Cocacola

Question 1

What is a TNC?

Answer 1

a transnational corporation

a company that produces and sells its products in different countries

Question 2

Where is Coca-Cola’s head quarters?

Answer 2

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Question 3

What is there global presence like?

Answer 3

sell 1.7billion drinks a day
made in 44 countries
sold in over 200 countries
no. 1 soft drinks manufacturer in the world

Question 4

Why have they located in India?

Answer 4

cheap labour (lower minimum wage)
long working hours
laxer health and safety regulations
tax incentives and tax free zones
lots of free water

Question 5

By 2021, how many people will the Coca-Cola University have trained?

Answer 5

8.7 million retailers

Question 6

What does the Coca-Cola University train people in?

Answer 6

hygiene and efficiency

Question 7

How many jobs do Coca-Cola provide in the related industry?

Answer 7

150,000

Question 8

How much did they invest in India?

Answer 8

$1billion

Question 9

Where can farmers not irrigate crops?

Answer 9

Rajasthan

Question 10

How much have groundwater levels fallen?

Answer 10

22m in 9 years

Question 11

How much water needed to make coke?

Answer 11

1litre for every 330ml

Question 12

What project has Coca-Cola joined?

Answer 12

Watershed Management Project

Question 13

How many people has their project helped?

Answer 13

30,000

Question 14

How many villages were helped?

Answer 14

38

Question 15

How many farm ponds built?

Answer 15

8

Question 16

What was found in drinks?

Why?

Answer 16

30 times more DDT (pesticide) than allowed

it is very concentrated in very little groundwater

Question 17

Where is waste water dumped?

Answer 17

on farmland