Water Stewardship

Developing and Using Metrics to Guide Water

Management

Water Stewardship Coca-Cola North America

Coca-Cola and Colorado State U.Model of a Sustainable PartnershipAASHELos Angeles CAOctober 15, 2012

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Coca-Cola’s Environment & Sustainability Platform

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Water Stewardship Sustainable PackagingEnergy Efficiency

& Climate Protection

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Coca-Cola’s Sustainability Report: http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/sustainabilityreport/NA

TCCC Global Water Stress

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2005 & 2009 Water Risk Assessment Informed Strategy

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Plant Perform

ance

Watershed

Protection

Sustainable

Communities

Global Awarene

ss & Action

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Coca-Cola’s Water Conservation Goal

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Our water conservation goal is to return to communities and nature an amount of water equivalent to what we use in all of our beverages and their production

REDUCE

RECYCLE

REPLENISH

Water Efficiency – Improve Water Use Ratio

Stringent Wastewater Treatment Standards

Support Healthy Watersheds And Sustainable Community Water Programs

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Plant Team Replenish Opportunities

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Agriculture Best Management Practices

Variable Rate Irrigation No-Till Farming

Treatment Wetlands

Nutrient Reduction

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Returning Flow To Nature

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The Nature Conservancy - Northern Everglades

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• Restoration of Northern Everglades recharge area (previously drained for ranching purposes)

• Replenish Volume: 3-4 billion liters

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Coca-Cola North America’s Replenish GoalHow are we doing?

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Colorado State University (CSU)-Practicing and Promoting Sustainability within the Land Grant Mission

Sustainable in Operations

Sustainability Outreach

Sustainability Research

Sustainability Education

http://green.colostate.edu/

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CSU and Coca-Cola:Collaboration in Education

Building Capacity

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CSU and Coca-Cola:Collaboration in Research & Outreach

Replenishing Watersheds

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CSU and Coca-Cola:Collaboration in Operations

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This is where our next steps go …

CSU and Coca-Cola:Collaborating on Future Opportunities