Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent on water, obesity
Back in 2010, Coca-Cola made a big commitment – ...to be water neutral by 2020. Coca-Cola’s Chief Executive Officer and chairman...discuss[ed] the endeavor and its implications, as well as Coca-Cola’s role in global society...But isn’t Coca-Cola inherently making water seem like a consumer product, rather than a basic human right? Kent doesn’t think so. He believes Coca-Cola is servicing rural Africa, Latin America and Asia by selling safe bottled water...Kent doesn’t believe Coca-Cola and other soda brands are at fault for the obesity problem plaguing America...Someone trying to make healthy choices could purchase an Odwalla orange juice, or Dasani bottled water [both Coca-Cola brands]...