Company
The Coca-Cola Company
Documented money flows
- The Coca-Cola Company to University of Colorado (School of Medicine), grant, $1,000,000, 2014. Exhibit 598, Exhibit 597
Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity
- AGR-2.10: The New York Times reported in August 2015 that two universities disclosed a $1.5 million Coca-Cola donation to start the Global Energy Balance Network; the University of Colorado School of Medicine returned its $1 million gift in November 2015, and the network announced on 30 November 2015 that it was discontinuing operations.
- AGR-2.11: A peer-reviewed analysis of 18,036 pages of Coca-Cola emails with university researchers concluded that Coca-Cola sought to obscure its relationship with the researchers, minimize the public perception of its role and use the researchers to promote industry-friendly messaging.
Exhibits naming this entity
- Exhibit 597 9 August 2015. The New York Times (Anahad O'Connor): Coca-Cola Funds Scientists Who Shift Blame for Obesity Away From Bad Diets
- Exhibit 598 9 November 2015. Food Dive: University giving back $1M grant to Coca-Cola
- Exhibit 599 1 December 2015. CBS News / Associated Press: Anti-obesity group funded by Coke disbanding
- Exhibit 600 3 August 2020 (online). Serodio P, Ruskin G, McKee M, Stuckler D; Public Health Nutrition 23(14):2647-2653: Evaluating Coca-Cola's attempts to influence public health 'in their own words': analysis of Coca-Cola emails with public health academics leading the Global Energy Balance Network