October 26th, 2008

From the Environmental Protection Agency

The 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards were presented in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference, held October 26-29 in Denver, Colorado.

Green Power Purchasing Award

PepsiCo is one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, with 2007 annual revenues of more than $39 billion. The company employs roughly 185,000 people worldwide, and its products are sold in approximately 200 countries. Its principal businesses include: Frito-Lay snacks, Pepsi-Cola beverages, Gatorade sports drinks, Tropicana juices and Quaker foods.

PepsiCo currently buys or produces power from green sources equal to 100 percent of its electricity purchased in the United States. This amount totals more than 1.1 billion kilowatt-hours annually. The large size of its purchase places the company on both EPA’s National Top 50 and Fortune 500 lists of green power purchasers. In 2008, PepsiCo increased its purchase amount by nearly 40 million kilowatt-hours per year to keep pace with growth in the company’s U.S. operations.
Buying green power is only one aspect of PepsiCo’s comprehensive and continuing program of environmental sustainability. When undertaking such programs, PepsiCo focuses on internal efficiency improvements, communication with supply chain partners and external opportunities to reach beyond the boundary of the company’s own facilities.

PepsiCo demonstrated leadership through organizing a green supply chain initiative with three of its bottlers. The bottlers followed PepsiCo’s lead and each independently bought 100 percent green power for their own operations. For its leadership, PepsiCo was awarded EPA’s Green Power Partner of the Year Award in 2007.