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Business Responsibility of Coca Cola
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Products of Coca Cola
Coca Cola is the name of a carbonated soft drink that was invented in 19th century by the
person called John Pemberton. The products of the popular brand are Diet Coke, Coca Cola
Zero Sugar, Caffeine Free Coca Cola, Coca Cola Cherry, Coca Cola Citra and Coca Cola Life
(Coca-cola.ca., 2018). Diet Coke refers to the sugar-free soft drink which is distributed with
the help of Coca Cola company. The Coca Cola Zero Sugar is a no-calorie cola that is
popular among the people in the present age. The Caffeine Free Diet Coke acted as a variant
of that of Diet Coke which was introduced in the year 1984. Coca Cola Cherry is a flavoured
version pertaining to Coca Cola which is available in various countries like Albania, China,
United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, France, Poland and South Africa. Coca Cola is the
name of a beverage whose design shows that of yellow along with green stripes. The drink
entered portfolio of that of Coca Cola company in the event of the brand being acquired at the
time of acquisition of Coca Cola of that of Parle groups soft drink. Coca Cola refers to a
lower-calorie version pertaining to Coca Cola that is made by making use of stevia along
with sugar as the sweeteners.
Resources
An important natural resource pertaining to Coca Cola company is water. Water acts as the
main ingredient in relation to all the products of Coca Cola. Coca Cola is instrumental in
collaborating with various companies, suppliers, governments and non-governmental
organization near the area of its operation. It has designed management program that helps in
improving efficiency pertaining to water use. The other natural resources that are used by
Coca Cola company are the oils for the plastic that is used for the packaging of the products
(Inews.co.uk., 2018). There are various kinds of minerals that are used for making glass
bottles and the aluminium for the cans. Human resources employed by Coca Cola are factory

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workers and the managers. In the event of labour unrest it can impair the ability of the
company to supply the finished products to the consumers. Capital sources are the cash flow
from that of operations and issuing of debt along with equity securities. Factory machineries
along with transportation also act as the capital resources pertaining to the company. The
factory machinery is used to mass produce bottles along with drink itself. Enterprise is
involved in managing and planning in relation to the factory inputs. The resources of Coca
Cola are also the entrepreneurs who possess the additional skills that helps in development of
the company.
Impact of Cola Cola on the ecosystems at local and the global level
Coca Cola has a detrimental effect on the planet as it is involved in selling more than that of
100 billion plastic bottle (throwaway) within the course of a single year. The Coca Cola
group sells around 3500 single use bottles that are environmentally damaging in each second.
Coca Cola uses the throwaway bottles that has a great amount of environmental impact. Coca
Cola had declared in the year 2010 that one-use bottle is not a favourable option for a
business (Hbr.org., 2018). Throwaway bottles are made use of only ones before they are
discarded. These bottles eventually go into ocean where it breaks down to form smaller
fragments. These fragments eventually poisons and chokes large number of the marine
animals. The policies of Coca Cola can be called flagrantly wasteful and they prove to be
scandalous for the environment. The company is going in the backward direction in terms of
using the throwaway plastic. The plastic bottles of single use being pumped out by the
company is proving to be devastating for the environment (Theglobeandmail.com., 2018).
Coca Cola refuses taking responsibility pertaining to its role in that of plastic pollution
disaster that the oceans are facing. It has been found that only 7 percent of that of the
throwaway bottles are made out of recycled plastic that has devastating impact on the