The Coca-Cola Company has announced, on December 3rd 2009, that 100% of their new equipment will be HFC-free by 2015.

The transition to HFC-free refrigeration will reduce the equipment’s direct greenhouse gas emissions by 99 percent.These units also contain an intelligent energy management system reducing energy use and indirect carbon emissions up to 35%.

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, a minimum of 150,000 HFC-free units will be purchased, 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 system’s 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.

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