KARACHI: Coca-Cola Pakistan has been selected by Rotary International for the “Rotary Responsible Business Partner Award”, to be given on Rotary Day at the United Nations (UN) in New York next month (November).
The award would be given in recognition of its support to ‘Rotary’s End Polio Now Campaign’ in the country. The Coca-Cola Pakistan is one of only two companies shortlisted for this honour, out of 20 nominations from all around the world, and this is for the first time, a company from Pakistan has secured this award.
Rotary Day at the United Nations is an annual event where more than 1,500 rotary members, UN officials, NGO leaders and guests gather at the UN headquarters to learn about and discuss humanitarian challenges, while recognising and celebrating the positive impact of rotary, partner companies like Coca-Cola Pakistan and others.
This year’s event will focus on economic and community development with the title, ‘Responsible Business, Resilient Societies’. The ‘End Polio Now Campaign’ involves awareness and advocacy campaigns to improve literacy levels regarding polio in underprivileged communities, and improving environmental conditions through treatment of open sewage systems, which are a major breeding ground of viruses, causing polio and other diseases.
The Coca-Cola Pakistan is supporting the installation of solar-powered water filtration plants in seven areas across the country, providing the residents of the community with safe and clean drinking water, improving the health status of children and adults to this end. While speaking about the award, the Coca-Cola Pakistan General Manager Rizwan U Khan said, “This award is a great honour, and a testament of Coca-Cola’s philosophy that a business is only as strong as the community it operates in.”
