USA – American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation, Pepsico has announced the launch of pep+ Partners for Tomorrow to help deliver sustainable solutions to its customers.
The food and beverage manufacturer says the platform is designed to support partners as they strive to achieve their own sustainability goals.
Initially, the launch will focus on US customers, with plans to expand the program to “key global markets” by 2024.
PepsiCo says Partners for Tomorrow will bring its “comprehensive customer sustainability offerings under a single platform to deliver the critical solutions most needed by the company’s partners.”
Cara Keating, Chief Customer Officer, Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) said: “At PepsiCo and Frito-Lay, our retail customers are true partners, including when it comes to addressing the impacts of climate change.
“Through the launch of the Partners for Tomorrow platform and its robust portfolio of solutions, we are taking an important step forward in how we collaborate with our customers to progress toward critical sustainability goals, meet consumer demands, and, ultimately, drive commercial value together.”
Senior vice-president and chief sustainability officer for PepsiCo Beverages North America, Todd Squarek, added: “PepsiCo has a long history of working together with our partners to advance shared sustainability goals.
“The Partners for Tomorrow platform aim to scale those solutions to foster the most effective partnerships and long-standing impact.
“With this platform, we are leveraging the shared scale of PepsiCo’s and our customers’ businesses to maximize impact, drive progress toward our pep+ goals, and benefit both our businesses, the planet and the communities we serve.”
PepsiCo has many initiatives aimed at reducing the company’s environmental impact. One such initiative is CIRQU, which involves the on-demand collection of recyclable beverage containers for foodservice and retail customers.
The collected materials are then processed and reclaimed by PepsiCo to become recycled PET packaging.
To make it easy and free for customers to participate, PepsiCo has partnered with Replenysh, and the manufacturer claims the program has expanded to serve five times as many communities in 2022, compared to 2021.
Currently, over 250 host locations are actively collecting material across 10 states and 58 communities.
Another initiative is the Reusable Cup Solutions program. PepsiCo is piloting several reusable cup solutions with partners in select markets, in support of its goal to have 20 percent of all beverage servings it sells delivered through reusable models by 2030.
PepsiCo also has a Regenerative Agriculture program called sow+ Agriculture, which is designed to enable PBNA and PFNA customers to make direct investments in efforts to convert agricultural land to regeneratively farmed acreage.
The program also provides loans and grants to assist farmers in converting their land to new practices that help improve soil health, reduce erosion, and improve water quality.
According to the New York-based company, it aims to drive progress toward regenerative agriculture goals and convene industry influencers to discuss concepts, trends, opportunities, and risks around regenerative farming.
To further drive progress on sustainability goals, PepsiCo also hosts an annual North America Customer Sustainability Summit.
PepsiCo claims the summit drives progress for its partners on their sustainability journeys by hearing from a range of internal and external thought leaders who have successfully collaborated to drive progress toward sustainability goals.
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