At FIJI Water, we believe in doing well by doing good. Through our FIJI Water Foundation, we support significant initiatives that provide Fijian communities improved access to clean water, health care, and education — not to mention our longstanding large-scale environmental efforts.

FIJI Water's Fleet Contractor, Bradley Scougall, gives to Father Law Old Persons’ Home

With such humanitarian commitment established as a benchmark, giving back is a notion that permeates the company. At FIJI Water, employees around the world are encouraged to contribute to charities of their choice through Roll Giving, a program supported by Roll International, FIJI Water’s parent company. Last week, a special ceremony held at the FIJI Water office in Naikabula, Lautoka, honored the employee giving that has become such a valued part of our corporate culture in Fiji.

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We have huge news! As part of our long-standing sustainability commitment, we’ve joined 1% for the Planet, a global alliance of companies who pledge 1% of their annual sales directly to non-profit organizations focused on sustainability.

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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.

The reforestation of the Sovi Basin begins, in conjunction with Conservation International.

Our reforestation project that helps us to get to our carbon negative status delivers so much more. Joining forces with Conservation International and the people of Fiji, we have begun planting our new forest last month (the first 250 acres, anyway).

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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? It”s true! Fiji was the first host country in 1963. It “s 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 Foundation”s 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 author’s 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 isn”t about bragging!!!) My husband ran outside to remind me that Read the rest of this entry »