Coca‑Cola in the Community - New Zealand

Coca‑Cola has refreshed its community investment approach in New Zealand to support even more local issues important to our employees.

The goal of our community investment program is to help make a positive impact and build resilient communities.

The new Coca‑Cola in the Community program has three pillars:

Across Coca‑Cola, we believe in giving back to the communities in which we live and work. 

Many of our people are passionate about causes and contribute with their time and resources. Through our Coca‑Cola in the Community initiative we aim to to support and recognise these connections .

Our local program supports the activity of  The Coca‑Cola Foundation which partners with organisations that are working to address global issues including sustainable access to water, building a circular economy, climate resilience and disaster preparedness and response and economic empowerment.

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My Community Support

My Community Support is our employee-led community investment pillar where our people can support causes they are passionate about, through grants, product donations or their time. 

We want to recognise, reward and encourage employee connections within the community and through My Community Support, we aim to help even more not-for-profit organisations across New Zealand. 

There are three elements to My Community Support:

1) Support My Cause is Coca‑Cola in New Zealand’s employee-led grant donation program. Every year, our people are encouraged to nominate causes they are passionate about and vote for those they’d like to see receive a financial grant. 

2) My Product Donations is an annual allocation of Coca‑Cola products to be donated to not-for-profit organisations to help support fundraising or events for various causes. We welcome requests from our employees for the donations of their choice. 

3) My Volunteer Days. We are proud to offer employees two days’ annual leave to volunteer with community organisations of their choice. Our team are encouraged to roll up their sleeves and spend a day making a hands-on difference in the community.

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Impact Partnerships

At the core of Coca‑Cola in the Community work are our Impact Partnerships which are focused on establishing meaningful collaborations with organisations dedicated to building resilient communities for a climate ready future and supporting local community initiatives.

As part of our adaptive approach, we annually review our Impact Partnerships to ensure we are supporting these communities in the best way we can.

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Disaster Relief Support

Due to extreme weather conditions in New Zealand, communities across the country can experience sudden natural disasters.

Where we can, we want to support these communities to prepare for and recover from disasters to help reduce the suffering and enable communities to restart normal life more quickly.

We provide support to local communities in need through various ways including:  

• Product Donations
• Opportunity to access The Coca‑Cola Foundation Grants
• Donation of funds to relief organisations