Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC), a leading bottler of brands of Coca-Cola Company, has stated its commitment to reduce water and direct carbon emissions intensity by 30 percent and 50 percent respectively by 2020, following its endorsement by Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) as the world sustainability leader in the …
New guidelines on use of groundwater may lead to the shutting down of many of the 1,800-odd bottling companies in the country. The norms, which require new and existing units to obtain permits before continuing use of groundwater, may affect the plans of multinationals that have not replenished adequate groundwater. …
Coca-Cola Co. said Tuesday it has spent almost $120 million to fund scientific research as well as health and fitness programs in the U.S. since 2010, a disclosure that is part of the soda giant’s promise to be more transparent after critics accused it of playing down the role of …
An international campaign launched by the global beverage manufacturer Coca-Cola last week claimed that the company had reached its global water replenishment goal, which aimed to return 100 per cent of the water utilised in manufacturing its product “back to nature and to communities.” Coca-Cola India vice-president, Public Affairs and …
Sri Lanka's Central Environmental Authority (CEA) today temporarily revoked a suspension order it imposed on the Environmental Protection License (EPL) of the Coca-Cola beverage factory in Biyagama. The CEA last week suspended the EPL granted to the Coca-Cola beverage factory after the factory was found to be responsible for an …
The Coca-Cola Company expects to replenish all the water it uses to make its beverages by the end of 2015, five years ahead of its scheduled goal. The beverage giant, which manufactures brands such as Diet Coke, Sprite and Powerade, announced Tuesday that it and its bottling partners returned nearly …
Coca-Cola says it will start publishing information about its health and nutrition efforts after it was criticized for funding a group that many felt touted the company’s message. On Wednesday evening, Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent said in an editorial published in The Wall Street Journal that he was disappointed that …
In May 2012, the New York City Board of Health set a limit of 16 ounces on sugary drinks sold in city restaurants, theaters, and food carts, triggering international media attention and a firestorm of opposition. A majority of New Yorkers viewed the portion cap as a “bad idea”, and …
The global food sector faces extraordinary risks from the twin challenges of water scarcity and water pollution. Growing competition for water, combined with weak regulations, failing infrastructure, pollution and climate change impacts threaten the sector’s water security and contribute to a water availability emergency that was recently ranked the world’s …
Unilever has finished first in Ofxam's 'Battle of the Brands' campaign which takes a look at the agricultural sourcing policies of the top 10 food and beverage companies. Firms are given a score out of 10 on seven indicators including climate, land and water. Unilever topped the list thanks to …
Government authorities have declared that Coca-Cola is 'over-exploiting' the groundwater around its controversial bottling factory in Mehdiganj, Northern India. Simply put, more water is being extracted from the underground water source than is being replenished. The area around the factory is the most water stressed area in the entire district. …
A new report shows that obesity levels are continuing to soar. Researchers from the McKinsey Global Institute found that close to 30 percent of the world's population, or about 2 billion people worldwide are overweight or obese, costing more than $2 trillion in medical bills and other costs; that's around …
Savitri Rai winces as she recounts how police beat her when she protested against groundwater extraction at a Coca-Cola Co. (KO) plant near her farm in India. A decade later, she said her water supplies keep dwindling. “We have to dig ever deeper wells,” the 60-year-old said outside her mud …
A ban on advertising sugary drinks to children has been called for by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland’s (RCPI) policy group on obesity. The group highlights Coca Cola’s “Share a Coke” campaign and said under-12s were particularly vulnerable to such targeted marketing. Coca Cola puts names on its …
India has urged PepsiCo, the US-based drink and snack-food company, to reduce the sugar content in its carbonated beverages, making it the latest country to formally express concern about the impact of growing fizzy drink consumption on the health of its citizens. The suggestion to Pepsi came in a meeting …
Coca-Cola has been labelled a 'shameless and unethical company' after being forced to abandon a new $25m bottling plant in northern India because it was extracting too much groundwater. The Mehdigani plant in Varanasi had already been fully built but could not operate commercially as it did not have the …
Campaigns don’t need to be an all-dancing, all-singing affair to be a success. Over the last 18 months, over 640,000 people have spoken up as part of Oxfam’s Behind the Brands campaign, asking the 10 biggest food and drink companies to do more to tackle gender inequality, land grabbing and …
The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partners have announced a $5bn investment at the US-African Leaders Summit in Washington. The new funding, announced yesterday (August 5), will help with the purchasing of new manufacturing equipment, create jobs across the continent throughout the supply chain and support sustainability programmes. It brings …
PepsiCo is to expand the number of recycling bins at petrol stations and convenience stores across the US, as part of a five-year plan to drive up packaging recovery rates. The drinks brand has teamed up with conservation outfit the Nature Conservancy to form an initiative called 'Recycle for Nature' …
This book includes some early analyses of Africa by more than 150 research professionals at Bloomberg Intelligence, the research arm of Bloomberg L.P. The sampling highlights the opportunities for and challenges to growth in Africa, including the implications for its countries, people and key industries.
