FIJI Water is a carbon negative product and the only bottled water brand in the market to offset its emissions by 120%. We think that’s pretty cool. And yet, it doesn’t end there.
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On October 23 and 24, the FIJI Water Foundation partnered with the Give Clean Water organization to install water filters in Fiji communities. More than 35 FIJI Water employees, students, teachers, and FIJI Water family members volunteered for the event. Even the Give Clean Water bus drivers decided to stick around and help when they saw the work the volunteers were engaged in. Even our youngest volunteer, Philip Scougall (age 1), lent a helping hand! Read the rest of this entry »
Did you know that the islands around the South Pacific have their own version of the Olympics? Itís true! Fiji was the first host country in 1963.† Itís a great athletics event, but the true purpose of the Pacific Mini Games is to create bonds, friendship, and brotherhood among the people of the Pacific Region. Read the rest of this entry »
Susana Tikoisuva recovers at Lautoka Hospital as her mother sits by her side.
Last Thursday, the Friends of Fiji Heart Foundation wrapped up their week of work here Fiji — a week that saw more than 30 individuals receive free life-saving heart surgeries, including single, double, and triple bypasses and pacemaker installations. The FIJI Water Foundation was the major sponsor of the Friends of Fiji Heart Foundation’s 2009 medical trip and had the opportunity to scrub into the wards and to meet with doctors, nurses, patients, and families.† We were deeply moved and humbled by Read the rest of this entry »
The three Fijian children who received heart surgeries return home.
A few weeks ago in August, Shivangani Chand said goodbye to her schoolmates at Rabulu Indian School in rural Tavua, Fiji — but not as any 10-year old child might on a typical Friday afternoon. The following day she traveled to Nadi with her mother, where she joined two other children, Josefo Qionibaravi of Nausori and Timoci Tagiciverata of Kadavu, on a life-changing journey. Read the rest of this entry »
Successful grantees and foundation staff celebrate by blowing out the candles on the FIJI Water Foundation birthday cake.
FIJI Water Foundation celebrated its second birthday yesterday — two years of assisting in development projects in water, health, and education throughout Fiji. Supporters, friends, partners, and grantees joined to help us celebrate by officially launching our Foundation website and announcing the Foundationís most recent group of successful grant applicants, one of who Read the rest of this entry »
This is our response to the recent Mother Jones article about our company.
We strongly disagree with the authorís premise that because we are in business in Fiji somehow that legitimizes a military dictatorship.† We bought FIJI Water in November 2004, when Fiji was governed by a democratically elected government.† We cannot and will not speak for the government, but we will not back down from our commitment to the people, development, and communities of Fiji.
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This morning I†took my girls†into the backyard for a lesson about rain. This is a rare live demonstration living in Southern California. Both girls looked up and said, “Agua.” (Yes, they’re bilingual, but this isnít about bragging!!!) My husband ran outside to remind me that Read the rest of this entry »
FIJI Green Gal: Here’s an update from Fiji courtesy of Molly, our FIJI Water Foundation coordinator…
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FIJI Water and its hundreds of employees in Fiji were proud to join Fijiís Earth Hour celebrations this year. On March 28th from 8.30pm to 9.30pm, the factory in Yaqara shut down bottled water operations and used critical lighting only, as did the logistics, finance, and foundation offices in Lautoka and Suva. We encouraged our employees, friends, and neighbors in the communities around our factory to do the same, supplied water to Earth Hour volunteers in the West, and also assisted in the collection and recycling of those donated bottles.
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Elsewhere in Fiji, landmark buildings turned off their lights, restaurants held candlelit dinners with live guitar serenades, and at resorts guests were guided to their rooms by tiki torch.
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Participating in this yearís Earth Hour is a part of our ongoing commitment to energy efficiency and the environment. As we work on big projects – cutting emissions across our products’ entire life cycle, promoting local recycling, investing in forest carbon and renewable energy projects- we also remember that there are small things we can all do every day to make a difference on our planet.
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For more information about Earth Hour, visit www.earthhour.org and see how you and your community can be a part of next yearís celebration.
Last October, Major League Soccer team Real Salt Lake unveiled†the Rio Tinto green stadium in Utah. FIJI Water is the exclusive water of this innovative sports arena. Our incredibly talented production artist Robert, along with sales guys extraordinaire Jonathan and Parker, helped transform one of the stadium’s luxury suites into a gorgeous space that reflects the beauty of Fiji. Looking at these photos reminds me of sitting on the beach in Fiji…ahhhh…
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