Coca Cola

Coca Cola in India

Social Impact

Coca Cola’s practices have had serious social impacts particularly on the community who live in Plachimida in the Kerala region of India. These include health problems and considerable damage to the livelihoods of this community. Coca Cola claim that they not only function in ways that will be beneficial to their company but act in ways that will also be beneficial to the health and livelihoods of local people as according to Coca Cola they seek to “improve the quality of life, and foster good will in communities".(http://www2.cocacola.com/ourcompany/pdf/2004_citizenship_report.pdf)1. However evidence suggests that Coca Cola’s are not fulfilling this promise as Coca Cola’s practices in Kerala seem to have had devastating social impacts on the lives of the communities located near to Coca Cola’s factories.

Organisations of which Coca Cola is a member or funds

American Chamber of Commerce EU Committee	[1]
World Business Council for Sustainable Development	[2]
Business in the Community	[3]
The Conference Board	[4] [5]
Council of Marketing Executives II (The Conference Board)	[6]
Council of Financial Executives (The Conference Board)
Performance Improvement Council (The Conference Board)
Council on Work Force Diversity II (The Conference Board)
Council of Financial Executives (The Conference Board)
Council for Business Development and Integration Executives (The Conference Board)
European Policy Centre	[7]
International Chamber of Commerce	[8]
International Life Sciences Institute	[9]
Business for Social Responsibility	[http://www.uscib.org/index.asp?documentID=1846
United States Council for International Business
CSR Europe	[10]
Corporate Council on Africa	[11]
CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution	[http://www.pac.org/join/listmem.htm
Public Affairs Council
International Business Leaders Forum	[12]
The Cato Institute	[13]
Keep America Beautiful	[14]
American Council on Science and Health
Center for Consumer Freedom