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NEW INVESTMENTS SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE WATER & SANITATION (WASH) SERVICE DELIVERY

Today at World Water Week in Stockholm, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and The Coca-Cola Company announced support for new programs under their Water and Development Alliance (WADA) that will provide more than 190,000 people with improved clean water and/or improved sanitation services by the end of 2015. As part of its first wave of new investments, WADA will support integrated approaches to clean water and sanitation service delivery in Africa where more than 300 million are without an improved water source and 630 million lack improved sanitation facilities. To address these challenges, WADA will support the development of infrastructure for clean water, sanitation and hygiene education for schools, clean water kiosks for communities, and the installation of sanitation infrastructure in schools and health clinics. This joint investment is aligned with USAID and Coca-Colas shared focus on clean water provision as a means to help build healthy, sustainable communities. WADA, established in 2005, is operating under a refreshed investment strategy the result of a comprehensive and successful evaluation of its programs. WADAs new strategic direction combines the core strengths of Coca-Cola and USAID for greater impact and

contribution to address international water challenges with a focus on water for health, the environment and productive use. This strategy is built on the core values of local ownership, institutional synergy, technical quality and transformational change. The partners are collaborating to develop a series of water programs with significant impact around the world. Highlights of the work to be supported include a range of approaches that offer lasting clean water and sanitation services in partnership with communities and utilities to support government objectives, including:

Nigeria At least 65,000 people will benefit from the installation of hand-pump boreholes, improved sanitation facilities, hand-washing stations and rain harvesters atschools and health care facilities. Communities will also be trained in the long-term maintenance of the infrastructure and water management committees will be offered capacity building services.

Zambia The project will provide sanitation facilities and hygiene education in schools in peri-urban Lusaka, benefiting up to 50,000 school children. The project includes resource mobilization strategies to support the long-term operations and maintenance of the schools' water, sanitation, and hygiene programs. It is also expected that this project will provide sustainable clean water access to up to 44,000 people through community water kiosks and a distribution network.

Ghana More than 35,000 people will benefit from the construction of clean water kiosks and sanitation services to include the provision of total sanitation marketing campaigns.

This important public-private partnership builds on our Agency's new and first-ever Water and Development Strategy to improve health and food security across the world. Its programs represent the next generation of this vital alliance--helping families lift themselves out of poverty and communities onto a path towards sustainable development," said Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator. "Water stewardship is a key priority for our business and we are committed to returning the water we use in our beverages and their production back to communities," said Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company. "We are pleased to

launch the next phase of impact with one of our longest standing and most valued partners, USAID. Expanding our work together will help bring safe water to thousands of people in communities we serve and continue to bring us closer to meeting our replenishment goal." The Water and Development Alliance (WADA) is a collaboration between the CocaColasystem (including corporate, foundations, and bottling partners) and USAID to promote improved water management and expand clean water access to help build sustainable communities in the developing world. The Alliance is managed by the Global Environment & Technology Foundation. Based on the results of a detailed program evaluation, in 2013 USAID and The Coca-Cola Company laid out the strategy for the next phase of the Alliances activities, which will focus on three pillars: Water for Health, improving operating environments and implementing at scale models for the sustainable delivery of WASH services; Water for Environment, addressing local watershed risks to improve resiliency and future access to ecosystem services; and Water for Productive Use, promoting the efficient use of water for economic growth and sustainable value chains and food security goals. With a combined investment of over $31 million since 2005, WADA is having a positive impact on the lives of people and the health of ecosystems in 25 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, The with plans for expansion in future years.

United States

Agency for International

Development (USAID) is an

independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. Our work supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting economic growth, agriculture and trade, global health, democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance. USAID provides assistance in five regions of the world: Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Eurasia, and the Middle East. With headquarters in Washington, D.C., USAID's strength is its field offices around the world. We work in close partnership with private voluntary organizations, indigenous organizations, universities, American businesses, international agencies, other governments, and other U.S. Government agencies. USAID has working relationships with more than 3,500 American companies and over 300 U.S.-based private voluntary organizations.

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Led by Coca-Cola, the world's most valuable brand, our Company's portfolio features 16 billion-dollar brands including Diet Coke,Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply, Georgia and Del Valle. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, and juices and juice drinks. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy our beverages at a rate of more than 1.8 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that reduce our environmental footprint, support active, healthy living, create a safe, inclusive work environment for our associates, and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. Together with our bottling partners, we rank among the world's top 10 private employers with more than 700,000 system associates. For more information, visit Coca-Cola Journey at www.coca-colacompany.com, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/CocaColaCo or visit our blog, Coca-Cola Unbottled, at www.coca-colablog.com.

CBA News

COCA-COLA UNIONS RENEW CBA WITH MANAGEMENT CEBU, Philippines - The two employees union of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines have renewed their Collective Bargaining Agreement with the management with the new CBA promising more benefits and an increase of salary. You are so fortunate. While other companies, amidst the global financial crisis, continue to terminate its workers, you are renewing your CBA with an increase in your monthly salary, says Arturo Kierulf, conciliator-mediator of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board in his speech during the CBA signing last Saturday. Mar Santiago, Coca-Cola Human Resource manager in the Visayas, said the signing of the CBA is a milestone of a harmonious relationship between the unions and the management, as well as amongst the two employees unions- the Supervisory Employees Union - All Workers Alliance Trade Union and the Cebu Royal Plant Employees Sales Force Union-AWATU. Rone Rentoy, Coca-Cola corporate labor relations manager and workplace accountability manager, also said the new CBA signifies a wonderful relationship between the unions and management. For CRESFU-AWATU, which is composed of sales personnel - regular route salesman and regular relief salesman, the first year implementation of the CBA stipulates an increase in their salary of P900 per month at a retroactive basis starting November 1, 2008. In the second year of implementation, which starts on November 1, 2009, the employees shall receive another increase of P1,500 per month and still another P1,600 per month increase in the third year of implementation beginning November 1, 2010. For the regular route drivers and regular route helpers, a total increase of P3,600 was also granted at a staggered basis in three years.

Meanwhile, the supervisory workers were also granted an increase of P2,400 per month, which will be implemented in three years. However, an increase in the next two years would be based on performance. Aside from the salary increase, the employees are also entitled to receive P10,000 as calamity loan, medical assistance, and a monthly rice allowance, among others. Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon/JMO (THE FREEMAN)

COCA-COLA PLANT IN TACLOBAN, WORKERS RESOLVE DISPUTE AFTER COMPANY AGREES TO SETTLE UNPAID OVERTIME The Tacloban City plant of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines Inc. and its workers have resolved a labor dispute after the company agreed to settle unpaid overtime and pay for weekends and night shifts. The company also agreed to give union, vacation, and official business leaves to the 62-member Tacloban Coca-Cola Plant Union from October 2012 up to the present, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said in a statement. As part of its settlement, both parties also agreed that employees' supervisors will certify overtime work rendered on ordinary days and night shift differentials as recorded on the company's biometric time record systems. The dispute was resolved on July 11, 2013 through preventive mediation (PM) by the National Conciliation and Mediation Board Regional Office No. 8, the DOLE said in a statement. On July 6, the workers' union filed a preventive mediation case, saying that Coca Cola violated certain provisions in their collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Both parties also agreed to NCMB Regional Branch No. 8 to monitor developments of the agreement on 11 August 2013, or a month after the parties have signed the agreement. "I commend...workers and the management of Coca Cola Botlers Philippines, Inc.Tacloban Plant for exhausting all avenues to settle their dispute," Labor Secretary Baldoz said.

"Their restraint and choice of peaceful solution is laudable. I also commend the NCMB for its pro-active efforts to resolve the disputes which saw the dismissal of the charges of unfair labor practices lodged by the Tacloban Coca Cola Plant Labor Union against management. This is part of our effort to sustain the harmonious labor-management relations in the company," she added.

Sources:
http://www.coca-colacompany.com/press-center/press-releases/usaid-and-the-coca-cola-companyexpand-water-and-development-alliance http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/458752/coca-cola-unions-renew-cba-management http://www.interaksyon.com/article/67625/coca-cola-plant-in-tacloban-workers-resolve-dispute-aftercompany-agrees-to-settle-unpaid-overtime