Introduced lightweight, resealable – and recyclable – 2-liter polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottle

Introduced first-ever plastic bottle made with recycled content

Co-founded Ocean Conservancy Trash Free Seas Alliance

Formed PET Recycling Company (PETCO), the South African plastic industry’s initiative to recycle 100% of its PET plastic output

Introduced PlantBottle, using 30% plant-based materials in place of petroleum

Invested in major expansion of PetStar, now the largest food-grade PET bottle-to-bottle recycling plant in the world

Developed new packaging strategy

Launched World Without Waste initiative at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Introduced Mexican bottled water brand Ciel in 100% recycled plastic bottles

Signed joint framework with UN Environment to curb plastic waste in Southeast Asia

Launched South African PETCO model in Kenya, in partnership with Kenya Association of Manufacturers

Co-founded UK Plastics Pact, bringing together stakeholders from across the entire plastics value chain to tackle plastic waste

Co-founded World Economic Forum Global Plastic Action Partnership

Invested in Circulate Capital, an impact-investment firm aiming to keep plastic waste out of the world’s oceans

Shared proprietary technology behind PlantBottle to foster bioplastics in packaging

Entered loan agreement with Ioniqa Technologies to transform hard-to-recycle plastic waste into high-quality, food-grade PET plastic

Nine new companies joined Reciclar pelo Brasil, making the co-investment platform - co-founded with AB InBev in 2017 - the largest of its kind, with 15 members and 250 cooperatives

The Coca‑Cola Foundation announced USD $5.4 million in grants to support innovative recycling pilots in seven U.S. locales

Initiated the creation of PETCO Ethiopia—the Ethiopian plastic industry’s initiative to recycle 100% of its PET plastic output

Coca‑Cola Vietnam partnered with several leading food and beverage companies to establish the country’s first industry-led Packaging Recovery Organization

The Coca‑Cola Australia Foundation announced grants of up to USD $600,000 to tackle marine pollution in Australian coastal and inland waterways

Coca‑Cola Beverages Philippines (CCBP) announced investment in a new bottle-to-bottle recycling facility that will be operational in 2021

ALBA Group Asia Limited, Baguio Waste Management & Recycling Limited and Swire Coca‑Cola Limited broke ground on a joint venture to build Hong Kong’s first food-grade PET and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic recycling plant

Coca‑Cola India joined peer companies as a key stakeholder to set up India’s first industry-formed, -owned and -managed multi-material packaging recycling organization — Circular Sustainability Solutions Private Limited — with the goal of collecting half a million metric tons of used packaging by 2025

Introduced the first bottle made from 25% marine plastic, collected from the Mediterranean Sea and beaches, in partnership with Indorama Ventures, Ioniqa Technologies and Mares Circulares

Jointly launched with GA Circular a first-of-its-kind comparative study examining Southeast Asia’s PET plastic bottle collection and recycling landscape — and provided a road map for action to accelerate the circular economy in the region

Introduced minimalist paperboard packaging solution KeelClip™ for multipack cans in Europe, expected to save 2,000 tons of plastic and 3,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually

PRAISE (Packaging and Recycling Alliance for Indonesia Sustainable Environment) announced the Packaging Recovery Organization for Indonesia to improve plastic collection and recycling

The Coca‑Cola Foundation and the Benioff Ocean Initiative announced an $11 million partnership to fund nine river plastic waste prevention programs around the world over the next three years

As of end of year 2019, 16 markets offered beverages packaged in 100% recycled PET (rPET) bottles

Announced new global reusable packaging goal.

By 2030, we aim to have at least 25% of our beverages sold by volume worldwide in refillable/returnable glass or plastic bottles or in fountain dispensers with reusable packaging.