The Coca-Cola Foundation announces $10.5 million in new grants to support sustainability efforts across the globe

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The Coca-Cola Foundation announces $10.5 million in new grants to support sustainability efforts across the globe

Greentech Lead America: The Coca-Cola Company has
announced that its philanthropic arm The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded a
total of $10.5 million in grants for 68 community organizations in 41
countries. These grants will support sustainability efforts on six continents.

Foundation’s global priority areas include sustainability
and the well-being of thousands of communities around the world. They include:
$3.2 million for active, healthy living; $2.9 million for water stewardship;
$780,000 for community recycling; $630,000 for education; and $3 million for
other local priorities, such as youth development, community improvement,
economic development and environmental responsibility.

“These grants represent our ongoing investment in the
sustainability and the well-being of thousands of communities around the
world,” said Ingrid Saunders Jones, chairperson of The Coca-Cola
Foundation. “Our investment is designed to have real impact, by helping local
communities with innovative ways to meet global challenges.”

The sustainable community grants will benefit 1.8 million
students and 164 colleges in the form of education support and scholarships,
1.2 million youth and adults who will have access to fitness and nutrition
programs; 1.1 million people who will be involved in recycling awareness and
education programs worldwide, and able to collect more than 470 tons of debris;
and 300,000 people who will be provided with improved water systems, sanitation
and education, conserving 7.2 billion liters of water;

Coca-Cola contributes $3.5 Million to U.S. Water Partnership to
advance sustainable water access in African countries

Recently The Coca-Cola Company and The Coca-Cola Africa
Foundation committed a $3.5 million to the United States Water Partnership
(USWP) to advance sustainable water access in African countries facing the
greatest clean water challenges.

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