Our investments in health and wellbeing research and partnerships
Updated, December 2019
We have detailed below a list of Coca‑Cola investments in partnerships and research, relating to health and nutrition or to physical activity initiatives.
Title | Type | Organisation | Amount | Date |
Thank You Fund grant to fund the 'Active Body, Active Brain' programme in people with mild-moderate, and younger onset dementia | Partnership | Alzheimer Society of Ireland | €10,000.00 | 2012 |
Grant to fund the Sport for Life programme in Northern Ireland* | Partnership | American Friends of the University of Ulster | €247,434.00 | 2010 |
Grant to fund the expansion of the Sport for Life programme and roll out in Ireland* | Partnership | American Friends of the University of Ulster | €263,487.00 | 2013 |
Grant to fund research on the impact of the Sport for Life Programme* | Partnership | American Friends of the University of Ulster | €106,620.00 | 2014 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a nationwide water-based exercise programme | Partnership | Arthritis Ireland | €10,000.00 | 2012 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a surf school for children and adults with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). | Partnership | Autism Initiative NI | €10,000.00 | 2012 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund boxing traning for female youths | Partnership | Ballina Boxing Club | €10,000.00 | 2012 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a walking / running track around the perimeter of soccer pitches for local community use | Partnership | Ballyduff AFC | €10,000.00 | 2012 |
Contribution to an Industry report on reformulation | Partnership | Beverage Council of Ireland | €56,000.00 | 2012 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a Kayak Instructor Training programme in disadvantaged areas of Leinster | Partnership | Canoeing Ireland | €25,000.00 | 2014 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund Blueway 10K | Partnership | Canoeing Ireland | €25,000.00 | 2015 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund 'HIT THE BEAT' | Partnership | Coisceim Dance Theatre | €10,000.00 | 2012 |
Grant to fund the extension of a transportation and health impact study - Active transportation in Ireland and potential health impacts* | Partnership | CREAL Centre for Research in Environemental Epidemiology | €103,889.00 | 2013 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund Shake Up Sports – engaging young people from youth clubs in taster sessions, where they can try out alternatives to the mainstream competitive sports. | Partnership | Donegal Youth Service | €25,000.00 | 2015 |
Sponsorship of public bikes scheme in Dublin | Partnership | Dublin City Council | €1,400,000.00 | 2016-2017 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a well-being programme for users of Simon’s service in Dundalk | Partnership | Dundalk Simon Community | €10,000.00 | 2013 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a dragon boating prgramme for breast cancer survivors. | Partnership | Europa Donna Ireland Limited | €10,000.00 | 2013 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a module of Focus Ireland’s educational programme - Health Related Fitness for Homeless Youth | Partnership | Focus Ireland | €10,000.00 | 2011 |
Thank You Fund grant to promote cycling on either side of the Duncairn Interface in Inner North Belfast | Partnership | Fortwilliam & Macrory Presbyterian Church | €10,000.00 | 2012 |
Nutrition and Health Foundation membership | Partnership | Ibec Ltd | €20,000.00 | 2010 |
Nutrition and Health Foundation membership | Partnership | Ibec Ltd | €20,000.00 | 2011 |
Nutrition and Health Foundation membership | Partnership | Ibec Ltd | €20,000.00 | 2012 |
Nutrition and Health Foundation membership | Partnership | Ibec Ltd | €20,000.00 | 2013 |
Nutrition and Health Foundation membership | Partnership | Ibec Ltd | €35,000.00 | 2014 |
Nutrition and Health Foundation membership | Partnership | Ibec Ltd | €35,000.00 | 2015 |
Nutrition and Health Foundation membership | Partnership | Ibec Ltd | €35,000.00 | 2016 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a practical health and well-being programme | Partnership | Inishowen Development Partnership | €10,000.00 | 2011 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund ‘Eat Well. Think Well. Be Well' programme | Partnership | Inkwell Youth Group | €10,000.00 | 2013 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund Basketball Ireland's 'National 3on3 Programme' | Partnership | Irish Basketball Association | €10,000.00 | 2013 |
Membership of Food Drink Ireland Health Initiative | Partnership | Irish Business Employers Confederation (IBEC) | €70,000.00 | 2016-2018 |
Coca‑Cola Thank You Fund sponsorship of the Irish Federation of Sport annual conference | Partnership | Irish Federation of Sports conference | €3,000.00 | 2014 |
Coca‑Cola Thank You Fund sponsorship of the Irish Federation of Sport annual conference | Partnership | Irish Federation of Sports conference | €3,000.00 | 2015 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund H3 (Healthy Heart Hockey) | Partnership | Irish Hockey Association | €10,000.00 | 2013 |
Corporate sponsorship of INDI under Diet Coke | Partnership | Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute | €800.00 | 2010 |
Corporate sponsorship of INDI under Diet Coke | Partnership | Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute | €800.00 | 2011 |
Diet Coke sponsorship of INDI research award | Partnership | Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute | €5,600.00 | 2011 |
Corporate sponsorship of INDI under Diet Coke | Partnership | Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute | €800.00 | 2012 |
Diet Coke sponsorship of an INDI symposium | Partnership | Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute | €5,000.00 | 2012 |
Corporate sponsorship of INDI under Diet Coke | Partnership | Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute | €800.00 | 2013 |
Diet Coke sponsorship of INDI research award | Partnership | Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute | €5,000.00 | 2013 |
Diet Coke sponsorship of an INDI symposium | Partnership | Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute | €5,000.00 | 2013 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund 'Trim Trail' | Partnership | Killarney Rugby Football Club | €25,000.00 | 2014 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a programme to enhance mental resilience through active lifestyle coaching | Partnership | Listowel Community Centre | €10,000.00 | 2013 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund activity routes in the Louisburgh area | Partnership | Louisburgh HQ | €10,000.00 | 2013 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund BoxClever | Partnership | Monkstown Boxing Club | €10,000.00 | 2013 |
Sponsorship of regional public bikes schemes in Cork, Galway, and Limerick | Partnership | National Transport Authority | €900,000.00 | 2016-2018 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund an community outdoor children's activity programme | Partnership | Navan Community Childcare | €10,000.00 | 2012 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund the 'Play Ranger' programme | Partnership | NI at Play | €10,000.00 | 2012 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a street handball programme and festival | Partnership | Olympic Handball | €25,000.00 | 2012 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a cycling training track and training programme | Partnership | Omagh Wheelers Cycling Club | €25,000.00 | 2014 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund the 'It Takes Two to Tandem' programme | Partnership | Royal National Institute of Blind People | €5,000.00 | 2011 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund 20 Special Olympics Ireland clubs and 500 athletes | Partnership | Special Olympics Ireland | €10,000.00 | 2011 |
Thank You Fund grant to Sport Against Racism Ireland, Diverse City Soccernites Programme | Partnership | Sport Against Racism Ireland | €10,000.00 | 2016 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a swimming programme for children and young people with a physical, intellectual or sensory disability | Partnership | Spraoi agus Sport | €10,000.00 | 2012 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund the “Inishowen “100”, Ready, Steady Run!” programme | Partnership | Spraoi agus Sport | €25,000.00 | 2014 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund ‘Swim for a Mile Challenge’ | Partnership | Swim Ireland | €25,000.00 | 2013 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund the 'Swim for a Mile' programme | Partnership | Swim Ireland | €25,000.00 | 2014 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund an initiative enabling access to tennis for people with intellectual disabilities. | Partnership | Tennis Ireland | €25,000.00 | 2015 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a 6-week programme for parents of camogie-playing girls to encourage them to join their daughters | Partnership | The Camogie Association | €10,000.00 | 2013 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund teen cluster camogie | Partnership | The Camogie Association | €25,000.00 | 2015 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a personal development programme for marginalised and disengaged young people | Partnership | The Prince’s Trust | €10,000.00 | 2013 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund Activ8 | Partnership | Tipperary Regional Youth Service | €25,000.00 | 2015 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund the purchase of wheelchairs | Partnership | Titans Basketball Club | €10,000.00 | 2011 |
Thank You Fund grant to fund a sailing programme for children and young people with a physical or sensory disability | Partnership | Tralee Bay Sailing School | €5,000.00 | 2011 |
Thank You Fund grant to Ulster GAA Youth Leaders Programme | Partnership | Ulster Gaelic Athletic Association | €5,000.00 | 2017 |
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Total |
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| €3,922,230.00 |
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*Indicates funding from The Coca‑Cola Foundation
Our Approach to Funding Scientific Research:
For all the health and well-being research funding disclosed above, the researchers:
- Are expected to conduct research that is factual, transparent, and designed objectively;
- Are expected to generate an appropriately phrased hypothesis and to conduct research that will answer the relevant questions, rather than favour a particular outcome; have full control of the study design, the execution, and the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data;
- Are encouraged to publish; and
- Are expected to disclose their funding sources in all publications and public presentations of the data.
Items Included in and Excluded from the 12/12/2019 Disclosure
Partnerships and Research Included:
1. Funding provided by The Coca‑Cola Company, one of its branches or subsidiaries, or The Coca‑Cola Foundation for research relating to dietary intake, nutrition and health, or to physical activity to legal entities based in Ireland.
2. Funding provided by The Coca‑Cola Company, one of its branches or subsidiaries, or The Coca‑Cola Foundation to legal entities based in Ireland or health and nutrition or physical well-being programmes and communications activities.
Partnerships and Research Excluded:
1. Funding provided by The Coca‑Cola Company, one of its branches or subsidiaries, or The Coca‑Cola Foundation to entities not based in Ireland.
2. Funding provided exclusively by our Coca‑Cola bottling partners (jointly funded activities will be listed excluding the portion of the budget funded by our Coca‑Cola bottling partners).
3. Research on new ingredients, packaging, products, or brands.
4. Research on ingredients, packaging, products, or brands that is not related to dietary intake, nutrition and health, or to physical activity.
5. Payments to third-party service providers for media services, advertising, and logistics in support of the “Partnerships” for Health and Well-Being Programmes and Communications Activities listed.
6. Payments of less than €500 on an annual aggregated basis.
For purposes of this list, we use the term ‘partnership’ in an informal sense, referring to our relationship with entities based in Ireland that have received funding from The Coca‑Cola Company, one of its branches or subsidiaries, or The Coca‑Cola Foundation to support their health and well-being programmes and communications activities conducted from 2010 to 2018.
Timeframe: January 1, 2010 through September 30, 2019.
Currency: all amounts are disclosed in EUR excluding VAT. Where amounts have been converted from other currencies to EUR this has been done using an average annual aggregated exchange rate for the year in which the payment was made.
We have made a good-faith effort to disclose all relevant funding in relation to health and well-being. If we have omitted something that meets the criteria to be included, we will disclose it in a subsequent update, which we plan to provide every year.
*Indicates funding from The Coca‑Cola Foundation.
The Thank You Fund is jointly funded with Coca‑Cola Hellenic.
The Nutrition and Health Foundation was jointly funded with Coca‑Cola Hellenic.
Our Approach to Funding Scientific Research:
For all the health and wellbeing research funding disclosed above, the researchers:
- are expected to conduct research that is factual, transparent, and designed objectively;
- are expected to generate an appropriately phrased hypothesis and to conduct research that will answer the relevant questions, rather than favour a particular outcome; have full control of the study design, the execution, and the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data; are encouraged to publish; and are expected to disclose their funding sources in all publications and public presentations of the data.
For purposes of this list, we use the term ‘partnership’ in an informal sense, referring to our relationship with entities based in Ireland that have received funding from The Coca‑Cola Company, one of its branches or subsidiaries, or The Coca‑Cola Foundation to support their health and wellbeing programmes and communications activities conducted from 2010 to 2017.
Items Included in and Excluded from the 8/12/19 Disclosure:
Partnerships and Research Included:
1. Funding provided by The Coca‑Cola Company, one of its branches or subsidiaries, or The Coca‑Cola Foundation for research relating to dietary intake, nutrition and health, or to physical activity to legal entities based in Ireland.
2. Funding provided by The Coca‑Cola Company, one of its branches or subsidiaries, or The Coca‑Cola Foundation to legal entities based in Ireland health and nutrition or physical wellbeing programmes and communications activities.
Partnerships and Research Excluded:
1. Funding provided by The Coca‑Cola Company, one of its branches or subsidiaries, or The Coca‑Cola Foundation to entities not based in Ireland.
2. Funding provided exclusively by our Coca‑Cola bottling partners.
3. Research on new ingredients, packaging, products, or brands.
4. Research on ingredients, packaging, products, or brands that is not related to dietary intake, nutrition and health, or to physical activity.
5. Payments to third-party service providers for media services, advertising, and logistics in support of the “Partnerships” for Health and Wellbeing Programmes and Communications Activities listed.
6. Payments of less than €500 on an annual aggregated basis.
Timeframe: January 1, 2010 through September 30, 2019.
Currency: all amounts are disclosed in EUROS excluding VAT. Where amounts have been converted from other currencies to EUROS this has been done using an average annual aggregated exchange rate for the year in which the payment was made.
We have made a good-faith effort to disclose all relevant funding in relation to health and wellbeing. If we have omitted something that meets the criteria to be included, we will disclose it in a subsequent update, which we plan to provide every year.