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Our bottlers are also sourcing power
from the sun. In 2007, The Pepsi-Cola
Bottling Company of Eugene installed
a 250-kilowatt solar electric system in
their Oregon facility, which is now the
second-largest photovoltaic system in
the Pacific Northwest. The renewable
energy generated from this system is
the equivalent to the average annual
energy consumption of approximately
21 Eugene homes and has a regional
carbon dioxide offset of about 140 tons
per year.
Projects in other regions went live last
year as well. PepsiCo India launched our
first remote wind turbine, harnessing
one of the most efficient, clean and
renewable sources of energy. This
turbine is connected to the public
electricity grid with sufficient power to
meet more than 75% of the electricity
needs of the company’s local Mamandur
plant, and it directly offsets up to 7% of
our company-owned bottling operations’
power requirements for 2008. The initia-
tive is estimated to help reduce carbon
emissions by more than 3,500 tons
annually, with the potential to offset
70,000 tons of carbon emissions over its
entire 20-year life cycle.
Improving Access to Water
PepsiCo is addressing the world’s water
challenge at all levels of our influence.
In 2007, we announced support for
global initiatives that seek to improve
access to water. These include the CEO
Water Mandate, a partnership with the
international community to address
water issues both in our own opera-
tions and our supply chain. We also
affirmed support for the UN Millennium
Development goals, which have
wide-ranging ramifications for water
programs.
In China and India, the PepsiCo
Foundation is helping to change the
lives of an increasing number of people
through our support of organizations
that are focused on building sustainable
water practices, including the Chinese
Women’s Development Foundation
and The Energy and Resources Institute
in India.
In early 2008, PepsiCo announced
a partnership between the PepsiCo
Foundation and the Earth Institute at
Columbia University, one of the world’s
premier institutions dedicated to global
sustainable development. And the com-
pany announced a commitment to H2O
Africa, a foundation focused on clean
water initiatives in Africa.
Building a Lifecycle of
Environmentally Responsible
Packaging
We have formed a Sustainable
Packaging Council to develop a
roadmap that will guide us toward
achieving packaging systems that are
environmentally responsible throughout
their entire lifecycle.
Although beverage containers like ours
are the most recycled consumer packag-
ing in the United States, and they are
designed for recycling, we continue to
look for ways to reduce the amount of
packaging used for our products. And
we are achieving success. For example,
Pepsi’s soft drink bottles contain 10%
recycled content, the weight of a two-
liter polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
soft drink bottle has been reduced by
39% since 1980, and our Aquafina 500
ml PET bottle weight has been reduced
by more than a third since 2000.
We also team with business and
community partners to encourage
reuse and recycling.
We continued our partnership for
a second year with Sam’s Club and
Keep America Beautiful to “Return the
Warmth,” collecting and recycling over
70 million PET bottles via schools, and
giving away over 25,000 backpacks
made from recycled PET.
PepsiCo put a spotlight on recycling
at the Live Earth New York concert by
making it easy for people to recycle
their bottles and cans and by offering
information about how they can make
recycling a part of their everyday lives.
Our commitment to environmental
responsibility extends across the globe.
One highly successful program is our
PepsiCo India partnership with Exnora
International, an environmental non-
governmental organization, to manage
domestic solid waste. The program
was recognized by UNICEF as a
model project and as a center for inter-
national learning.
Looking into the future, PepsiCo teams
are developing innovative packaging
solutions which include cutting-edge
technologies for even more environmen-
tally friendly packaging.
PepsiCo has seven photovoltaic-
powered distribution centers.
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