Update: United States: The company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group balances Profit & Corporate Social Responsibility by encouraging active lifestyles and fitness by community partnership to get kids and families active nationwide through a three-year, $15 million grant that will fix 528 playgrounds to give 1.3 million children access to play spaces. Plus, the company's Recycling Program generated $1.3 million in revenue

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Updates Progress toward Environmental and Social Performance Goals in 2012 Sustainability Report - MarketWatch: "- Filling 42 percent of its innovation pipeline in 2011 with projects focused on reduced calories, smaller portion sizes and improved nutrition. This puts the company only 8 percentage points away from reaching its 2015 goal to have half of its innovation projects focused on health & wellness.

-- Replacing 33,000 out of 60,000 older vending machines and cooling units to be converted by 2015. Each new unit is up to 30 percent more efficient than the older one it replaced.

-- Saving $25 million in costs and 31 million pounds of PET (plastic) through the light-weighting of packaging since 2007.

-- Contributing more than 55,000 volunteer hours to philanthropic activities -- more than halfway to its 2015 goal of 100,000 total volunteer hours."

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