Coca-Cola Provides Additional Relief to Communities Affected by Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean
September 26 2017 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Total of $6.4 Million Now Pledged by The
Coca-Cola Foundation, The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Company
Business Units in Latin America and the United States to Support
Disaster Relief and Recovery Efforts Across the Caribbean, Mexico
and the Southeastern U.S.
The Coca-Cola Company, its Mexico and Latin Center business
units, along with The Coca-Cola Company’s philanthropic arm – The
Coca-Cola Foundation – today pledged additional financial support
to communities recovering from recent natural disasters across
Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Islands. The new pledges
include:
- A $1 million grant from The Coca-Cola
Foundation to the Mexican Red Cross to support relief efforts in
communities impacted by recent earthquakes in Mexico.
- A $1 million grant from The Coca-Cola
Foundation to the Salvation Army to help provide immediate
resources for necessary food and shelter in areas impacted by
Hurricanes Irma and Maria across the Caribbean, including Puerto
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- A $2 million pledge from Coca-Cola de
Mexico to support reconstruction in Mexico once immediate disaster
relief efforts are complete.
- A $300,000 pledge from the Coca-Cola
Latin Center Business Unit to support reconstruction in St Kitts,
Turks and Caicos and Barbuda.
These donations build on the $2 million The Coca-Cola Foundation
previously granted to The American Red Cross for relief efforts
across the Caribbean Islands and the southeastern U.S. following
Hurricanes Irma and Harvey.
Coca-Cola System associates have also come together to provide
assistance and support through the Coca-Cola Employee Disaster
Relief Fund to their fellow system co-workers who have been
evacuated from their homes and are without basic necessities in
affected areas. The Coca-Cola Company is matching employee
contributions up to $100,000.
With the addition of today’s new pledges of support, The
Coca-Cola Company and its business units in Mexico, Latin Center
and the United States, along with The Coca-Cola Foundation,
together have contributed $6.4 million to support disaster relief
and recovery efforts across the hardest hit areas over the past
month.
“These are sad times for all of us in Coca-Cola Latin America,”
said Alfredo Rivera, President of The Coca-Cola Company’s Latin
America Group. “Our company and our bottlers stood up and responded
very rapidly to the needs of the affected communities. We will be
there as well to contribute to the reconstruction of the affected
territories.”
Added Sandy Douglas, President, Coca-Cola North America; and
Board Member of The Coca-Cola Foundation, “The entire Coca-Cola
system has come together to support the communities we serve and
where our associates live and work. Serving our local communities
is at the heart of what we do and, in this time of great need, we
are fully committed to working with relief organizations and
community leaders to support their immediate needs during recovery
as well as the longer term rebuilding efforts.”
In addition to financial contributions,
The Coca-Cola Company and local bottling partners
continue to support relief efforts by providing donations of food,
beverages and building materials to communities impacted by these
devastating natural disasters. In total, the Coca-Cola system has
donated more than 1.4 million bottles of water and other drinks to
relief organizations helping people impacted in local communities
in the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, the southeastern U.S. and Texas,
with more expected in the coming days.
U.S. consumers also have the opportunity to support the American
Red Cross in their relief efforts during the aftermath of
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma through the Coca-Cola Give program.
People can visit Coke.com/give and enter codes found under the caps
of Coca-Cola beverages – and inside multi-packs – and convert them
into donations to the American Red Cross.
About The Coca-Cola
Foundation
The Coca-Cola Foundation is the global philanthropic arm of The
Coca-Cola Company. Since its inception in 1984, the Foundation has
awarded more than $830 million in grants to support sustainable
community initiatives around the world. For more information about
The Coca-Cola Foundation, please visit
www.coca-colagivingback.com.
About The Coca-Cola
Company
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world’s
largest total beverage company, offering over 500 brands to people
in more than 200 countries. Of our 21 billion-dollar brands, 19 are
available in lower- and no-sugar options to help people everywhere
more easily control added sugar. In addition to our
namesake Coca-Cola drinks, some of our household names around
the world include: AdeS soy-based beverages, Ayataka green tea,
Dasani waters, Del Valle juices and nectars, Fanta, Georgia coffee,
Gold Peak teas and coffees, Honest Tea, Minute Maid juices,
Powerade sports drinks, Simply juices, smartwater, Sprite,
vitaminwater and Zico coconut water. At Coca-Cola, we’re
serious about making positive contributions to our world. That
starts with reducing sugar in our drinks and bringing new and
different drinks to people everywhere. It also means continuously
working to reduce our environmental impact, creating rewarding
careers for our associates, and bringing economic opportunity
wherever we operate. In fact, together with our bottling partners,
we employ more than 700,000 people around the world. For more
information, visit our digital magazine Coca-Cola Journey
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