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Around 300 children from St. Stephen’s School, Chandigarh, management and technical institutes and from cricket academies in the city displaying messages concerning the environment during the Indian Premier League match held between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals in Mohali. Messages like save water, share water, save life; Treat water as an asset & manage it like a legacy; Go green, recycle PET; Heal the Earth, make it green and others were displayed at the cricket match
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Coca-Cola India in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) & St Stephen’s school got together to spread awareness on environment preservation & protection. Around 300 children from St. Stephen’s School, Chandigarh, management and technical institutes and from cricket academies in the city displayed messages concerning the environment during the Indian Premier League match held between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals recently in Mohali. Messages like save water, share water, save life; Treat water as an asset & manage it like a legacy; Go green, recycle PET; Heal the Earth, make it green and others were displayed at the cricket match.
"Coca-Cola is committed to protecting, preserving and enhancing the environment. In the last few years, we have taken a series of initiatives on water sustainability and environment protection and have continuously been working with government, NGOs, communities, suppliers and other partners to address various environmental challenges that affect the society and our business", said Abhijeet Mukherjee, Region General Manager, Coca-Cola India.
The initiative also marks the beginning of a week-long celebration of World Environment Day by the Company and also takes forward Project ’CONSERVE’ - a water conservation and management project - launched by Coca-Cola India and CII recently.
Speaking at the event, Salil Singhal, Chairman, CII Northern Region, "We are happy to partner with Coca-Cola to further the cause of environment management and awareness. Cricket is a powerful medium and I am glad that Coca-Cola is supporting CII to promote this important and responsible cause."
"Children are the future and it is important to sensitize them to the need of caring for the environment and thinking about it in our day-to-day lives and activities", added Harold Carver, Principal, St. Stephen’s School, Chandigarh.
Project ’Conserve’ promotes industry engagement on rainwater harvesting and community water conservation programs and is being implemented over a period of one year in the Northern states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand.
In addition, Coca-Cola India is also taking various Citizenship initiatives all over India to celebrate World Environment Day. |
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