachio trees. Reorestation will decrease levels and sediment erosion in the orest, and support the areas contenjoyment by hikers, bikers, and artists.


Eternal Partners: National and municipal government

GhANAWATER SUPPLy ANd SANITATIoN PRojECTIN PERI-URBAN AREAS

This project is expected to provide access to clean water and sanitatioto at least 28,000 people in the metropolitan area o Accra, the capito Ghana. Activities include installing decentralized water treatmentcenters (WaterHealth Centers) to puriy water that is then provided to

local communities at minimal cost. The project will also deliver improvsanitation acilities in households and schools, including two biogas that will provide renewable energy or use by two school clusters. Raawareness about water, sanitation, and hygiene issues in schools andcommunities is also central to the project.


Eternal Partners: USAID, GETF, Relie International, Beta ConstrucEngineers, Ltd.

GhANA, LIBERIA, NIGERIASAfE WATER foR AfRICA

By enabling access to clean water and mobilizing communities arounsanitation, and hygiene issues, this project is expected to benet at le91,000 people across Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and other countries. Acinclude installation o WaterHealth Centers and education on water,sanitation, and hygiene issues. Each WaterHealth Center uses sedimeltration, and ultraviolet technologies to puriy and disinect contaminwaters. Communities play key roles in determining the usage ees or water purication service, allowing community members to directly pusae water at minimal cost.


Eternal Partners: Diageo plc, International NGO

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GLoBALAmBASSAdoRS WASh IN SChooLS INITIATIvE

This program supports a global communications strategy as well as twomajor communication events in each country. These events engage the localcommunity and parent-teacher associations. Local and national governmentsalso have the opportunity to participate. The events aim to highlight ongoingWASH programs and help advance national dialogue about water andsanitation in schools, including hygiene training as part o a comprehensiveWASH program. Well-points and latrines will also be constructed, providing

access to water and sanitation or an estimated 1,000 students in variouscountries.

Prect Tpe: Education and Awareness, Access to Water and Sanitation

Eternal Partners: GETF, Global Water Challenge, Millennium WaterAlliance

GREECEmISSIoN WATER: CARE foR WATER PRoGRAm

This ongoing, multiaceted project supported by Coca-Cola Hellas andCoca-Cola HBC Greece includes community education and engagemeon water consumption, shortages, and conservation. The three main areas include rainwater harvesting, protecting Greeces wetlands andcoastal waters, and sharing valuable inormation about global water Through 2011, rainwater harvesting activities beneted approximatel8,000 residents o six Cycladic islands, as well as nearly 1,600 studen

teachers, who participated in educational and awareness-raising activsuch as The Git o Rain school program and 20 educational seminAn underground water tank was installed on the island o Syros to wa new green park with indigenous vegetation, while a greywater reussystem was installed on Milos. A total o 12 kilometers o coastline wcleaned up thanks to the collective eorts o 23 NGOs and 2,500 volin eight regions across Greece. Additionally, in collaboration with WWthe Volunteers Network in Crete initiative launched in 2011, includingour volunteering teams, our educational seminars, monthly ecologicmonitoring o 93 wetlands, ve awareness-raising events about protewetlands on the island o Crete, and collaboration with academic instto conduct urther wetland studies on the island. On an even broaderproject communications have reached 1.5 million people to date.

Prect Tpe: Access to Water and Sanitation, Watershed ProtectionEducation and Awareness, Water For Productive Use

Eternal Partners: Global and local NGOs, WWF, Public and civil sestakeholders

hoNdURASImPRovING WATERShEdS ANd LoCAL LIvELIhoodSThRoUGh AGRICULTURE ANd foRESTRy BmPs

To improve water quality and local livelihoods along the Chameleconthis project harmonizes local agriculture with watershed conservation

while improving community involvement in key watershed issues. Thisthe project established a tree nursery in the Manchaguala sub-watersand trained villagers rom seven surrounding communities in agro-orsystems. Agro-orestry integrates native trees with agriculture to conssoil and water, resulting in increased productivity, economic benets,preserved biodiversity, and a reduced carbon ootprint, as trees absorcarbon than crops. Deorestation pressures are reduced as existing crbecomes more productive. The project also involves installing monitorsystems that enable communities to assess, adapt to, and mitigate clichange risks. These eorts are allowing local communities to secure vresources or their livelihoods while preserving the ecological integritykey watersheds and securing the health o downstream coastal and mecosystems. This work is part o the WWF/Coca-Cola global partnersh

ocused on reshwater conservation. In this region, we are working toto conserve the Mesoamerican Ree catchments.




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hUNGARyLETS SAvE ThE LIBERTy (SZABAdSG) ISLANd!

Lets Save the Liberty (Szabadsg) Island! is working to rehabilitate a sidearm o the Danube River near Liberty Island. A stone dam currently blocksthe ree fow o water around the island, causing water quality issues. Torestore the area, the project is removing the dam and dredging the sidechannel to remove accumulated sediments, eradicating invasive plants,replanting native tree species to re-establish fora and auna, restoring theisland as a natural foodplain orest, and constructing a trail and recreation

area or local residents and eco-tourists. The project also launched an

innovative Facebook undraising tool to support restoration eorts and buildcommunity support. The conservation and restoration work will restore thenative habitat and improve drinking water quality or the 20,000 residents oMohacs. This work is part o the WWF/Coca-Cola global partnership ocusedon reshwater conservation. In this region, we are working together toconserve the Danube River basin.

Prect Tpe: Watershed Protection, Education and AwarenessEternal Partners: WWF, National and local government, Civil sectorstakeholders

INdIAImPRovING WATER USE EffICIENCy IN AGRICULTUREThRoUGh LASER LEvELING foR IRRIGATIoN

Laser leveling is a new and cost-eective technology that ensures theappropriate and scientic leveling o irrigated land. Once the land isprecisely leveled, the eld is fat, allowing water to be uniormly appliedacross the eld. This practice has proven to reduce water use by 25 to

30% compared with traditional food irrigation methods. Coca-Cola iscollaborating with local armers in the northern state o Punjab, where laserleveling is now being used on many arms, encompassing over 400 hectareso irrigated land.

Prect Tpes: Water or Productive Use, Education and Awareness

Eternal Partners: Local NGO, Local community, Private stakeholder,Private enterprise

RAINWATER hARvESTING PRojECT IN vILLAGES ANdComPLExES of SoS ChILdRENS vILLAGES

Focused on ensuring sustainable water resources by replenishinggroundwater levels and assisting over 6,000 women and children, thrainwater harvesting project includes 39 SOS orphanage campusesthroughout India. The project builds on a pilot that resulted in over 1liters o harvested water, and has the potential to collect another 440liters o water rom new locations each year, providing clean and abuwater.

Prect Tpe: Access to Water and SanitationEternal Partners: SOS Childrens Villages, Local government

REChARGE ShAfTS foR SUSTAINABLE GRoUNdWATER

This project recharged an aquier by constructing nearly 150 rechargeshats in the Great Indian Desert, providing a more sustainable sourcgroundwater. The shats are located in open areas where rainwater isto collect, but not percolate into the ground. The recharge shats prova pathway or the collected rainwater to fow into the ground and, usa reverse lter system, recharge the groundwater or nearly 15,000 lovillagers.

Prect Tpe: Watershed ProtectionEternal Partners: Local development partners

RESToRATIoN of GARhImANdU PoNd

To improve water recharge capacity and access to sucient water suthis project restored the Garhimandu Pond in a protected orest area,conserving an estimated 8,000 cubic meters o water each year. The peatures an activity corner about water conservation that has alreadyintroduced 3,000 students to fora, auna, and water issues through vto the nature trail and pond. Students were invited to help clean the

by removing weeds and desilting, and were educated about conservathrough resource materials about water testing, water testing kits, aninormation panels.


Eternal Partners: Charities Aid Foundation India, Forest departme

Photo Credit: WWF-Hungary


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RESToRATIoN of LAkE NEmAm

Situated in the Nemam village o Poonamallee Taluk in Tamil Nadu, LakeNemam serves as the major water source or armlands in the vicinity. Thelake has deteriorated due to soil erosion, wastewater infow, encroachmentby settlements and agriculture, and excessive aquatic plant growth. This hasreduced storage capacity and elevated the risk o severe fooding in timeso heavy rainall. The project includes restoration o nearly 1,000 hectares othe lake by clearing bushes and weeds, desilting and dredging, widening anddeepening channels, treating catchment areas, reactivating eeder canals,

strengthening the shoreline, and managing adjacent areas. These activitieswill improve the health and fow o the lake, in turn reducing the likelihoodo dangerous fooding.


Eternal Partners: Siruthuli (Local NGO), Local government,Local community

RESToRATIoN of LAkE RoShANARA PARk

To improve the water recharge capacity and access to sucient water supply,this project is restoring Lake Roshanara, a large lake in a protected orestarea o Delhi. The project aims to revive the lake using rainwater harvesting

techniques, potentially recharging 27,000 million liters o water each year.Water rom dierent parts o the park will be collected, de-silted, ltered,and channeled to the lake. A network o channels will be created around thelake so that every drop o water can be diverted, rather than causing erosionand water loss through runo. The project is also restoring the lake byremoving weeds and de-silting, helping to re-establish fora and auna andserving as an educational center or students.


Eternal Partners: Local NGO, Local government

INdoNESIA

RW SIAGA PLUS+ INTEGRATEd WATER, SANITATIoN, ANdhyGIENE ImPRovEmENT

Innovative sanitation technologies in Bekasi, Indonesia have provided morethan 500 households with sae, aordable, and sustainable sanitation

systems that will improve community and environmental health by mawastewater. New approaches have also made aordable, sae drinkinwater accessible to 1,000 households. An education program supporttechnological advances, inorming communities about sanitation and drinking water, with an emphasis on the hygiene practices o school cand caregivers o children under ve. Overall, these initiatives are expto improve the lives o more than 5,000 people.

Prect Tpe: Access to Water and Sanitation

Eternal Partner: Local NGO

jAPANfoREST mAINTENANCE, REfoRESTATIoN, ANd GRASSyPLAIN mAINTENANCE

Coca-Cola is supporting reorestation and orest maintenance projectMt. Shirahata, Mt. Zao, Ahigakubo, Oume, Nanto, Ujitawara, Mt. DaisAso, Mt. Kirisima, and Taiho, reintroducing native species to 120 hecto watershed. Reorestation reduces runo and sedimentation, protecdrinking water supply, and provides a corridor and habitat or native The project is also maintaining grassy plains at Mt. Aso to aid in aquirecharge. Coca-Cola intends to maintain the watersheds at each bott

area; or example, at Mt. Shirahata, Coca-Cola is committed to maintthe watershed over the next 50 years, ensuring that local residents angroundwater users will benet rom the orest or decades to come.


Eternal Partners: Local governments, Local orestry associations, LNGOs

joRdANWATER SECToR REfoRm IN joRdAN

This project worked with the government o Jordan Ministry o Water

and Irrigation in cooperation with the ministries o Agriculture, Plannand Mega Projects to provide a act-based analysis o the water scarcchallenges in Jordan and the available economic and technical optionaddress them in the context o national economic, social, and sustainobjectives. Activities ocused on projecting uture demand rom Jordaindustrial and commercial sectors, and developing alternative watermanagement approaches to support the government o Jordans watand management reorm eorts. The project also developed a high-leimplementation plan and corresponding investment plan or the watein Jordan.


Eternal Partners: USAID/Washington EGAT/NRM/Water Team, GETMultilateral institution


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kENyASAfE WATER SySTEmS IN PRImARy SChooLS

This sae water project is reducing illness and absenteeism caused bywaterborne diarrheal diseases. The project provides and promotes point-o-use water treatment, sae water storage, and hand washing and hygieneeducation in 45 primary schools in the Nyanza Province. To date, 15,700students have received access to improved water and 800 amilies now drinktreated water at home. Additional education about clean water and hygieneurther improves health and quality o lie in participating communities.

Prect Tpe: Access to Water and Sanitation, Education and Awareness

Eternal Partner: International NGO

LEBANoNCommUNITy-BASEd INTERvENTIoNS foR PRodUCTIvE USEof GREyWATER IN homE fARmING

An extension o similar successul work undertaken in Jordan during 2010,this project improves livelihoods by acilitating more sustainable use o waterin dry areas, improving greywater quality through a community treatmentsystem, and making community-based interventions that support sae

use o greywater or small-scale crops. Through partnerships between theInternational Water Management Institute and local communities, armershave been trained on soil conservation techniques. A larger collaborationnetwork with the Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources Developmentand Management has also been ormed to exchange ideas and experiencesor rening the greywater treatment system.

Prect Tpe: Education and Awareness, Water or Productive Use

Eternal Partner: National government

WATER fILTRATIoN IN PUBLIC SChooLS

This 5-year project will install potable water ltration systems in public

schools across Lebanon. A new water ltration system will include a triple-layer tank; isolated pipes; new basins; new taps; a lter to remove sedimentsand impurities; a lter to remove chlorine, odor, and taste rom incomingeed water; and ultraviolet treatment to remove microbes. This access toclean water will improve student health and hygiene.


Eternal Partner: National NGO

mALdIvESISLANd SANITATIoN IN ThE mALdIvES

By providing a sustainable sanitation system or the 526 residents oDhambidhoo Island, Laamu Atoll, this project supports the governmentspost-tsunami sanitation eorts and improves groundwater quality on theisland. At project completion, all households and public buildings will betted with a durable, water-tight septic tank connected to a wastewaternetwork that will channel to a second-stage biological purication acilityand then into the deep waters beyond the island-encircling ree. This system

will prevent the discharge o wastewater into the islands lagoon andgroundwater, protecting resh groundwater and decreasing pollutants



mExICoACCESS To WATER IN RURAL INdIGENoUS CommUNIT

ThE hUASTECA PoToSINASix rural indigenous communities in the Huasteca Potosina have beenprovided with rainwater harvesting systems to help meet their wateraccess needs. Rainwater harvesting eases the burden placed on aquiand other sources o reshwater, providing a sustainable source o clewater. The systems were constructed by the local communities, encouownership and understanding o the process, and water conservationurther promoted through dissemination o educational materials amparticipating amilies. The areas surrounding the water source are alsprotected and reorested, improving water quality.


Eternal Partners: Fundacin FEMSA, National NGO

AQUIfER RESToRATIoN, SoIL CoNSERvATIoN, ANdREfoRESTATIoN AT ThE CUmBRES dE moNTERREyNATIoNAL PARk

Through water harvesting and soil containment, this project is restoriCumbres de Monterrey National Park. Some 4,800 closed ponds are built over 8 hectares, and 300 meters o contour-leveled ditches are bconstructed per hectare, over a total o 37 hectares. In addition, 45 ho the park are being reorested with 36,000 native pine trees.


Eternal Partners: Fundacin FEMSA, International NGO, Nationalgovernment


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BIoPARQUE BEPENSA

Bioparque Bepensa, an environmentally restored area o the METAPLUSacility, hosts acilities or the reuse and recycling o materials, solar panelsto uel the Bioparques activities, a wastewater treatment plant, a treeand plant nursery, compost acilities, and a reorestation program. TheBioparque helps to oset and reduce carbon emissions, reduce waste andwastewater, reduce noise levels, and oer ood and habitat or local auna.The Bioparques trees also help to recharge aquiers and reduce soil erosion.In addition, the Bioparque oers a place or visitors to enjoy and learn about

nature, with areas dedicated to vegetation rom varying strata, as well as orendemic, palm, endangered, and orest fora.


Eternal Partner: Fundacin Bepensa A.C.

jARdIN BEPENSA

The Jardin Bepensa will serve as a community center, acting as a gatheringpoint or people in Mrida, Yucatan. In addition to a playground, bike path,lake, auditorium, cultural center, library, senior center, and exercise area, theJardin Bepensa will include a reorestation area with local species. This willhelp to preserve local biodiversity, capture carbon emissions and pollutants,

and provide a place or the community to enjoy and learn about nature.Prect Tpe: Watershed Protection

Eternal Partner: Fundacin Bepensa A.C.

RAINWATER hARvESTING SySTEmS IN ThE mIxTECA REGIoNof oAxACA

The Mixteca region o Oaxaca suers rom water scarcity. A sustainableresponse to this scarcity is col lection, storage, and purication o rainwater.During the rainy season, these systems can collect up to 200,000 liters orainwater, promoting sel-suciency o the Mixteca region and reducingoveruse o aquiers. Rainwater harvesting also conserves energy, as it avoids

the complicated systems required or pumping, treating, and transportingwater rom more distant areas. These activities are being conductedat a community level, with local people trained and educated in waterconservation and rainwater harvesting.


Eternal Partners: Fundacin FEMSA, Local oundation

RESToRING ThE Ro CoNChoS

WWF and Fundacin Gonzalo Ro Arronte in Mexico are working withcommunities along the Ro Conchos, one o the primary tributaries othe Ro Grande/Ro Bravo. Activities include biodiversity conservation,

the development o community action plans, training in soil and waterconservation techniques, and the distribution o educational materials withbasic social, economic and environmental inormation. The project restored10,000 hectares o orestlands in the Conchos headwaters, providingemployment and training to people rom seven communities. Work with

local stakeholders also helped build capacities in wildlie managemenencouraging the protection o white-tailed deer, mule deer, and bighosheep, as well as the native Aparique trout and Julimes pupsh.

In addition, a cost-eective wastewater biotreatment plant was constto address wastewater fows into the Ro Conchos. The plant has the to serve approximately 200 people and the processed wastewater caused as ertilizer and water or irrigation. Already, 60 people are beinserved by the system in a pilot plant that represents an excellent optior hundreds o small communities near the Ro Conchos and its main

tributaries. The plant is 5 to 8 times less expensive than traditional treacilities. This work is part o the WWF/Coca-Cola global partnership oreshwater conservation. In this region, we are working together to cothe Ro Grande/Ro Bravo basin.

Prect Tpe: Watershed Protection, Education and Awareness, AcceWater and Sanitation, Water or Productive Use

Eternal Partners: WWF, Municipal, state, and national governmenLocal NGOs

WATERShEdS ANd CITIES foR ThE moNTERREymETRoPoLITAN AREA

Through communication, training, and community engagement, this paims to maintain and restore the watersheds o Santa Catarina and SPedro in the metropolitan area o Monterrey, Mexico. The project invocommunication among rural and urban communities to increase awao watershed protection, as well as the creation o spaces that promocoordination among institutions and societies to create a sustainableintegrated approach. This promotes a learning community o individusharing experiences and strengthening capacities. The project also ovthe watersheds nancial management to ensure long-term viabili

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