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Business Wire, Dec 03, 2009

Investments in supply chain to enable transition to 100 percent
HFC-free equipment by 2015

ATLANTA — Days before the United Nations summit on climate change begins in
Copenhagen, The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partners today
announced that 100 percent of their new vending machines and coolers
will be hydrofluorocarbon-free (HFC-free) by 2015. Coca-Cola is
committing to use its scale to aggregate demand and encourage supply as
a means of accelerating the transition to HFC-free refrigeration
equipment. This announcement is a direct result of work with Greenpeace
that began in 2000, and a demonstration that phasing out the use of HFCs
is a tangible and near-term action corporations can take to protect the
climate.

The transition to HFC-free refrigeration will reduce the equipments
direct greenhouse gas emissions by 99 percent. A recent peer-reviewed
report by top scientists shows that HFCs will be responsible for between
28 percent and 45 percent of carbon-equivalent emissions by 2050 if
society reduces carbon dioxide while leaving HFCs unchecked. Eliminating
HFCs in the commercial refrigeration industry would be equivalent to
eliminating the annual greenhouse gas emissions of Germany or Japan.

Climate change is real and the time to act on solutions is now, said
Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company. Greenpeace has
played a critical role in raising our awareness about the need for
natural refrigeration. Our announcement today demonstrates a commitment
to use our influence in the marketplace to drive innovation and help
shape a low-carbon future.

This step by Coca-Cola will help accelerate a market shift in commercial
refrigeration away from HFCs. The Coca-Cola Company has invested more
than $50 million in research and development to advance the use of
climate-friendly cooling technologies. In 2010, The Coca-Cola Company
and its bottling partners will purchase a minimum of 150,000 units of
HFC-free equipment, effectively doubling the current rate of purchase to
enable alignment with an interim goal to purchase 50 percent of all new
coolers and vending machines without HFCs by 2012.

The Company and its bottling partners have approximately 10 million
coolers and vending machines in place today around the world, comprising
the largest element of the Coca-Cola systems total climate impact. As a
result of the commitment to eliminate the use of HFCs in this equipment,
carbon emission reductions will exceed 52.5 million metric tons over the
life of the equipment the equivalent of taking more than 11 million
cars off the road for one year.

We welcome Coca-Colas commitment to help tackle climate change; large
enterprises have both an opportunity and responsibility to change the
game and Coca-Colas action leaves no excuse for other companies not to
follow, said Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director, Greenpeace International.

Coca-Cola currently utilizes two HFC-free solutions. Hydrocarbon
refrigeration is used in smaller refrigeration equipment and carbon
dioxide (CO2) is used in larger equipment. CO2 is
a safe, reliable and energy efficient alternative with positive
characteristics as a refrigerant
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