With COP27 just a month away, environmental activists have raised concerns over Egypt’s decision to select Coca Cola as a sponsor for the event. The 2022 United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) will be hosted by Egypt and take place in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh from 6 November until 18 November. Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a cooperation protocol with Coca-Cola on Wednesday, 28 September, as one of the main supporters of the COP27 conference. In a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the partnership aims to promote opportunities to build climate resilience across Coca-Cola’s supply chain, and foster engagement with the private sector, NGOs, and governments. Coca-Cola has been ranked as the world’s leading plastic polluters for the fourth year in a row, according to a report released by ‘Break Free From Plastic,’ which is a global movement that calls for massive reductions in single-use plastics and pushes for lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis. Though Coca-Cola has said this year that it will aim for 25 percent of its packaging globally to be reusable by 2030, environmental activists argue that it has kept a track record of…
Environmental Activists Raise Concerns Over Egypt and Coca-Cola’s Partnership for COP27
October 4, 2022
