The report highlights that a team of 14,760 volunteers across 44 countries have found more than 31,000 Coca-Cola branded products, which is a 63% increase from 2021.
Further, the multinational’s consistent ranking as the worst plastic polluter “flies in the face of recent news that the company has been named an official corporate sponsor of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt.”
The aforementioned companies, which have immense polluting histories, are also signatories to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation New Plastic Economy Global Commitment, to tackle their plastic footprint by 2025 through various voluntary commitments.
The findings have also been denounced as blatant greenwashing by environmental groups, especially given the company’s long history of deflecting blame and avoiding regulation, the report states.
Therefore, in the face of an escalating climate and plastic crisis, there is a grave need for stringent government regulation.
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