Tag: PepsiCo

PepsiCo and Cargill Collaborate to Empower Farmers by Advancing Sustainable Agriculture

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo and Cargill recently announced a strategic collaboration to advance regenerative agriculture practices across 240,000 acres from 2025 through 2030.  The partnership will focus on the companies’ shared corn supply chain in Iowa, where Cargill sources from local farmers to produce ingredients used in some of PepsiCo’s most iconic products. Agriculture, and creating a more resilient agricultural system, is essential to PepsiCo’s business, as the company sources 35 crops and ingredients from more than 60 countries to make its convenient foods and beverages. As a global supplier to PepsiCo, Cargill…

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PepsiCo Refines Sustainability Goals to Position Business for the Long-Term

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo announced refined climate, packaging, agriculture, and water goals to continue to build a stronger, more resilient business that aims to drive scalable positive impact. The updated goals build on nearly four years of progress and learnings since the launch of the PepsiCo Positive (pep+) business strategy, which embeds sustainability into the company’s core to deliver long-term success. Since launching pep+ in September 2021, PepsiCo has made significant progress on regenerative agriculture and water stewardship and positive strides on sustainable packaging and climate change, while accounting for external realities and…

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PepsiCo Foods North America and Feed the Children Celebrate 30 Years of Partnership to Defeat Childhood Hunger in the U.S.

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo Foods North America® (PFNA) recently announced the 30th anniversary of its partnership with Feed the Children® in the fight against childhood hunger and the 3.2 million households facing food insecurity across the U.S. The anniversary highlights the transformative impact of their collective efforts on providing long-term, sustainable solutions in the fight against hunger nationwide. Since 1994, the two organizations have expanded their impact to more than 30 communities across the U.S. by providing food, essentials and educational supplies to those in need. Together, PFNA and Feed the Children are…

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PepsiCo and Intuitive AI Join Forces to Launch Oscar Sort – AI Recycling Sortation and Education Technology First Being Deployed at High-Traffic PepsiCo Customer Locations Across the U.S.

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo is the first global beverage supplier to partner with Intuitive AI to offer the Oscar Sort AI recycling and sortation system in high-traffic areas across the U.S. Oscar Sort, an AI recycling assistant, will be deployed at several PepsiCo office locations and select customer partner locations in the coming months, which may include recreation, universities, airports, malls and stadiums. Oscar Sort identifies materials and guides users to the correct bin to aid in proper disposal, improving overall recycling accuracy. The technology behind Oscar is capable of detecting organic remnants…

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PepsiCo Launches “Taste of Tomorrow” to Bring Flavor and Funding to HBCU Students in STEM

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo announced the launch of “Taste of Tomorrow,” an initiative designed to increase Black representation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers because despite the rapid growth of STEM jobs, Black professionals remain underrepresented making up only 9% of the STEM workforce. To help address this disparity, PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation are investing $350,000 in financial support and providing additional resources to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), particularly for students pursuing careers in food science and technology. As the employer of choice for STEM careers, this initiative…

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