America's beverage companies have a long history of working to strengthen the communities where our consumers and members work and live. From reducing sugar consumed from beverages in the American diet, driving sustainable solutions to preserve the environment and protecting consumer choice, when we work together we can have a great impact on communities across the country.

Our industry is using innovation to drive toward sustainable solutions to a variety of environmental challenges. Through industry-wide investments we are:

• Developing the best water saving technologies on the planet to improve water conservation.
• Increasing energy efficiency while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
• Improving fuel efficiency and increase miles per gallon of our delivery vehicles.
• Saving hundreds of millions of pounds of raw materials through lightweighting and packaging reduction.
• Working to eliminate waste to landfills from our manufacturing and production facilities in the US.

We also believe in protecting families from regressive policies that are created to take away consumer choice. Discriminatory regulations only succeed in limiting consumer choice and harming local businesses and hard-working families. Consumers understand that there are better ways to address public health issues than adding to their already high cost of living.

That's why America's beverage companies are working to reduce the sugar consumed from beverages by providing families more choices, in smaller portion sizes and with less sugar. Next time you walk through a grocery store, be sure to check out the large array of beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all and with clear calorie labels to choose the option that's right for you!