Tag: PepsiCo

PepsiCo Issues New $1.25 Billion 10-Year Green Bond As Company Accelerates pep+ Transformation

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo has announced the closing of a new $1.25 billion 10-year Green Bond.  The Company will use an amount equivalent to the net proceeds from the offering to fund Eligible Green Projects which will focus on its pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) agenda – the Company’s strategic, end-to-end transformation that places sustainability and human capital at the center of how it will create growth and value.  Investments under PepsiCo’s new Green Bond will focus on investments to deliver key environmental sustainability initiatives under two pillars of its pep+ agenda: Positive Agriculture and Positive…

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PepsiCo’s New ESG Summary Offers First Look at Progress Toward Industry-Leading PepsiCo Positive Goals

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo, Inc. has published its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Summary since the launch of PepsiCo Positive (pep+), a strategic end-to-end business transformation with sustainability and human capital at the center of how the company will create growth and value. The 2021 ESG Summary – an evolution from PepsiCo’s prior Sustainability Reports – highlights how the company is leveraging its brands, people and scale to chart a new course to drive positive action for the planet and people. It also highlights progress made on industry-leading commitments. pep+ is embedded…

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PepsiCo Expands Efforts To Address Global Food Insecurity, Issues Call To Action To Collaboratively Work Towards Long-Term Solutions

Stuart Mitchell

In response to the growing hunger crisis, PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo, announced an expansion of its holistic efforts to advance food security. Through its global Food for Good initiatives, the Foundation is doubling down on efforts to increase equitable access to nutritious food by increasing its own investments as well as offering three new ways to engage people in fighting hunger. Today, 345 million people globally face severe hunger. That number is expected to grow as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and global conflict…

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PepsiCo’s Supplier Diversity Program Celebrates 40th Anniversary and Commits to Spending More than $400 Million Annually with Black and Hispanic-owned Suppliers

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Supplier Diversity Program, where it currently spends more than $1 billion annually with certified, diverse suppliers, including Women, Black, Hispanic, Asian, LGBTQ+, Native American, Individuals with Disabilities, and U.S. Veterans. The anniversary commemorates a tremendous milestone for the company, from an initial spend of $5 million in 1982 to nearly $30 billion spent over the past 40 years across PepsiCo’s entire value chain. The company is also committing to expanding its base and increasing overall spend through new forums, mentorship, partnerships and…

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Pepsico Donates US$ 1 Million To #Football4Refugees And Rolls Out Social Initiative With Pepsi®

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo is proud to announce that Pepsi® will be the first global brand to partner with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency for the #Football4Refugees emergency appeal. PepsiCo’s philanthropic arm, the PepsiCo Foundation is donating US$ 1 million to #Football4Refugees, and the Pepsi brand will be calling on its network of sports and music talent to drive awareness and donations to the appeal. In the past decade, the global refugee population has more than doubled. Even before the crisis in Ukraine, 84 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide. As such, the #Football4Refugees…

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