Energy Management & Climate Protection

The implications of climate change for our planet are profound and wide-ranging, with impacts on biodiversity, water resources, public health, agriculture, and much more. Across the Coca-Cola system, we recognize that climate change may have long-term direct and indirect implications for our business and supply chain. Our business system has a role to play in ensuring we use the best possible mix of energy sources while improving the energy efficiency of our manufacturing and distribution processes.

The Coca-Cola Company's climate protection strategy is focused on four key areas:

1. Refrigeration Equipment 2. Offices and Bottling Plants 3. Fleet and Transportation 4. Global Awareness and Action

The three largest components of our system's energy consumption are manufacturing, fleet/transport, and vending machines and coolers.

Manufacturing: Energy is consumed by our system's nearly 850 plants in the manufacturing process to provide the power for equipment such as boilers, chillers and air compressors.

Fleet/Transport: Energy is used by our system's fleet of approximately 200,000 vehicles to transport ingredients, packaging and finished beverages.

Sales/Marketing Equipment: Energy is used in our system's more than 9 million vending machines and coolers to keep products cold. The Coca-Cola system's vending machines and coolers are the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions within the system and produce three times the estimated emissions of our manufacturing facilities.

For information about 5-year trends in average energy use and estimated systemwide energy use, please review our 2006 Environmental Report, go there »

Learn more about our position on climate protection »