Overview
- Coca‑Cola Perú and its bottler Arca Continental Lindley announced they will invest US$1,000 million in Peru over the next five years to expand production, distribution and commercial capacity.
- The companies pledged US$90 million through the Obras por Impuestos (OxI) tax‑credit mechanism to fund potable water and sewer works for Pucusana as part of the Proyecto Esquema Pucusana.
- Project planning is in early technical stages with an existing S/291 million estimate for works that aim to serve more than 31,000 residents and which will be transferred to Sedapal for operation once completed.
- The firms committed immediate humanitarian aid — two million liters of water and 150,000 blankets — to help communities that may be affected by the coming El Niño event.
- Company leaders said their operations support about 131,000 direct and indirect jobs and a network of roughly 370,000 small retailers, and the government pledged legal predictability while contracting and implementation timetables are finalized.