Coca-Cola's global greenhouse gas emissions 2010-2022

Coca-Cola’s global manufacturing sites produced approximately 5.56 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2022 – an increase of 1.3 percent from the previous year. The beverage giant’s manufacturing emissions have seen little variation in the past decade, peaking in 2015 at 5.58 million metric tons.

Plastic waste and emissions

  The Coca-Cola Company is one of the worst offenders for plastic pollution, producing approximately three million metric tons of plastic packaging annually around the world. A huge amount of this waste is generated in Mexico – the country that consumes the most Coca-Cola. Mismanaged plastic waste is often burned in open dumps in developing nations because waste management infrastructure is lacking. The annual emissions from mismanaged plastic waste created by Coca-Cola is estimated to be 2.5 million metric tons across just six nations (China, Brazil, India, The Philippines, Mexico, and Nigeria). This is considerably higher than its rival PepsiCo.

Coca-Cola sustainability goals

  In a bid to address its climate impact, Coca-Cola has achieved its goal of reducing relative CO₂ emissions by 25 percent by 2020 compared with the 2010 baseline. It has now set a target of reducing absolute GHG emissions by 25 percent by 2030 compared to a 2015 baseline, and has ambitions of reaching net zero emissions by 2050. To address its monumental waste impact, Coca-Cola also set a target of using 50 percent recycled content in all its packaging by 2030.