A Privilege to Support our Communities

Over the last nearly 70 years, partnering with and investing in the communities we serve has always been a core part of the way we do business.

In the face of the challenge that we now face, the community networks and partnerships that we have established over the years are allowing us to support those in need, those fighting the pandemic on the frontline and our customers that continue to serve our shared communities. As we do so, keeping our colleagues safe and healthy is our number one priority and lies at the heart of our ability to continue serving our communities. Therefore, wherever they are working, our teams have the protocols and equipment that keeps them – and others – safe.

Global Commitment, Local Action

Globally, The Coca‑Cola Company and The Coca‑Cola Foundation together with Coca‑Cola HBC and all other bottling partners are providing a $120 million support package focused on the people and organisations engaged in the frontline fight against COVID-19. As a result, each of our markets is making a significant donation primarily to the Red Cross but also to other NGOs in order to support frontline work or to purchase medical equipment. Thanks to the Coca‑Cola Foundation, applications for funding have been approved for Nigeria, Greece, Cyprus, Austria, Serbia, Poland, North Macedonia, Croatia, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Bulgaria, the Island of Ireland and Ukraine with other markets to follow. In Italy, the first European market to experience the full force of the crisis, together with The Coca‑Cola Company and Coca‑Cola Italia, we have already given €1.3m to the Italian Red Cross.

Product Donation to the Frontline

We and our partners are doing all we can to help across our markets, including donation of our beverages to hospitals, quarantine centres, food banks, emergency services, NGOs and the vulnerable. As examples, in Switzerland we have teamed up with Zweifel, Knorr and Hero to deliver beverages and food parcels to hospitals, barracks and other institutions; in Nigeria, we are providing beverages to COVID-19 Response teams, Emergency Medical Facilities and to quarantine centres; in Poland, we are donating water to 80 hospitals and food banks; in Greece and Cyprus, we are supplying products to all appointed COVID-19 hospitals and food banks; in Bulgaria, we are donating water and soft drinks to frontline healthcare workers in 25 hospitals and social organizations; in North Macedonia, we are providing products to hospitals, state quarantine centers, affected municipalities and NGOs and in the Czech Republic we are donating beverages to the Integrated Rescue System.

Supporting our Customers

Across our network, thanks to stringent global best health and safety practices, our production plants are authorised to remain open and producing.