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[The Coca-Cola Environmental Management System]
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Dear Colleague:

Responsible stewardship of the environment is a top priority for

The Coca-Cola Company. Our long-term success depends on

quenching the thirst of consumers each day in an environmentally

sound and sustainable manner.

This revised version of The Coca-Cola Environmental Management System

outlines specific steps to make environmental excellence and sustainability

a priority in the daily operation of our business. The new name eKOsystem

reflects that integration. With renewed focus and accelerated action on

these issues, we will achieve environmental leadership through disciplined

commitment and innovation.

As always, I welcome your thoughts and look forward to your results.

Douglas N. Daft

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

The Coca-Cola Company

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At the core of

The Coca-Cola eKOsystem

are five policies that affirm the

environmental responsibilities of
OUR APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IS GUIDED The Coca-Cola Company and serve

as guidelines for our business

BY A SIMPLE PRINCIPLE: WE WILL CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS IN partners around the world.

Each of these policies is supported

by specific requirements and

WAYS THAT PROTECT, PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT.
practices that govern our daily

operations and are fundamental to

achieving results consistent with

environmental leadership.
THE COCA-COLA eKOsystem TRANSLATES THIS PRINCIPLE INTO

Our five policies are: 1 COMMITMENT

ACTION BY ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESSFULLY

2 COMPLIANCE & BEYOND

MANAGING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE WORLDWIDE.

3 MINIMIZING IMPACT, MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITY

4 ACCOUNTABILITY

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BUSINESS PLANNING
A Commitment Operations incorporate environmental
management and commitment into their
to Lead annual business planning cycles.
Activities that will eliminate or minimize our
impact on the local environment are
integrated into daily business considerations
and operations.
OPERATIONS PERSONNEL
Each company group and division designates
an environmental coordinator.
Key company support functions (Legal,
Technical, Marketing, etc.) designate an
environmental coordinator as appropriate.
Each plant designates a plant environmental
coordinator.
Operations management provides written
descriptions of roles and responsibilities for
environmental coordinators, and evaluates
their performance annually.
OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT EXTENDS THROUGHOUT OUR
ORGANIZATION. WE BELIEVE THAT HAVING EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS REQUIRES
THE INVOLVEMENT OF EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS. OUR OFFICERS, MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES ASSUME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAILY IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
OPERATIONS SUPPORT
Operations management provides
training to help personnel effectively
implement initiatives to meet all
applicable requirements.
Operations management ensures new
employees receive an environmental
orientation.
Individuals with operational environmental
responsibility regularly improve their
environmental knowledge and expertise by
participating in courses, seminars, meetings
and other programs.
COMPANY SUPPORT
The company develops training programs to
address systemwide environmental topics
and provides guidance on implementation.
The company works with our bottling
partners to help them implement, at
a minimum, The Coca-Cola eKOsystem
or an equivalent environmental management
A COMMITMENT TO LEAD
system.
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LEGAL REQUIREMENTS Employees are accountable for understanding
and incorporating The Coca-Cola eKOsystem

Compliance and Beyond Operations management is responsible

for ensuring compliance with applicable
environmental legal requirements.
into daily work practices.

This includes:
- Understanding how applicable BEYOND COMPLIANCE
environmental laws and regulations
apply to its operations. Operations management is recognized
OUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT EXTENDS BEYOND COMPLIANCE. WE ARE and rewarded for environmental practices
- Ensuring that appropriate personnel exceeding applicable laws, regulations and
understand how these laws and
DETERMINED TO INTEGRATE SOUND ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES INTO OUR DAILY company policies.
regulations apply to their areas
of responsibility.
BUSINESS OPERATIONS. EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF SPECIFIC REGULATORY Operations encourage and reward
- Developing, implementing and innovations that yield meaningful
documenting operation-specific improvement.
REQUIREMENTS, WE OPERATE IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER IN
programs to meet or exceed
applicable legal standards.
ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY.
- Maintaining a file of all current
applicable environmental laws and
regulations.

- Maintaining records that demonstrate

compliance with applicable
environmental laws and regulations and
in accordance with an appropriate
retention schedule.

COMPLIANCE AND BEYOND

THE COCA-COLA eKOsystem

Operations management is responsible for

implementing The Coca-Cola eKOsystem and
complying with its policies and requirements
in the same manner as required for
applicable laws and regulations.
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Minimizing Impact,
Maximizing Opportunity
WE USE THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH AND NEW
TECHNOLOGY TO MINIMIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT OF OUR OPERATIONS, EQUIPMENT,
PRODUCTS AND PACKAGES, TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT THE ASSOCIATED COST OR PROFIT FOR
EACH ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT. WE MINIMIZE
THE DISCHARGE OF WASTE MATERIALS INTO THE
ENVIRONMENT BY EMPLOYING RESPONSIBLE
POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL PRACTICES.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS
DESIGN
Environmental implications are key factors
in the decision-making process during the
design and development of new products,
equipment, packages, processes and
facilities.
Operations adhere to the company's
environmental requirements and applicable
environmental laws and regulations when
designing or modifying products, equipment,
packages, processes, facilities and offices.
Operations seek opportunities to incorporate
innovative environmental design principles
for maximum overall environmental benefit.
Operations review capital projects for their
potential environmental impact and take
action to address environmental issues.
ONGOING ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPROVEMENT
Operations follow the company's Good
Environmental Practice for Measuring and
Reporting Environmental Performance that
requires:
- Measurement of environmental impacts.
- Setting goals for waste minimization
and cost savings, documenting these
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in annual business plans.
Implementing continuous improvement
programs.
The company updates The Coca-Cola
eKOsystem to accommodate changing
technologies and environmental realities
in consultation with environmental
managers at all levels of the system
and external stakeholders.
RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT
When making purchasing decisions on
products and supplies, we consider the
widest reasonable definition of
environmental impact, performance, safety
and regulatory requirements, and cost
competitiveness.
MINIMIZING IMPACT, MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITY
Operations give purchasing preference to
products made entirely or partially of
recycled materials (consistent with current
performance, safety and regulatory
requirements, overall environmental benefit,
and cost competitiveness).
Operations establish procurement policies
that consider the environmental impact of
packaging and other materials used.
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Operations give purchasing preference to
energy-efficient lighting, compressors,
refrigeration systems, heating systems,
motors and other energy-consuming devices.
Operations work cooperatively with key
suppliers and customers to reduce impact on
the environment.
Operations communicate environmental
standards to suppliers.
PACKAGING
Operations adhere to the company's
Packaging Policies, as well as applicable
environmental laws and regulations.
Operations pursue opportunities to
minimize the weight of new and existing
packaging without compromising
product/package safety, quality, integrity,
innovations or packaging differentiation.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
We strive to eliminate the use and
generation of hazardous materials and
ensure these materials are managed in an
environmentally responsible manner during
transport, storage and use.
Operations follow the company's Good
Environmental Practice for Managing
Hazardous Materials. Key activities include:
- Training employees on hazardous
materials management.
- Transporting hazardous materials in
accordance with applicable laws and
regulations, or the United Nations
Recommendations for the Transport of
Dangerous Goods as adopted into Codes
of Practice for individual modes of
transportation as applicable to individual
products, whichever is more stringent.
This includes providing appropriate
labeling, marking, placarding,
manifesting, and emergency response
information, and using appropriate
packaging.
- Providing secondary containment to
prevent releases of hazardous materials
to drainage systems and the
environment.
- Establishing hazard awareness and
communication programs.
- Implementing appropriate spill
prevention and control programs to
minimize the risks and impacts of
accidental releases.
OZONE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION
OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
We conduct our activities in a manner to
minimize the depletion of the stratospheric
ozone layer and global climate change
impacts.
Operations follow the company's
Good Environmental Practices for
Ozone Protection. Key activities include:
- Operations no longer purchase new
equipment containing or made with
CFCs or halon.
- When refrigeration or air conditioning
systems must be opened for servicing or
when the equipment is discarded, the
refrigerant charge is safely and
responsibly captured and reused,
recycled, reclaimed or destroyed.
Operations pursue alternative refrigeration
technologies and energy efficiency
opportunities consistent with the company's
environmental policy for cold-drink
equipment. Key activities include:
- By mid-2004, operations will no longer
purchase new cold-drink equipment
using HFCs where cost-efficient
alternatives are commercially available.
- By the end of the decade, we are
requiring our suppliers to deliver new
equipment that is 40 to 50 percent more
efficient than equipment produced in
2000.
Operations evaluate environmental impacts
when choosing fuels for both stationary
devices and vehicles.
Operations investigate the purchase of
environmentally friendly power (power
generated from renewable sources such as
the wind, sun, geothermal, water or
MINIMIZING IMPACT, MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITY
biomass) for use in office buildings and
production facilities, where available.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY
We recognize the interrelationship between
energy and the environment, promote the
efficient use of energy and implement
continuous improvement programs to
minimize such use.
Operations conduct periodic internal
energy audits.
Operations ensure the efficiency of fuel-
burning equipment such as boilers and
generators by having them tested and
tuned annually by competent experts.
Operations promote the efficient use of
energy and set annual goals for continuous
improvement.
Operations seek advice and technical
assistance on energy efficiency from outside
experts and local utilities.
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
We manage our fleet operations in a manner
to minimize environmental impacts and
traffic congestion.
Operations follow the company's Good
Environmental Practices for Fleet Management,
which specify requirements for managing fleet
operations. Key activities include:
- Operations implement programs to
minimize the environmental impacts
associated with fueling operations and
waste generation
- Operations follow a preventive
maintenance program for vehicles,
including regular inspections.
- Transport operations implement
programs to maximize fuel efficiency.
- Operations routinely measure and
attempt to reduce vehicle emissions.
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Operations develop and execute a
water management program consistent
with the company's strategies for
continuity and quality of water supply.
Key activities include:
- Operations implement and maintain a
water utilization and efficiency
performance measurement system and
program for continuous improvement.
- Operations assess water availability to
develop and execute internal and
external water contingency plans.
Operations recognize the connections to
larger watersheds by participating in
stewardship and conservation activities with
the local community and establishing water
source protection programs.
WASTEWATER STANDARDS
We conduct our activities in a manner that
minimizes the generation of wastewater and
potential environmental impacts associated
with wastewater discharges from our
facilities.
Operations design and operate systems that
minimize wastewater generation consistent
with company policy.
Operations follow the company's Good
Environmental Practices for Wastewater
Quality. Key activities include:
- When discharging to a treatment facility
that performs secondary treatment,
operations meet or exceed applicable
effluent requirements.
- When discharging wastewater directly
to a natural body of water or to a
treatment facility that does not perform
MINIMIZING IMPACT, MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITY
secondary treatment, operations ensure
that discharges are treated to a purity
level capable of supporting fish life.
- Operations ensure that wastewater
operators are adequately trained.
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STORMWATER POLLUTION
PREVENTION
We minimize the potential to contaminate
stormwater discharges from our facilities.
Operations periodically assess their potential
to pollute stormwater and implement
appropriate controls to minimize impacts,
documenting these in Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Plans.
Operations monitor and control the
application of landscape chemicals, such as
fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, to
minimize impacts to stormwater.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Operations implement programs to minimize
the discharge of waste materials into the
environment.
Operations set annual goals for continuous
improvement in waste prevention and
recycling.
When environmental benefits outweigh other
considerations, operations recycle, compost,
recover and/or reuse incoming materials and
packaging, as technologically and
economically feasible.
Operations repair and remanufacture
equipment to increase useful working life.
Inefficient or obsolete equipment is recycled
to prevent inefficient reuse.
Operations establish environmentally
responsible waste storage practices,
such as:
- segregating hazardous and non-
hazardous wastes
- controlling litter, odors and pests
- conducting routine inspections of waste
storage areas
- implementing stormwater pollution
prevention controls
Operations use only qualified contractors to
transport or dispose of site-generated
wastes and maintain documentation,
updated annually, to verify contractors'
qualifications.
When available, operations use only
government-approved sites for waste
disposal.
Operations evaluate waste disposal sites
before use and periodically thereafter to
verify and document site acceptability.
Operations do not permit the on-site burial,
disposal, or open burning of wastes. Where
on-site incineration is required, facilities
provide suitable incinerators to minimize
environmental impact and comply with
applicable laws and regulations.
As appropriate and in line with the principle
of shared responsibility, operations support
and cooperate with public, private and
governmental organizations' efforts to
implement anti-litter campaigns and
integrated solid waste management
programs.
MINIMIZING IMPACT, MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITY
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4 Accountability
ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SAFETY AUDITS

The company conducts ES audits of all

company-owned facilities following the
programs established by the Good
Environmental Practice for Auditing
Environmental and Safety Systems.
Key activities include:
ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE

Operations follow the company's Good

- The company's corporate function
conducts ES compliance audits of certain
manufacturing operations and other
facilities identified by company
management and the Corporate Legal
Division.
Environmental Practices for Environmental
Due Diligence. Key activities include:
- Operations complete environmental
due-diligence assessments prior to
acquiring, selling or leasing real estate
and timely, responsible and cost-
effective action on issues identified
during due-diligence assessments.
- The company conducts due-diligence
assessments of company-led real
estate transactions.

- Local company management (i.e.,

WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR
ACTIONS. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
CONDUCTS AUDITS OF ITS
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY (ES)
- Operations establish procedures to
PERFORMANCE AND PRACTICES,
DOCUMENTS THE FINDINGS AND TAKES
- The company conducts an
NECESSARY IMPROVEMENT ACTIONS.
Divisions/Regions) conducts ES
compliance audits of all other company-
owned operations within their geographic
area of responsibility and assesses the
effectiveness and performance of
franchise bottler's ES systems to identify
potential negative impacts to company
image or equity.
regularly confirm compliance with
applicable standards and provisions of
The Coca-Cola eKOsystem.
environmental, health and safety audit
of each company-owned facility at least
once every three years.
INFORMING STAKEHOLDERS
The company establishes mechanisms to
communicate effectively with employees,
consumers, governments, shareowners and
other stakeholders on environmental
performance, including environmental
reporting.
The company, in conjunction with local
operations as appropriate, communicates
with stakeholders on our environmental
performance and encourages feedback and
ideas for continuous improvement.

ACCOUNTABILITY
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5 Citizenship
STEWARDSHIP

We are stewards of brands universally

recognized for quality and consistency. With
that stewardship comes the expectation of
excellence in our business conduct, which is
essential if we are to continue to be trusted
neighbors in the communities where we do
business. Our efforts on the environment
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Our activities focus on community

involvement based on understanding local
and global environmental issues, leadership
on research to provide innovative solutions,
and open and ongoing dialogue on our
environmental efforts.

are inclusive and proactive at the local, Operations share best practices on
division and corporate levels. resource management techniques with
local communities.
We act responsibly, doing the right
thing with regard to the local and global
environment as we build and nurture
strong brands.

As responsible stewards of the environment

and our brands, we will take progressive
actions that focus on minimizing our impact
on the environment and strive for
continuous improvement.

We have as our goal to lead on the

environment through commitment and
innovation in the communities where we do
business.

We provide leadership in three critical areas

– water efficiency and water quality; energy
efficiency; and eliminating or minimizing
WE SEEK TO COOPERATE WITH PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN IDENTIFYING solid waste.

CITIZENSHIP
SOLUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES. WE DIRECT OUR COMPANY'S SKILLS, ENERGIES AND RESOURCES

TOWARDS THOSE ACTIVITIES AND ISSUES WHERE WE CAN MAKE A POSITIVE AND EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTION.
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A NOTE ON CONTENT AND TERMINOLOGY

This document is intended to help stakeholders better understand the current

evolution of The Coca-Cola eKOsystem. An electronic version of this document
is available at www.cocacola.com. Company employees can obtain additional
information about eKOsystem on the Coke Machine on by contacting
Corporate Environmental Assurance.

Use of the term "operations" throughout the document is in a general sense,

applying to production and non-production facilities alike.

The term "Good Environmental Practice" is used to designate a formal

company publication that describes the requirements and guidelines for
managing a specific environmental subject.

KO is the common stock ticker symbol for The Coca-Cola Company.

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