In a further commitment of the human pillar of our Performance with Purpose ethos, Richard den Hollander, of PepsiCo Netherlands signed the Charter Female Talent to the Top, Thursday at The Hague. As Diversity and Inclusion is part of our core values, it was a logical next step for PepsiCo Netherlands to sign the charter that drives the development of female talent into senior leadership positions. With a 30% female gender representation in key management positions, PepsiCo the Netherlands is a role model in the Dutch FMCG sector. By signing the Charter, PepsiCo the Netherlands commits itself to continue focusing on attracting ,developing and retaining female talent. For Hollander, GM MU NL, a diverse leadership is needed to remain successful in the challenging years to come. Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Education, Culture and Sciences Marja van Bijsterveldt congratulated PepsiCo the Netherlands with their leading... Read more

Last Wednesday May 25th, Armando Mendiola, General Manager of PepsiCo Foods Central America and Caribbean, attended the International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, where he conducted a workshop on the importance of the incorporation of sustainable agriculture programs in the region for the development of local producers and for the creation of shared value solutions for our business, the planet and the communities where PepsiCo is present. These programs, mentioned Mendiola, are not possible without successful public-private partnerships, such as the one that we recently signed with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), last February during the visit of our President and CEO, Indra K. Nooyi, to Mexico. The alliance aims to spur social and economic development in the region through a number of critical issues, such as water and sanitation, recycling, sport for development, agricultural value chains, disaster relief, food security and nutrition and sharing knowledge... Read more

A few years ago I was in a focus group/think tank where we had a roundtable discussion on innovation and technology. This was before the term ‘Social Media’ was ubiquitous, before Facebook was open outside of colleges and when advertisers and marketers were still looking at Second Life as a viable medium. Blogs were growing at an astonishing pace and conversations were still taking place on localized platforms, yet to be scattered around the web thanks to microblogs and dynamic commenting engines. Backing up a bit, I’ve always had a bit of an attraction towards marketing, advertising and news and how technology and culture impact the consumption of content. In the focus group, I said plainly, “Not only do I not want to pay for cable, I want to be paid to watch TV.” This set off a few laughs. That was six years ago. Fast forward... Read more

Yesterday, on behalf of the Dream Machine Recycle Rally, I had the privilege to present the program’s first grand prize, a $100,000 Dream Green School Makeover, to St. Pascal School of Chicago, Illinois. The school recycled more than 2,286 plastic bottles and aluminum cans—the most per student of all eligible participants. St. Pascal plans to use the funds to build an energy-efficient computer lab powered by solar energy, along with a few smaller environmentally-focused projects.  We’re thrilled to help St. Pascal along its journey of greening the school and congratulate them on their achievement! It is so exciting to be a part of this first year of the Dream Machine Recycle Rally. The Dream Machine Recycle Rally –a pillar of the broader Dream Machine program – is a nationwide school recycling program designed to raise awareness among students, grades K-12, about the importance of recycling, and... Read more

Umran Beba, PepsiCo’s Asia Pacific President speaks at the Business for the Environment Global Summit in Jakarta. This featured interview has the leader speaking about PepsiCo’s Performance with Purpose corporate agenda to an audience of business people, politicians, academics and other interested parties of the event. Read more

If you haven’t heard, providing more sustainable packaging is a major commitment of PepsiCo as we aim to minimize the impact of our business on the environment. Research shows consumers support our efforts: according to a Beveragepulse.com study, 94% of consumers are concerned about the eco effects of beverage packaging. Listening to consumers, PepsiCo’s Foodservice division, which brings Pepsi products to restaurants, stadiums, theme parks and colleges and universities (the latter leading requests for green cup options), has announced it’s now offering a portfolio of eco-friendly recyclable cups and compostable cups made from renewable sources. Moreover, we’ve ensured that the cups are of highest quality and competitively-priced with standard cup options. Watch the video to take a look at their cool new, green designs! While many people think to recycle plastic bottles and aluminum cans, we hope to make consumers and customers more aware that they can properly... Read more

This week’s feature by John Seabrook in the New Yorker is chock full of great insight into PepsiCo efforts to reshape our business for long-term growth through our commitment to innovation. One of the more interesting sections comes when he interviews Dr. Greg Yep, PepsiCo’s senior vice-president of long-term research. Dr. Yep describes PepsiCo’s cadre of “trekkers” who travel the globe looking for new and innovative flavors that researchers can study for possible use in our products. “We go into local villages, street markets, wherever, and we ask people, “Hey, how’d you make this taste sweet? Did you put sugar in it, or something else? We collect samples of everything – fruits, plants, roots, even bugs. Might be beetles – they have a nutty flavor. Might be bee larvae. Might be a certain variety of chili pepper which has a sweetness in the stem.” As you can see... Read more

This week’s New Yorker article by John Seabrook is a real window into the fundamental shift PepsiCo is undertaking with our Performance with Purpose ethos. Mr. Seabrook takes an up close look at various internal facilities and business divisions, and interviews some of our leaders who oversee them, in an attempt to examine just exactly how PepsiCo is affecting the real change that we aspire to. It’s a great story to tell. Everything from nutrition taste research and development to new product economics are discussed. During the course of the week, we’ll be delving further into some of these topics to provide some extra insight – including a more in-depth look at some of our cutting edge laboratories. Read more

For 21 years, the Global Summit of Women has represented the future, engendering peace worldwide and bringing solutions, while continuously developing a new breed of leadership. Close to 1,000 women leaders across the globe met in Istanbul, Turkey from May 5-7 to share strategies with the purpose of not only advancing women’s lives economically, but to ensure global prosperity. Turkey’s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan led its opening. Read more

As we close out our series on the Fast Company Innovation Uncensored Luncheon, it’s time for that age-old tradition amongst the digerati: pontificating. Our table hosts asked our guests to describe what they thought were some of the most important digital innovation of the last ten years – and what were some of the crucial ones we will see in the next ten. The answers were as expected as insightful as they were diverse. Were they right? What are some of the most important innovations to you? Read more