Tag: PepsiCo

PepsiCo campaign inspires and celebrates women thriving in supply chain careers

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo recently announced the global She is PepsiCo campaign, which will include recognition of women who work in frontline roles in markets around the world, showcasing their transformative abilities, and helping to recruit even more to apply for frontline roles. The annual program rebrands some of the company’s highly visible delivery trucks with the names and faces of She is PepsiCo honorees. Featuring photos of these employees in their work settings, in place of the company’s brands, is at the heart of how the global campaign aims to celebrate and…

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PepsiCo announces agriculture accelerator projects to support farmer livelihoods, scale sustainable innovation and accelerate regenerative agriculture across the globe

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo recently announced the third year of its global agriculture program, the Positive Agriculture Outcomes (PAO) Accelerator, by backing eight new innovation projects across nine countries. PepsiCo’s continued investment aims to address some of the most urgent challenges facing agriculture today, while moving the company’s pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) agenda forward. PepsiCo’s PAO Accelerator offers local farming communities co-investment to accelerate diverse and results-driven Positive Agriculture projects, as well as funding for ag-tech start-ups that offer proven products or technology with the potential to scale. This year’s innovations will build resiliency through climate…

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PepsiCo sets goals to further reduce sodium and deliver more diverse ingredients in convenient foods portfolio

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo, Inc. announced two new ambitious nutrition goals as part of PepsiCo Positive (pep+) – the company’s end-to-end strategic transformation – which aim to reduce sodium and purposefully deliver important sources of nutrition in the foods consumers are reaching for. Sodium Reduction PepsiCo aims for at least 75% of its global convenient foods portfolio volume to meet or be below category sodium targets by 2030.  Excess sodium intake is a leading risk factor for diet-associated disease and disability, prompting global public health authorities to call on the food industry to reduce sodium…

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PepsiCo Donating $250,000 to Help Tackle Food Insecurity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Stuart Mitchell

As part of PepsiCo’s ongoing efforts to support and elevate Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), the company is announcing $250,000 in grants towards tackling food insecurity at HBCU campuses, as the student attendance rates at these institutions continue to rise. Five universities will receive $50,000 each, kicking off with Morgan State University and Prairie View A&M University this weekend and also including Florida A&M University, Jackson State University, and Bethune-Cookman University. Tailored to each university’s needs, the donation from PepsiCo is designed to support each campus’s unique efforts to…

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PepsiCo Beverage’s Sacramento-Based Electric Fleet Is Driving Progress Toward PepsiCo’s Net Zero Emissions Goal in NACFE ‘Run on Less’ Trucking Event

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo Beverages North America’s (PBNA) Sacramento-based Tesla Semi trucks are taking part in the North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s (NACFE) national “Run on Less: Electric Depot” trucking event this September. In December 2022, PepsiCo took the first delivery of the all-electric Tesla Semi trucks and as of September 1, nearly 680,000 Zero Emissions (ZE) miles have been traveled. PBNA’s Sacramento, Calif. bottling production and distribution facility is using a variety of electric vehicles including BYD Electric yard tractors, light-duty Ford E-Transit Service vehicles and 21 Tesla Semis as the…

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