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PepsiCo launches sustainability initiative for customers

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April 27, 2023

PepsiCo Inc. has introduced pep+ Partners for Tomorrow, a platform that delivers solutions that aim to support its customers in achieving their sustainability goals, according to a press release.

Partners for Tomorrow will bring PepsiCo's customer sustainability offerings under a single platform.

Partners for Tomorrow programs include:

• CIRQU (the latest evolution of the PBNA-led program formerly known as BottleLoop). CIRQU includes the on-demand collection of recyclable beverage containers for foodservice and retail customers, which are then processed and reclaimed by PepsiCo to become recycled PET packaging. PepsiCo Beverages North America has partnered with Replenysh to make it easy for its customers to help ensure that plastic, glass and aluminum containers are collected and recycled and that the recycled materials are integrated into the supply chain to be reused. There are currently over 250 host locations actively collecting material across 10 states and 58 communities.
• Reusable cup solutions. PepsiCo kicked off a reusable cup pilot timed to the Oak View Group's re-opening of the newly renovated CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. Working with TURN, the system features gamification to incentivize event attendees to return the reusable cups after use. Previously, the PepsiCo Foodservice team developed branded aluminum "collector" cups in partnership with a convenience retailer, and SodaStream ran a university on-campus pilot that paired SodaStream in home units for dorm rooms with a reusable SodaStream bottle that could be refilled at various locations across campus.
• Regenerative agriculture. A regenerative agriculture program, sow+ Agriculture, enables PBNA and PFNA customers to make direct investments in efforts to convert agricultural land to regeneratively farmed acreage and to allow PepsiCo and its suppliers to drive progress toward regenerative agriculture goals.
• pep+ Renew. Launched in 2022, the pep+ REnew collaboration is the first value chain partner initiative of its kind in the food and beverage industry and increases value chain partner access to renewable electricity as part of PepsiCo's goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040. pep+ REnew educates PepsiCo's value chain partners about their renewable electricity choices and quickens the transition to renewable electricity through aggregate power purchase agreements and other renewable electricity procurement options.