Oceana Calls on Coca-Cola’s Largest Bottler to Commit to Reuse and Plastic Reduction
2024年5月22日 - 1:00PM
Oceana Calls on Coca-Cola’s Largest Bottler to Commit to Reuse and
Plastic Reduction
As shareholders of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) gather in
London today for their annual meeting, Oceana will take to the
surrounding streets, calling on the company to commit to more
reusable packaging. Although the Coca-Cola Company pledged in 2022
to reach 25% reusable packaging by 2030, CCEP — the world’s largest
bottler and seller of Coca-Cola products — has yet to make a
similar commitment.
Oceana released the following statement from Matt Littlejohn,
Oceana’s Senior Vice President:
“Plastic is devastating our oceans and Coca-Cola is the world’s
top plastic polluter according to survey results published by the
Break Free From Plastic Movement. In order for Coca-Cola to meet
its reusable commitment, it needs support from its bottlers,
especially CCEP. If the Coca-Cola Company meets its commitment, it
could, by 2030, eliminate the cumulative equivalent of over 100
billion 500 ml single-use plastic bottles and cups and prevent up
to 14.7 billion of these plastic containers from entering our
waterways and seas.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, please stop delaying. The
Coca-Cola Company itself has reported that refillable bottles can
have the lowest carbon footprint of any packaging type and the
highest collection rate, especially when compared to single-use
plastic bottles. Reuse is clearly the winning strategy for our
oceans and planet. Make a commitment now to scale up reusable
packaging and help save our oceans. They can’t wait.”
Oceana sent a letter to the company, and will distribute it to
shareholders, staff, and executives as they walk into their annual
meeting today. The plea will also appear in the Financial Times, on
chalk sidewalk ads, and on mobile billboards so shareholders and
employees can see and understand the importance of CCEP making this
commitment. The full letter is available at
CCEPmorereusenow.org.
Oceana is the largest international advocacy organization
dedicated solely to ocean conservation. Oceana is rebuilding
abundant and biodiverse oceans by winning science-based policies in
countries that control one-quarter of the world’s wild fish catch.
With more than 300 victories that stop overfishing, habitat
destruction, oil and plastic pollution, and the killing of
threatened species like turtles, whales, and sharks, Oceana’s
campaigns are delivering results. A restored ocean means that 1
billion people can enjoy a healthy seafood meal every day, forever.
Together, we can save the oceans and help feed the world.
Visit Oceana.org to learn more.
Contact: Gillian Spolarich, Anna Baxter |
email: gspolarich@oceana.org, abaxter@oceana.org