2024 Impact Awards winner: Coke Canada Bottling Ltd.

As a family-owned Canadian business, Coke Canada values close, local connections with the communities in which it operates and a mission to deliver optimism and create better futures for its employees, customers, consumers, and communities. 

It’s about making a positive difference in Local Bottler communities across the country through its industry-leading program, Your Local Bottler. Activities are employee-led and planned, designed to maximize hourly and salaried employee engagement, allowing employees to volunteer their time in areas where they feel will make a difference in their local communities.

There are employee engagement committees across Coke Canada’s 18 market units. 

Volunteerism activities are aligned with Coke Canada’s key community pillars—Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Youth Employability, Environmental Sustainability and Economic Prosperity. 

With its Local Bottler program, Coke Canada allocated $80,000 to enable 5,900 employee volunteerism efforts coast-to-coast in 2023 with 120 volunteer initiatives completed alongside more than 200 community stakeholders. 

Over 100 employees participated in tree-planting events in British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec through Tree Canada. Coke Canada’s Brampton team participated in a community cleanup, worked with Anishnabeg Outreach Centre, hosted a clothing drive and partnered with the local chapter of Big Brothers and Big Sisters for a career mentorship program.