ImpactHow PepsiCo used a Lays potato chip plant to help heat neighboring homesWith Lay’s Factory Home Heating—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—the vapor from cooking potatoes replaces natural gas to heat nearby houses.
Co.DesignDesign leaders at Microsoft, General Mills, and PepsiCo announce ambitious plan to fight climate changeNine entities, including some that are themselves major environmental polluters, join forces in a nonprofit that addresses the UN’s sustainability goals.
ImpactThese modular pop-up plastic-sorting facilities can help end ‘recycling deserts’With $35 million from PepsiCo, this new initiative wants to bring recycling capacity to where none exists—and expand the supply of recycled plastic.
Fast Company MagazineSustainability: The 22 next big things, from eco-fertilizer to 3D printed woodGM’s standardized electric-car battery, PepsiCo’s water-saving manufacturing process, a sustainable leather alternative, and more.
NewsWill PepsiCo be naked once it sells Naked, Tropicana, and other juice brands?PepsiCo announced this morning that it is selling Tropicana, Naked, and other juice brands to a French private-equity firm for $3.3 billion.
Co.DesignWatching LeBron James salsa dance in this new Mountain Dew ad is the best thing you’ll see todayIn his first major ad since signing with PepsiCo, James’ own brand power eclipses even the Mountain Dew Rise he’s slinging.
Co.DesignPepsi Apple Pie and Candy Kraft Mac & Cheese: Why food giants are designing extreme new flavorsPumpkin Spice Kraft Mac & Cheese. Pepsi Peeps (pink). Pepsi Peeps (yellow). Have the food and beverage giants gone mad?
Co.DesignThis could be the worst Earth Day ad of 2021Randi Zuckerberg stars in SodaStream’s bizarrely disjointed ode to the planet.
ImpactPepsiCo is scaling up regenerative agriculture on 7 million acres of landThe push will bring new techniques to sequester carbon to nearly all of the company’s agricultural footprint.
Co.DesignMountain Dew debuts Rise, an energy drink designed to replace your morning coffeeSorry Starbucks. The Dew is coming.
ImpactPepsiCo says it will reach net-zero emissions by 2040In two decades, the giant food and beverage company plans a major shift to renewables and changes throughout its supply chain.
NewsCoca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé lead the ’10 worst plastic polluters’ of 2020Break Free From Plastic says multinational corporations are pumping out so many single-use plastics that harmful plastic production could double by 2030.
NewsPepsiCo wants to help the caffeinated masses get better sleep with its new relaxation drinkSay hello to Driftwell. The perfect nighttime antidote to . . . soda?
Co.DesignStarbucks, PepsiCo, and BMW partner to fix a global problem worth trillionsCOVID-19 made it clear: The supply chain desperately needs an upgrade.
CreativityWhy Cheetos is taking its Flamin’ Hot brand into mac and cheesePepsiCo is combining powers from Frito-Lay and Quaker to take an unofficial fan favorite to grocery store shelves.
NewsObesity researchers say Coke and Pepsi should stop targeting communities of color with adsBlack children and teens see more than twice as many sugary drink ads (256 and 331 ads per year) as their white counterparts.
CreativityPepsiCo is retiring the Aunt Jemima brand—and it’s about damn timeDespite several makeovers and image redesigns, the company is finally set to erase the 130-year-old brand with racist foundations.
NewsRival snack brand trolls PepsiCo with ‘Better Snacks,’ a DTC website to counter Frito-LayOne week after Frito-Lay unit entered the e-commerce fray, an upstart snack rival called PeaTos is launching its own direct-to-consumer effort.
NewsPepsi and Frito-Lay want you to buy all these snacks online with their new DTC websitesSnacks.com lets you buy Frito-Lay brands such as Tostitos, Cheetos, and Ruffles—as well as dips, crackers, and nuts—online.
Co.DesignDisposable plastic is bad for the environment, but is it illegal? Coca-Cola and Pepsi are about to find outA landmark suit filed in California is putting some of the biggest producers of plastic on trial.
Work LifeA psychologist explains why negativity dominates your daily thoughts, and what to do about it