Stories of Impact

Many grassroots, women-led buyback centers, and informal waste workers are frequently unbanked. Between 2021 and 2022, The Coca‑Cola Foundation funded “Project Up”— led by PETCO, a Producer Responsibility Organization in South Africa with extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes for PET bottles and Liquid Board Packaging.

Our partner in Mexico, PetStar — the world’s largest food-grade PET recycling plant — developed a social inclusion model, “Modelo de Acopio Inclusivo Petstar (MAIP),” focused on respecting human rights and preventing child labor in the collection value chain.

Brazil is home to the largest citrus sector in the world, with 3 out of 5 cups of orange juice produced in the citrus belt region within São Paulo and Minas Gerais states. Since 2019, we have helped fund the Fruto Resiliente initiative in Brazil to support small citrus farmers struggling to become more resilient and sustainable.

In a world of increasing migration, we are looking to technology to better address the inherent risks migrant workers face, even before their first day of employment. We partnered with impact technology firm Diginex to develop the diginexLUMEN platform — a new online model of human rights due diligence and ethical recruitment ...