1. What was the issue facing The Coca Cola Company in this case? What stakeholders were concerned and how did their expectations differ from the company’s performance? The major issue facing The Coca Cola Company is the availability of water. Because all aspects of the production are dependent on this resource, from the company’s perspective water is the key component of profitability. Other stakeholders, such as residents of the surrounding area and organizations such as the World Wildlife Foundation
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DISCUSSION CASE: Coca-Cola’s Water Neutrality Initiative Q1. What was the public issue facing The Coca-Cola Company in this case? Describe the “performance-expectations gap” found in this case-what were the stakeholders’ concerns, and how did their expectations differ from the company’s performance? * Public issue – ‘is any issue that is of mutual concern to an organization and one or more of its stakeholders’, this according to the text Business and society. The public issue in this case was
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Coca - Cola: Case study This case is about Coca-Cola's corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in India. It details the activities taken up by Coca-Cola India's management and employees to contribute to the society and community in which the company operates. Coca-Cola India being one of the largest beverage companies in India, realized that CSR had to be an integral part of its corporate agenda. According to the company, it was aware of the environmental, social, and economic impact
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stakeholders” (p.25), facing The Coca-Cola Company (or TCCC) was their mass consumption of water that was tainted with pesticides, depleting the local ground water supplies and negatively affecting surrounding communities of factories in India. The performance-expectations gap, or “the gap between what the firm wants to do or is doing and what its stakeholders expect” (Lawrence & Webber, p.25), in this case was operating their business in a cost effective way and consuming enough water to operate at capacity
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The public issue facing The Coca-Cola Company was its impact on availability and accessibility on water sources. A Public issue is mostly the one that affects a person’s day to day life. The traditional use of land by communities and farmers on a diverse scale of production becomes much more difficult when water sources are at risk. (Hwang & Steward, 2008). Water conservation had become a huge issue in India and all over the world. A decade ago Coca-Cola faced a major crisis in south India. The government
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CSR Case Studies: Coca-Cola Prepared by the Kenan Institute Asia October 2010 Lead author John DaSilva, Project Development Manager, Kenan Institute Asia Research, editing, production and translation team Paul Wedel, Christine Davis, Richard Bernhard, Stephanie B. Soderborg, Pham Lam Thuy Quynh, Peeranun Panyavaranant and Kamonphorn Kanchana This case study was developed under the Global Compact Network Vietnam (GCNV). The Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) is the national
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Reporting Initiative (GRI) is “a network-based organization that produces a comprehensive sustainability reporting framework that is widely used around the world.” This year, in 2012, The Coca-Cola Company has set out to report against the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that measure economic, environmental and social performance. We have done so within the scope of our Company’s wholly owned operations. Where we have reported information on behalf of the Coca-Cola system (The Coca-Cola Company and
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Statements 2020 Vision A LETTER fROm OuR ChAIRmAN ANd ChIEf ExECuTIvE OffICER dear fellow Shareowners: In 2011, I was honored to represent The Coca‑Cola Company all over the world, in humble villages and great, bustling cities. Wherever I traveled, I spent time in stores, restaurants, shops and homes—the places where people buy and enjoy Coca‑Cola. With every visit, I learned something new about our business: what we are doing well and what we can—and must—do even better. Again and again, as
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The Sustainability Business Case for General Motors April 22, 2014 Master’s Project for the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment Team Rose Buss Heather Croteau Steven Davidson Carole Kerrey Janet Van De Winkle Faculty Advisor Professor Thomas Gladwin Abstract The purpose of this report is to evaluate and articulate the business case for sustainability for General Motors Company (GM). After assessing the company’s exposure to risk and opportunities, the team recommends
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