2020 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $8.3 million
As part of its pandemic response, Atlanta-based beverage giant Coca-Cola “suspended most travel at this time. This applies to both international and domestic travel.” It intensified its focus on safe delivery to stores and communities, while taking precautions to protect employees’ well-being.
Coca-Cola in 2020 committed to a Science Based Target for reducing absolute Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions by 25 percent from a 2015 base year. Scope 3 emissions include business travel and for 2020, Coca-Cola reported 130,838 metric tons of carbon emissions from business travel. In BTN’s research, it was the first published breakout of business travel emissions from Coca-Cola.
Net revenues for the company declined 11 percent to $33 billion in 2020. The company employed 80,300 people, not including bottlers and distributors, in 2020, a 6.84 percent decline from 2019.