Protecting and Replenishing Our Watersheds

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Energy Conservation/Climate Change Overview Understanding Climate Risks Our Energy Conservation/Climate Change Strategy Reducing Our Core Emissions Our Carbon Footprint Our Product Footprints Reducing Emissions from Our Sales and Marketing Equipment Partnerships and Public Policy

Water Stewardship Overview Understanding Our Water Risks Our Water Stewardship Strategy Reducing Our Water Use and Improving Our Efficiency Our Water Footprint Recycling, Reclaiming, and Responsible Treatment Protecting and Replenishing Our Watersheds Partnerships and Public Policy

Sustainable Packaging/Recycling Overview Understanding Our Packaging Challenges Our Sustainable Packaging/Recycling Strategy Reducing Our Packaging Reusing Materials and Increasing Recycled Content Developing Renewable Resources Recycling at Our Facilities Effective Recovery and Consumer Recycling Partnerships and Public Policy

Product Portfolio/Balanced and Active Lifestyle Overview Understanding Our Product Portfolio Challenges Our Product Portfolio Strategy Providing Choice A Selection of New 2009 Products Nutritional Labeling School Beverage Guidelines Implementation Responsible Sales and Marketing Supporting Balanced and Active Lifestyles Partnerships and Public Policy

Diverse and Inclusive Culture Overview Understanding Our Diverse and Inclusive Culture Challenges Our Diverse and Inclusive Culture Strategy Measuring Diversity Building Our Diversity and Inclusion Infrastructure Recruitment Retention and Promotion Safety Providing Equal Opportunities Partnerships and Public Policy

Stakeholder Engagement NGOs and Public-Private Partnerships Employees Our Suppliers Customers Consumers Our Communities Public Policymakers Our Shareowners

Water Stewardship Overview

Understanding Our Water Risks

Our Water Stewardship Strategy

Reducing Our Water Use and Improving Our Efficiency

Our Water Footprint

Recycling, Reclaiming, and Responsible Treatment

Protecting and Replenishing Our Watersheds

Partnerships and Public Policy

Protecting and Replenishing Our Watersheds

SUPPLY CHAIN AND WATERSHED, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Our business depends on clean water and healthy watersheds. We therefore strive to replenish the water we use in our beverages by working collectively with our employees, engaging with local communities, and collaborating with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) where we operate.

In 2009, the Coca-Cola system quantified and published for the first time the impact of its community water partnerships around the world. Conducted by The Nature Conservancy on behalf of The Coca-Cola Company, this study measured the quantitative benefits generated by 200 community water partnerships, including 20 actively supported by Coca-Cola Enterprises. These calculations estimate that 29 billion liters of water, 22 percent of The Coca-Cola Company’s replenish target, have been replenished to communities. CCE projects are included in this calculation.

Some of the key replenishment and watershed protection projects we have carried out in our communities and across our territories are as follows:

Providing Rain Barrels — We have partnered with NGOs, community organizations, and authorities throughout the U.S. to promote the use of rain barrels. We have now provided more than 1,300 used syrup barrels to collect rainwater runoff from rooftops. This water can be stored and used instead of tap water for irrigating gardens, washing cars, and other domestic uses. Using rainwater runoff is particularly valuable when water supplies are scarce, expensive, or of poor quality. The U.S. EPA estimates that a rain barrel will save most homeowners about 1,300 gallons of water during the peak summer months.
Building Rain Gardens — Currently, we have eight rain gardens at seven locations in North America. This year, six rain garden construction projects took place in Tucson, Arizona; Rock Island, Illinois; Twinsburg, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and two projects in St. Louis, Missouri. In some cases employees helped with the rain garden construction. Rain gardens help to reduce pollution downstream by filtering storm-water runoff from parking lots, roads, and other impervious areas and helping to recharge the aquifer. Thus, the benefits they bring extend beyond our sites, as they protect local waterways from storm-water pollution. As an example of the water replenishment opportunities, calculations indicate that our Niles, Illinois, rain garden will help to replenish 5.5 million liters of water per year. We intend to build rain gardens in conjunction with future construction projects whenever possible.

“Water, A Valuable Resource,” Chaudfontaine, Belgium
Protecting Aquifers — In Chaudfontaine, Belgium, we continue to support the public-private partnership that protects the natural hot spring from pollution. We helped complete an in-depth risk assessment that analyzed the pollution risks from 1,000 houses and businesses to the slate and limestone aquifer. A six-year program is now underway to implement protection measures identified, and CCE is helping to implement 300 of the identified protection measures.
Revitalizing River Basins — CCE continues to work in partnership with The Coca-Cola Company and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to revitalize the world’s most critical freshwater river basins. The scope of this work includes two river systems within our territories, the Rio Grande and the U.S. Southeast Rivers and Streams. Our work at our plants in El Paso, Texas, and Montgomery, Alabama, actively supports projects in these two basins.

Employees in France clean up local rivers and waterways.
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Participating in Clean-Up Initiatives — We support local community water needs by cleaning up waterways, river banks, and beaches. From Memphis, Tennessee, to Marseilles, France, we participated in a wide range of clean-up activities in 2009. Examples of this work:
– In France, 500 employees (18 percent of our workforce in France)
   helped clean local waterways and beaches.
– In Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, employees used old Christmas
   trees to help restore the coastline as part of a nationally
   recognized program.
Engaging Employees — We made it a goal to raise awareness of water conservation among our employees and help them save water at home. During CRS in Action Week, we distributed 70,000 low-flow aerators for employees to install on their home faucets to reduce their household water use.

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