Days before the UN summit on climate change begins in Copenhagen, The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partners...announced that 100% of their new vending machines and coolers will be hydrofluorocarbon-free (1) (HFC-free) by 2015. Coca-Cola is committing to use its scale to aggregate demand and encourage supply as a means of accelerating the transition to HFC-free refrigeration equipment. This announcement is...a demonstration that phasing out the use of HFCs is a tangible and near-term action corporations can take to protect the climate...The transition to HFC-free refrigeration will reduce the equipment’s direct greenhouse gas emissions by 99 percent.