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Bottlers of our beverage products presently offer and use nonrefillable recyclable containers in the United States and various other
markets around the world. Some of these bottlers also offer and use refillable containers, which are also recyclable. Legal requirements
apply in various jurisdictions in the United States and overseas requiring that deposits or certain ecotaxes or fees be charged in
connection with the sale, marketing and use of certain beverage containers. The precise requirements imposed by these measures
vary. Other types of statutes and regulations relating to beverage container deposits, recycling, ecotaxes and/or product stewardship
also apply in various jurisdictions in the United States and overseas. We anticipate that additional, similar legal requirements may be
proposed or enacted in the future at local, state and federal levels, both in the United States and elsewhere.
All of our Company’s facilities and other operations in the United States and elsewhere around the world are subject to various
environmental protection statutes and regulations, including those relating to the use of water resources and the discharge of
wastewater. Our policy is to comply with all such legal requirements. Compliance with these provisions has not had, and we do not
expect such compliance to have, any material adverse effect on our Company’s capital expenditures, net income or competitive
position.
Employees
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, our Company had approximately 129,200 and 130,600 employees, respectively, of which
approximately 3,800 and 4,100, respectively, were employed by consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”). The decrease in the
total number of employees in 2014 was primarily due to the refranchising of certain territories that were previously managed by CCR
to certain of its unconsolidated bottling partners. For more information about the North America refranchising transactions, refer to
Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of
this report. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, our Company had approximately 65,300 and 66,800 employees, respectively, located in
the United States, of which approximately 500 were employed by consolidated VIEs in both years.
Our Company, through its divisions and subsidiaries, is a party to numerous collective bargaining agreements. As of December 31,
2014, approximately 18,000 employees, excluding seasonal hires, in North America were covered by collective bargaining agreements.
These agreements typically have terms of three to five years. We currently expect that we will be able to renegotiate such agreements
on satisfactory terms when they expire.
The Company believes that its relations with its employees are generally satisfactory.
Securities Exchange Act Reports
The Company maintains a website at the following address: www.coca-colacompany.com. The information on the Company’s website
is not incorporated by reference in this annual report on Form 10-K.
We make available on or through our website certain reports and amendments to those reports that we file with or furnish to
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”). These include our annual reports on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and our current
reports on Form 8-K. We make this information available on our website free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after we
electronically file the information with, or furnish it to, the SEC.