The Coca-Cola Company's 5by20 Initiative
5by20 is The Coca-Cola Company's global commitment to enable the economic empowerment of 5 million women entrepreneurs across the company's value chain by 2020. This initiative aims to help women across the Coca-Cola value chain—producers, suppliers, distributors, retailers, recyclers and artisans—overcome barriers to business success by providing them with access to business skills, financial services, assets and support networks of peers and mentors. Launched in 2010, in just three years the initiative has reached more than 550,000 women entrepreneurs.There are 5by20 programs in 44 countries.