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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCoca-Cola brand drink coolers that were present throughout the venue.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Coca-Cola and Nestl\u00e9 have both been named two of the world’s largest polluters. Coca-Cola, for example, sells more than 500 billion plastic bottles every year (Plastic Soup Foundation 2022). While I did not see any plastic bottles being sold inside the conference venue, the promotion of the brand was still questionable for a conference supposedly devoted to climate change issues. Both brands have made promises to make their products sustainable, but these have yet to come to fruition, and so far their efforts are best described as greenwashing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Leading up to COP27, several activists spoke out against Coca-Cola\u2019s sponsorship and criticized other sponsors like Microsoft, a tech company tied to the oil and gas industry (Tigue 2022). However, even after a petition to remove Coca-Cola as a sponsor collected over 233,000 signatures, the sponsorship remained intact, and Coca-Cola products were widely distributed throughout the conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This leaves me with more questions than answers\u2026 Is it possible to host a large, multinational summit without corporate sponsorships? And, if these sponsorships are financially necessary, what does that mean for our capacity to make systemic change?<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bibliography and Further Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Engelbrecht, Cora. 2022. \u201cCoke is a Sponsor of the Climate Summit in Egypt. Some Activists Aren\u2019t Happy.\u201d The New York Times<\/em>, November 7, 2022. https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/07\/climate\/coca-cola-sponsor-cop27-climate-egypt.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kopp, Mirjam. 2019. \u201cNestle: Slay the Plastic Monster You Created.\u201d Greenpeace<\/em>, March 25, 2019. https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/21542\/nestle-slay-the-plastic-monster-you-created\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Plastic Soup Foundation. 2022. \u201cIs Coca-Cola\u2019s latest promise really a step forward?\u201d Plastic Soup Foundation<\/em>, February 18, 2022. https:\/\/www.plasticsoupfoundation.org\/en\/2022\/02\/is-coca-colas-latest-promise-really-a-step-forward\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tigue, Kristoffer. 2022. \u201cCoke Sponsoring COP27 is the Definition of \u2018Greenwashing,\u2019 Activists Say.\u201d Inside Climate News<\/em>, October 25, 2022. https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/todaysclimate\/coke-sponsoring-cop27-is-the-definition-of-greenwashing-activists-say\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Reeve Schroeder After hours of walking from one event to another in the hot sun, I was consistently craving a cold, refreshing drink. I will admit, I usually went for a Fanta. Coming from the United States, finding soda in glass bottles is exciting, and I might be making this up, but the Fanta … <\/p>\n