PepsiCo Goes Water Positive in India
PepsiCo India to impact 100,000 by water initiatives
New Delhi: Often in the news along with its larger rival Coca-Cola India for alleged overexploitation of groundwater, PepsiCo India announced last month that it plans to make all its manufacturing plants water positive in the country.
The company said its beverage business was the first beverage business in India to achieve positive water balance in 2009. The company said it retained and improved its positive water balance achievement in 2010 and replenished more than 10.1 billion litre of water as compared to a total intake of approximately 5.8 billion litre by its manufacturing facilities.
PepsiCo India's Head-CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Annie Kishen told Girish Chadha of India Water Review that the company is making efforts to implement initiatives towards positive water balance at feasible locations – wherever it is a water stress location and it’s feasible to implement water replenishment structures
PepsiCo India has achieved positive water balance in India last year but is making efforts to make its plants in India replenish more water than consumed by 2015. What does this mean? Does it mean that in some places, the water balance has been overachieved while in others, PepsiCo India is still not water positive?
As you may be aware, Pepsico India’s beverage business was the first beverage company in India to achieve positive water balance in 2009. We are pleased to share with you that we retained and improved our positive water balance achievement in 2010. We replenished or saved more than 10.1 billion litre of water as compared to a total intake of approximately 5.8 billion litre by our manufacturing facilities.
Continue reading this interview with India Water Review and PepsiCo India.
About PepsiCoPepsiCo offers the world's largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands, including 19 different product lines that generate more than $1 billion in annual retail sales each. Our main businesses -- Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay, and Pepsi Cola -- also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world. With net revenues of approximately $60 billion, PepsiCo's people are united by our unique commitment to sustainable growth by investing in a healthier future for people and our planet, which we believe also means a more successful future for PepsiCo. We call this commitment Performance with Purpose: PepsiCo's promise to provide a wide range of foods and beverages for local tastes; to find innovative ways to minimize our impact on the environment, including by conserving energy and water usage, and reducing packaging volume; to provide a great workplace for our associates; and to respect, support, and invest in the local communities where we operate. For more information, please visit www.pepsico.com.
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