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28 The Coca-Cola Compa ny w a t e r s t e w a r d s h i p mproving Our water Use and fciency CoCa‑Cola system wa ter use ratio (effiCienCy) from 2004 to 2009 Averageplantratiosbasedoncollecteddata (liters/literofproductproduced) 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 13% improvement since 2004 2.70 2 2.62 2 2.56 2 2.47 2.43 2.36 CoCa‑ Cola system water use from 2004 to 2009 Systemwidetotalbasedonestimatedtotaluse (billionliters) 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 WaterremainsahighpriorityfortheCoca-Colasystem.Asthemainingredientin ourproductsandanimportantpartofourmanufacturingprocesses,waterisessential tothesustainabilityofourbusiness.Wehavemorethan900bottlingplantsacross oursystemwideoperations.Theseplantsservemarketslocallyandsourcethewater theyuselocally.Assuch,thehealthofourbusinessisdependentuponthehealthof thepeople,communitiesandecosystemswhereweoperate. ThroughouttheCoca-Colas ystem,weareintenselyfocusedonwater stewardship.We focusourwaterstewar dshipeffortsinthreear eas:improveourwateref ciency;recycle thewaterusedinouroperations(wastewatertreatment);andreplenish 1 through communitywateraccessandwatershedrestorationandprotection.Alloftheseefforts arelinkedtoourcommitmenttothesustainabilityofthewaterresourcesweshare. In2009,theCoca-Colasystemachieveditsseventhconsecutiveyearofimproved wateruseefciency.Acrossthesystem,309 billionlitersofwaterwereusedto manufacture130 billionlitersofproduct,withawateruseratioof2.36litersper literofproductproduced—a13 percentreductionsince2004.Thisrepresentsa single-yearefciencyimprovementof2.9 percentfrom2008to2009. TheCoca-Colasystemhaspledgedtoimproveitswateruseratio20 percentby 2012—comparedwitha2004baseline—andweareontracktomeetthisgoal.This goalalsoisakeypartofourglobalpartnershipwithWWF.Since2004,wehave achievedanaverageannualincreaseinwaterefciencyof2.7 percent.Improving ourannualefciency2.85 percentwillachieveourgoalofreducingourwateruse ratioto2.16 litersofwaterperliterofproductproducedby2012. 1 Wedene“replenish”astheCoca-Colasystemprovidingsupportforhealthywatershedsandsustainablecommunitywater programstobalanceoroffsetthewaterusedinournishedbeverages. 2 Ourwateruseandwateruseratio(efciency)gureshavebeenrecalculatedfortheEuropeGroupfor2004,2005and2006, basedonchangestotheorganization.Thesechangesaffectedoursystemwateruseratioforthesethreeyears. 286 2 278 2 290 2 300 31 3 309 Learnmorea twww.water.thecoca‑colacompany.com.
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