Product Carbon Footprint
We have worked with the Carbon Trust to measure the CO2 emissions across the full life cycle of our beverages: from the ingredients and packaging of a particular beverage through the impacts of manufacturing, distribution and retailing; as well as consumer use of the product and disposal or recycling of its package.
Through our partnership with the Carbon Trust in Great Britain, we calculated the carbon footprint of three of our most popular sparkling beverages, including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and Coke Zero. This marked the first time that the footprint of any sparkling beverage has been certified by the Carbon Trust. In early 2009, we completed a similar pilot program with the Carbon Trust in the U.S. on the certification of a 500mL PET bottle of Dasani. Our assessments show that primary packaging is responsible for the largest part of the carbon footprint of our products, and that cooling a product accounts for the second-largest part. This highlights the importance of lightweighting our packaging, increasing the recycled content of our packaging materials, and ensuring that our packaging is recycled by consumers.
Click here for more information about the first certified product carbon footprint.