environmental protests against it. But the final quarter results of 2009 showed a decrease of 18 percent in the company’s profit worldwide.
该公司在印度的业务也显著增长。2009年，该公司在美国的业务增长了31%，尽管遭到了各种环境抗议。但2009年最后一季度的业绩显示，该公司在全球范围内的利润下降了18%。
In 2010, the company registered revenue of 7.53 billion US dollars in the first quarter. This shows that the company expects to have a bright year ahead.
2010年，该公司第一季度的收入为75.3亿美元。这表明该公司预计未来会有一个光明的一年。
Environmental Factors:环境因素
The company has been accused of a number of environmental issues around the world.
In India, Coca-Cola has been nicknamed even as ‘Killer Coke’ in certain areas. It was feared that Coke contains hazardous levels of pesticides that could cause numerous health issues. A study conducted by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, revealed that Coke and Pepsi contains toxins like lindane, DDT, malathion etc. These pesticides if consumed could even result in Cancer or irreparable damage to immune system. CSE also found that the Coke that is sold in India contained 30 times the permitted level of pesticide residues as per European Union regulations.
该公司被指控在世界各地存在许多环境问题。
在印度，可口可乐在某些地区甚至被戏称为“杀手可乐”。人们担心可乐中含有有害的杀虫剂，可能会导致许多健康问题。新德里科学与环境中心进行的一项研究表明，可口可乐和百事可乐中含有林丹、滴滴涕、马拉硫磷等毒素。如果食用这些农药，甚至可能导致癌症或对免疫系统造成无法弥补的损害。CSE还发现，在印度销售的可乐中的农药残留量是欧盟规定的30倍。
In 2005, the Kerala State government banned the production and selling of Coke but it was overturned by the state high court in the same year itself.
2005年，喀拉拉邦政府禁止生产和销售可口可乐，但同年该州高等法院自行推翻。
The company was also blamed for over use of water resources and thus depleting the ground water table. The 16$ bottling plant in Kerala was shut down in 2004 due to severe decay in both quantity and quality of water in the surrounding areas. The plant there uses almost 900,000 litres of water every year for its purposes. According to the renowned environmentalist Vandana Shiva, it takes almost 9 litres of water to produce one litre of Coca-Cola. In the holy city of Varanasi, India, the Coca-Cola plant near the Ganges has been accused for emitting waste water which contained toxins into the river. The packaging of the bottles has also been a cause of concern to the public and alleges to have serious environment impact. The company still claims to be environmental friendly in all its ventures. The Coca-Cola environmental foundation is said to be actively participating in environment issues like waste management, recycling etc.
该公司还被指责过度使用水资源，从而耗尽了地下水位。2004年，由于周边地区的水量和水质严重下降，喀拉拉邦一家价值16美元的瓶装工厂被关闭。那里的工厂每年使用近900000升水。根据著名的环保主义者Vandana Shiva的说法，生产一升可口可乐需要将近9升水。在印度圣城瓦拉纳西，恒河附近的可口可乐工厂被指控向河流排放含有毒素的废水。瓶子的包装也引起了公众的关注，并声称会对环境造成严重影响。该公司仍然声称其所有企业都是环保的。据说可口可乐环境基金会正在积极参与垃圾管理、回收等环境问题。
Political Factors:政治因素
As far as the political factors are concerned, they affect the company in meager way. It is because the governmental activity which is the major part of political environment has a little impact over the company.
就政治因素而言，它们对公司的影响微乎其微。这是因为作为政治环境的主要组成部分的政府活动对公司的影响很小。
Over the recent years the company met with a lot of protests in India and Middle East. Still it was able to outrival PepsiCo by a small percent. In the last century there have been issues in Israel regarding the construction of a plant over there. The company was accused of boycotting Israel in order to appease the Arab League. These still had an impact over the market of Middle East.
The environmental laws have some impact over Coke and other companies operating in the same industry. Over the past two years, the government of India has introduced some modifications to the existing laws that are likely to affect Coke. But the company is introducing changes in the plants as well as implementing proper wastage handling system and this would reduce the impact of these laws.
Tax system in India is a little complicated because it involves a variety of regulations. The license needs to be updated every time the production
