CSR Case Studies: Coca-Cola 1. Why did Coca-Cola Vietnam chose to work on water projects? Coca Cola is a beverage company‚ a major consumer of water resources‚ it uses 2.43 liters of water to produce just 1 liter of beverage which makes it prone to criticism and consumer boycotts so to protects its brand image and defend its vision statement‚ which said be a responsible citizen‚ and run its business smoothly it decided to start water program to maintain its operations in Vietnam and build a CSR
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introduction has been added to summarize the challenges faced by Coca cola in India. More details have been added from various sources to provide a more detail picture outlining the plight of Coke in India. Coke has suffered the below difficulties when operating in India. Reports of Center for Science and Environment (CSE) release in 2003 and 2006 claiming its drink contained unsafe level of pesticide. CSE tested the soft drink under European Economic Commission (EEC) standards and find out samples sold in
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During the Super Bowl of 2014‚ Coca-Cola took a shot in the dark and first aired a commercial coined ‘It’s Beautiful‚’ an advertisement which was geared to celebrate America’s great diversity and uniqueness. ‘It’s Beautiful’ has been shown on television on many different American holidays‚ such as the Fourth of July and Memorial Day. Additionally‚ it has been seen on major moments in national and international sports and entertainment events‚ like the football playoffs‚ New Year’s Eve‚ and several
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PepsiCo Inc.‚ profitability ratios | | | Dec 29‚ 2012 | Dec 31‚ 2011 | Dec 25‚ 2010 | Dec 26‚ 2009 | Dec 27‚ 2008 | Return on Sales | | Gross profit margin | 52.22% | 52.49% | 54.05% | 53.51% | 52.95% | Operating profit margin | 13.91% | 14.48% | 14.41% | 18.61% | 16.09% | Net profit margin | 9.43% | 9.69% | 10.93% | 13.75% | 11.89% | Return on Investment | | | | | | Return on equity (ROE) | 27.71% | 31.29% | 29.86% | 35.38% | 42.47% | Return on assets (ROA) | 8.28%
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The code of ethics of Coca-cola is systematic but it doesn’t apply to all countries fairly. They set up their own plants in developing country like India and brazil and they alleged the benefits of the production bring by Coca-Cola but ignore the issue behind which is the water wastage problem. Coca-Cola bottling operations have drastically reduced availability of water for irrigation purposes in countries like India and brazil. Even in the code of ethics of Coca-Cola has pointed out that helping
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The Coca Cola Company‚ founded in 1886 in Atlanta‚ the United States‚ is the world’s largest nonalcoholic beverage company. Coca Cola currently owns and markets more than 500 beverage brands (Anonymous‚ 2010)‚ including waters‚ sports and energy drinks‚ juices‚ tea and coffee‚ which are distributed in over 200 countries throughout the world. Along with Coca Cola‚ the company also owns Sprite‚ Fanta and Diet Coke‚ which are four of the world’s top five nonalcoholic beverage brands (Anonymous‚ 2010)
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change‚ is led from the top of the organisation and embraced by all employees. Coca-Cola Amatil was formed following a major re-organisation in 1989 of Amatil Limited‚ one of Australia’s oldest corporations. In 1989/1990 Coca-Cola Amatil sold it’s interests in poultry‚ tobacco‚ communications and packaging‚ leading to a concentration on its core businesses of beverages and snack foods. The involvement of Coca-Cola Amatil in the beverages industry dates back to 1964 with the company’s acquisition
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1) How could the Belgium problem have damaged Coca Cola? Coca-Cola had been creating a really strong and successful image‚ and people had great sympathy for the brand. But because of the Belgian scandal‚ the credibility of the umbrella brand was being doubted. First of all‚ customers (mainly from Belgium and France at the beginning) were scared of drinking Coca-Cola products. For example‚ parents did not want their kids to get contaminated. More so‚ the brand was not giving a specific reason for
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Introduction The Coca-Cola Company is a leading manufacturer‚ distributor and marketer of soft drink concentrates and syrups‚ juice and juice-drink products. The company is a profitable company that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. The original product was formulated in 1886 by john Pemberton‚ a pharmacist in Atlanta Georgia‚ who sold it at a local drug store soda fountain as a "treatment for the mental and physical disorders. A few years later‚ Asa Candler acquired the formula‚ established
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marketing environment of Coca Cola. Before Neville Isdell was brought out of retirement in 2004‚ Coca Cola’s main product focus was single mindedly devoted to the traditional cola‚ producing ‘syrupy concentrate for bottlers‚ under license‚ to transform into the world’s favourite drink.’(Jobber‚ 2010) But in the face of changing consumer’s attitudes towards soft drinks and the pushing of healthier choices by the state governments‚ (Fresh! Healthy Vending‚ 2010) Coca Cola was slowly losing out to
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