Consumers in the developed world are becoming increasingly apathetic about global warming, while Latin Americans – who have suffered much from unusual weather patterns – are becoming more concerned
With the growing demand for water putting pressure on a limited resource, beverage majors are tracking their water footprints. Be it soft drink ones such as Coca-Cola, beer maker SABMiller or packaged water firm Bisleri, they are all measuring the water consumed for bottling every litre of their retailed drinks, trying to cap this and replenish the sources.
Energy drinks touted to have major health benefits are so packed with caffeine that they can cause more harm than good, according to the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment which is calling for strict regulatory controls over caffeine content in drinks like Red Bull and Cloud 9.
CSE said tests carried out on leading brands like Red Bull and Cloud 9 found high levels of caffeine in 44
Allowing Coke to launch drinking water scheme S. Faizi, environment expert member of the Plachimada High Power Committee, has accused the Health Department of having given a public relations opportunity to Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Limited so as to subvert the Plachimada Coca-Cola Victims Relief and Compensation Claims Special Tribunal Bill, 2011, passed unanimously by the Kerala Assem
A group of 72 businesses, including household names such as Coca-Cola and Google, joined forces on Wednesday in support of deeper European cuts to greenhouse gases.
They signed a declaration calling for the European Union to extend to 30 percent its planned emissions cuts, which are now targeted at 20 percent below 1990 levels by the end of this decade.
Beverage maker Coca-Cola India along with one of its bottlers, Moon Beverages, on Wednesday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a recycling outfit, Harit Recyclers Association, for rolling out a project for recycling PET (or plastic) bottle waste.
Sales of soft drinks have long been stymied by erratic power supply, but an environment-friendly innovation developed by Coca-Cola India now promises to change all that.
Kerala passes law on tribunal to secure compensation for victims of bottling plant. Just before the Kerala Assembly was dissolved for elections, the state’s Left Democratic Front government passed a law to secure compensation for people affected by Coca-Cola’s bottling operations at Plachimada in Palakkad district.
