News Release
March 4, 2021
To the press
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.

80,000 cases of Coca-Cola brand products
donated to medical institutions and food banks
for continuous support of communities affected by COVID-19
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc. (Headquarters in Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director &President Calin Dragan; hereafter "CCBJI") began donating Coca-Cola brand products to 175
medical institutions and 29 food banks as a part of its continuous efforts to support the local
communities affected by COVID-19. The company is planning to donate a total of 80,000
cases (1.92 million bottles) by end of March. (Note 1)
When the spread of new coronavirus infections began impacting the society with ongoingchanges last year, the company examined how it could support the affected local
communities through its business to cope with the changing environment. Since April 2020,
the company has been donating Coca-Cola brand products to healthcare professionals
through municipalities and local medical associations. The scope of support has also been
expanded to include periodical supplies to food banks (Note 2) and three occasional
donations (in April, June and December 2020) aimed at delivering complimentary beverages
to a wider range of people in the healthcare sector, such as the medical professionals andvolunteers working in welfare facilities.
The company intends to continue this community service program this year focused on
supporting the healthcare professionals working as first responders to prevent the further
spread of COVID infections through donations of Coca-Cola brand products to the institutions
they are affiliated with as well as to various food banks. For this year’s program as of date,the company is planning to donate 13,360 cases to mainly the medical institutions designatedfor specific infectious diseases and 4,846 cases to 29 food bank organizations. With regard tofood banks, the company will be donating newly to 12 organizations this year in addition to
the 17 organizations with which the company has established a partnership to supply its
products on a regular basis, as a part of its efforts to expand the support to more people inneed of assistance to fight the challenges caused by the COVID crisis.

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Donation to Chiba Medical Center (Chiba)

Isehara Kyodo Hospital (Kanagawa)Donation to EIKOHKAI (Fukuoka)

In accordance with its corporate philosophy collectively represented by the motto, “Paint it
RED! Mirai o nurikaero (Let’s repaint our future)”, the company aims at fulfilling its mission to“deliver happy moments to everyone while creating value” and continuing to join hands withvarious partners going forward to work on creating shared value through its business activities
to address the challenges faced by local communities.
■Overview of product donations executed in February & March 2021
Date: From February 22, 2021
Donated to: 175 medical institutions (in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Tochigi, Aichi,Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Fukuoka, Gifu) : 13,360 cases (320,000 bottles)
29 food bank organizations （ Miyagi, Ibaragi, Chiba, Tokyo, Gumma, Saitama, Niigatga,Kanagawa, Aichi, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Wakayama, Okayama, Tokushima, Fukuoka, Saga,Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima）：4,846 cases（114,300 bottles）

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■Product donations executed so far by CCBJI (to support the local communities
affected by COVID-19）
Date: From April 2020
Donated to:

Medical institutions 180：11,900 cases
Municipalities 168：19,843 cases
Accommodation facilities affiliated with local government：17：625 cases
Food bank-April 2020：16 organizations

4,153 cases-June 2020：19 organizations

7,497 cases-December 2020：13 organizations 2,160 cases
Excluding February & March 2021
*The total number. Multiple donations to the same medical institution are also included.

(Note 1) Donation recipients other than medical institutions and food banks will be decided in
the future.
(Note 2) Product donations executed by CCBJI to food bank organizations
Since 2016, CCBJI has established a partnership with 22 organizations, including SecondHarvest Japan (member of Alliance of Japan Foodbanks), which is Japan’s first food bankorganization, and Food Bank All Japan Association, to donate its beverage products on aregular basis to children’s cafeterias and social welfare facilities, etc. through food bankorganizations in different regions. Food banks refer to organizations or activities that deliver
food to welfare facilities and people in need, by receiving food donated from corporations
that have to be disposed of even though there are no quality issues. It is gaining more andmore attention with the enactment of the Food Loss Reduction Promotion Act last year.

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