Honest Tea increases organic ingredient purchases six-fold in 6 years
Mission Report highlights company’s ongoing innovation and sustainability efforts
Honest Tea, a Bethesda, Md.-based independent operating unit of The Coca-Cola Co., released its 2013 Mission Report. The report is part of the company’s ongoing efforts to be transparent about its business practices and its mission “to seek to create and promote great-tasting, healthier, organic beverages.”
According to the report, the company increased its purchases of organic ingredients by more than 500,000 pounds in 2012 for a total of 4.9 million pounds, which is 13 percent more than the previous year and more than six times the amount purchased in 2007.