Global diversity at Coca-Cola With over 700 000 global employees, beverage giant The Coca-Cola Company produces and distributes its iconic American brand, and a few more it has acquired, across a multicultural world both in the workplace and in the marketplace. For example, the Australian division of the business, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Australia, encourages hiring, training and operational embrace of inclusion, equity and accessibility for all of its 3000 staff. The company recognises that its ability to thrive in a multicultural world is both critical to its financial performance and consistent with its values. At the parent company, diversity is recognised by Coca-Cola as an important component of its vision for the company in 2022 and beyond, and the core values of the iconic Coca-Cola beverage around friendship, social inclusion and happiness are a naturally good fit with this image and approach.
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The Coca-Cola Company understands that although it has been recognised as a diversity leader, there is always more it can do. Imagine that the company’s leaders ask you for advice on how to build a diverse and inclusive workforce that allows it to leverage the potential of its diverse employees to enhance the company’s performance?