Introduction Coca-Cola is a manufacturer, beverage retailer, and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. Invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886, Coca Cola is known for its prize beverage product (The Coca-Cola Company, 2014). In 1889 by Asa Candler, Coca Cola was bought, branded, and then became a corporation in 1892. Currently, Coca Cola provides more than 500 brands in more than 200 countries and serves 1.6 billion serving daily (The Coca-Cola Company, 2014). Dating
sustainability in your R&D and tech investments? Coca cola have a system in place for incorporating sustainability in decision-making. There’s a story of a farm somewhere in the world in almost all of their products. Their system buys millions of tons of fresh fruit, corn, tea, sugar, coffee and other ingredients every year through their global suppliers. Having a long-term supply of those ingredients is of high importance for their business. According to Coca Cola (2012), “sustainable agriculture is founded
2. Analysing Financial Performance Analyse the company’s financial performance, over two years, using the following ratios (you will need to present your results): * Current ratio * Acid test ratio * Gearing * Asset turnover ratio * Inventory turnover ratio (if appropriate) * Receivables (debtors’) days * Payables (creditors’) days * Gross profit margin * Net profit margin * Return on capital employed (ROCE) * Dividend per share (if information is available)
CSR Case Studies: Coca-Cola 1. Why did Coca-Cola Vietnam chose to work on water projects? Coca Cola is a beverage company, a major consumer of water resources, it uses 2.43 liters of water to produce just 1 liter of beverage which makes it prone to criticism and consumer boycotts so to protects its brand image and defend its vision statement, which said be a responsible citizen, and run its business smoothly it decided to start water program to maintain its operations in Vietnam and build a CSR
Coca-Cola CSR Accountability Due to the vastly growing demand for organizational transparency, the formation of sustainability indices has assisted prospective investors by serving as educational tools and allowing them to confidently engage with companies who create a positive social and environmental impact. These indices, such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), evaluate and measure some of the world’s most profitable companies’ based on criteria such as economic, social, and environmental
affected by the business. The number of stakeholders of a business varies as does their importance and influence. The type of organisation and the product or service it supplies also determines its stakeholders. An organisation such as Coca-Cola has far more stakeholders than a family business; it is therefore much more influenced and affected by the actions, aims and objective of its stakeholders. In this report I will evaluate the influence of some stakeholders; Employees and Suppliers of Coca-Cola. Employees
opened doors for the world’s most recognizable beverage brand, Coca-Cola, to enter a rapidly growing consumer market. However, Coca-Cola is challenged with developing a strategy to ensure direct investments are protected despite the Burmese legal system. Entering into the Burmese market poses many political, economic and legal issues. The important question that must be answered when analyzing this situation is how Coca-Cola will be able to mitigate the risks involved with the instability
Coca-Cola is the world’s largest beverage company. They employee over 146,000 employees offer over 3,000 products worldwide and operate in over 200 countries. The company was founded in 1886 but it wasn’t until 1891 when an Atlanta business man secured the rights to the company that the vision of Coca-Cola was established and their expansion begun. In 1899 Coca-Cola’s first bottler relationship was established. This bottling relationship allowed the company to grow aggressively and expand into
rising food prices, reducing economic growth and social stability, that leading to conflicts over water resources. The major source for of the Coca-Cola Company’s (TCCC) products is water. Even the company’s CEO admits “that unless the communities where the company operated had access to water, they haven’t got a business” (Lawrence & Weber, 2011, p. 43). Coca-Cola and its bottlers using 80 billion gallons of water every year worldwide; in which two fifths goes into finished beverages and the rest
Introduction Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a producer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverages. In its 2011 Form 10-K, the company describes itself as "the world's largest beverage company." It manufactures or licenses more than 500 brands including "sparkling beverages, waters, juices, coffees, energy drinks and ready-to-drink teas." The company claims to own four of the top five brands in sparkling beverage Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite and Fanta. The company does business is over 200 countries.