Wednesday August 19, 2009, 3:54 am
The list issued by the Beijing Development and Reform Commission, the capital's economic planning agency, was published along with the top 15 energy users in the capital, which included the Beijing Benz-DaimlerChrysler plant.

China has set a goal of reducing average energy consumption by 20 percent from 2006 to 2010. This means it has to cut average consumption by four percent annually over the five-year period -- a target it has so far failed to meet.

"2009 is a key year for fulfilling our energy-saving and pollution-reduction goals," the commission said in a statement on its website, cited by the Beijing News on Wednesday.

The 27 entities will be subject to increased supervision and asked to submit plans to reduce energy use and pollution emissions, the commission said.

PepsiCo-Beijing and Coca-Cola-Beijing refused immediate comment on the issue when contacted by AFP on Wednesday.

The Beijing News quoted Beijing Benz-DaimlerChrysler as saying it would this year "step up the scope of reducing energy use and emissions, saving energy and treating waste water and waste through technological upgrading".

The Tsingtao brewery in Beijing, top juice maker Huiyuan and several major Chinese dairy producers made the list of major water polluters.

Among Beijing's top energy users were the Capital Iron and Steel Corporation and the American chemical company Praxair.

Wednesday August 19, 2009, 11:46 am
China's reduction of carbons in the atmosphere is as unlikely to take place as that of the US/

Wednesday August 19, 2009, 12:09 pm
Not just in China -- Pity! Judging from Coca Cola's (Minute Maid) performance in the Detroit area with the "orange water story" they are doing no better in the US! Just keeping it Quieter!

cowboss

Wednesday August 19, 2009, 2:50 pm
Have you dropped a dirty penny into the product that your supposed to be able to drink! Watch it fizz as the dirt gets viciously removed. Hate to think what it does to your insides! The penny will shine like new though!

Wednesday August 19, 2009, 4:02 pm
Seems the technology Coca Cola was developing to clean up their wastewater has taken more than 9 years and still no results. Do you get the impression they don't give a hoot? If they could take just 1% of their advertising budget and set it aside to clean up their wastewater mess, this little problem could go away. But hey, that just might give Pepsi the edge they need to steal market share if they were to do that.

Wednesday August 19, 2009, 4:06 pm
HuH? Coca Cola bought the "wate rights" in each village" and then $OLD them back to the village and charged every villager $1 for every bottle of water that COA COA NOW OWNED ...e ven though Coa Cola offered 1 or 2 $cholar$hip$ to a child from the village they bankrolled/$hortaged/$cammed

COCA COLA $tock $hould fall ...$ell any COA COLA $tock YOU HAVe

Wednesday August 19, 2009, 4:09 pm
$ell CocoaCola $tock immediately!

Thursday August 20, 2009, 2:58 pm
Coca-cola and pepsi should remove the toxic chemicals from their product or close down. Corps. that are not sustainable and not for the highest and best good are in trouble, the time to CHANGE over will not last much longer, thank God!. Thx Michelle.

Thursday August 20, 2009, 7:52 pm
Hello. Huw from PepsiCo here. I see some good comments here and I wanted to clarify that the inclusion of our Beijing plant on the government’s list simply reflects that the plant is a large user of water. PepsiCo’s Beijing plan strictly adheres to all national standards for wastewater treatment and emissions, and in fact our China beverage plants were recognized last year by the Beijing Water Resources Bureau and the China Beverages Industry Association for water conservation efforts. We encourage consumers to read the clarification released by the Beijing authorities and published by the Xinhua news service, which can be found here: http://english.cri.cn/6909/2009/08/21/1821s510259.htm.

We are committed to continuing to work with the Chinese Government to further reduce our water use in China and around the world in accordance with our relentless company-wide efforts in the areas of water conservation, reuse and supply -- http://www.pepsico.com/Purpose/Environment/Water.html.

Thanks,

Huw Gilbert
PepsiCo International

Friday August 21, 2009, 2:34 am
Not a big fan of either... shame on them for being the worst polluters of all... lets hope their sales will loose their fizz and go flat

Friday August 21, 2009, 9:51 am
Not good at all,water is the most essential product for human beings.