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Photo Credit: Janet Lee/The Nature Conservancy India: Replenishing the Groundwater Used in Production The Coca-Cola system in India is achieving water conservation, efficiency, and balance with a variety of strategies and programs throughout the country. The system has achieved full balance between groundwater used in beverage production and that replenished to nature and communities—ahead of the global target. Bottlers throughout the system in India have also improved water use efficiency by 25 percent since 2005. Our efforts to replenish groundwater in India are focused on rainwater harvesting, constructing check dams, restoring ponds and other natural water bodies, and supporting agricultural water efficiency improvements. NGOs and local communities help our bottlers to identify priority areas, implement projects, and mobilize community members to ensure local input to project planning and assessment. At the end of 2011, our system in India had installed more than 600 rainwater harvesting structures across 22 states. Ponds are being restored in Sarnath and Varanasi, and check dams have been constructed at several locations, including near Bangalore and Mumbai. In the Kaladera area of Rajasthan and elsewhere in India, we have worked with government and other partners to advance water-efficient agriculture through drip irrigation, helping 300 farmers to date install and learn how to use the systems. This long-term initiative is lowering farmers’ water and fertilizer costs, increasing their yields, and conserving more than 1.5 billion liters of water every year across approximately 100 hectares of farmland. engaging Communities for Local Water Stewardship In communities around the world, we work closely with local organizations, community groups, schools, and individuals to deepen our understanding of the water issues they may face, involve them in planning and implementing projects, provide education and hands-on training, and help build local capacity to maintain projects and support responsible water management for years to come. This collaboration takes many forms. As part of our CWP projects, we often provide education and awareness in water conservation, water resources management, and health and hygiene. We partner with local groups to supply education to farmers in sustainable agriculture practices. We work with marginalized youth to empower them through interconnected leadership programs. We train local residents to become water and health advocates or to operate and maintain water infrastructure. And we have developed partnerships with local watershed groups to support stormwater management initiatives. Robust community engagement around local and global water challenges is essential to creating water access and supporting responsible water management. As the business grows, we will continue to expand our engagement in watersheds and communities where we operate.
UnDP – Building Community Capacity and Sustainable Water Management Our work with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) represents a long-term partnership to identify and support solutions to water supply, sanitation, water resources management, and climate change-related challenges, while building long-term community capacity to address these challenges. Our collaboration with UNDP also includes Every Drop Matters, a flagship initiative between the Coca-Cola Eurasia and Africa Group and the UNDP Water and Ocean Governance Programme in East Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia. The Coca-Cola system has 34 projects underway or completed with UNDP, from installing rainwater harvesting systems to improving sanitation, water quality, and water sources to advancing community water education, wastewater treatment, and sustainable agriculture. Our joint investment is $12 million, including Every Drop Matters in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Water Resources Management and Drinking Water Safety in Rural China, and the Inclusive Community-Based Water Management and Adaptation to Climate Change program in the Middle East. In 2011, we launched many noteworthy projects with UNDP. In China, Coca-Cola and UNDP are supporting water resources management and ecological rehabilitation in the Tarim River basin, the largest inland river basin in China and home to 10 million people. We also are undertaking a unique sustainable agriculture water compensation program that improves water efficiency in sugarcane cultivation. In Heilongjiang Province, we are helping to control non-point source pollution and enhance drinking water safety in rural areas by constructing wastewater treatment plants. And in Shuangcheng City, we are implementing multiple water protection activities, from a green agriculture demonstration project and water saving farming technologies, to constructing biogas digesters and a wastewater treatment plant. Coca-Cola and UNDP also are supporting water protection capacity building, education, and community engagement in Ukraine, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, and helping to provide sustainable sanitation to residents of Dhambidhoo Island in the Maldives. < pg 22 pg 23 >
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