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Company News, Environment, India

Urging villagers in Sacholi village of Nandgaon block to plant more trees and build a healthy and green earth.

On the occasion of World Environment Day, Pandit Jagat Ram Memorial Force Trust and PepsiCo Foundation organized a tree plantation drive in Sacholi village of Nandgaon block.

Commenting on the occasion, Chief Guest, Nardev Chaudhary, Cabinet Minister said, “It is everyone’s responsibility to save the environment and driving public awareness is the most effective way to bring this much-needed change. The villagers of the countryside must make a valuable contribution in planting trees and stop cutting down the trees to ensure that our earth is green and full of trees. Planting trees is the most necessary action one can take to make the vision of green earth a reality. People can offer Mother Earth the gift of greenery by inculcating the habit of tree plantation into our traditions.”

Garima Singh, Chief Government Affairs and Communications Officer, PepsiCo India, said, “As we celebrate World Environment Day, we reaffirm our commitment to preserving and protecting the planet in accordance with our philosophy of ‘Winning with pep+’. We encourage communities to join hands and make the sustainable protection of our environment a top priority, enabling us to achieve this goal.”

Also present at the event, Rajkumar Pathak, Range Officer, Forest Department, urged citizens to take a pledge to plant trees every year and Vijay Kumar Agarwal, BDO of Nandgaon Block, educated the attendees on the importance of saving the environment, driving awareness among communities on protecting trees and plants. 

During the program, poster-making competition and flower-pot painting was conducted along with a rally to educate the villagers on the changing effects of the environment. Workers from Pandit Jagat Ram Memorial Force Trust also contributed to the various activities held on-ground to celebrate World Environment Day.

Urging villagers in Sacholi village of Nandgaon

Company News, Foodgrains, People, Sustainability, World

Partnership plans to come to life through several activations focusing on food security and support for smallholder farmers across the globe

International advocacy organisation Global Citizen and the PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo, announced a year-long partnership and campaign focused on alleviating world hunger and promoting economic empowerment by tapping the enormous potential of rural, small-scale farming communities. The initiative seeks to provide a platform for smallholder farmers to work alongside world leaders and advocate for delivering on commitments targeting the nexus of the food and climate crises. 

The multi-faceted partnership plans to come to life through some activations focusing on food security and support for smallholder farmers across the globe, highlighting the importance in six countries: Egypt, Mexico, South Africa, Brazil, Thailand and Turkey:

The campaign will urge the private sector and philanthropists to unlock new commitments that match the scale and ambition of PepsiCo’s global Food for Good platform and support the livelihoods of farming communities in the developing world. Together, the two organisations will reaffirm PepsiCo’s $100 million commitment to the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge and call on the broader participation of its private sector peers and business leaders. As a global food and beverage company, regenerative agriculture is crucial to PepsiCo’s business with the company sourcing 25 crops from more than 7 million acres in 60 countries.

C.D. Glin, President of the PepsiCo Foundation and Global Head of Philanthropy for PepsiCo said, “Our partnership with Global Citizen builds on the history of collaboration between PepsiCo Foundation and local partners through programs including ‘She Feeds the World’ and ‘Agrovita’ to advance food security through gender-conscious community engagement. We’re focused on strengthening the role of small-scale women producers through sustainable and regenerative agriculture training and economic support and by improving linkages, including within the PepsiCo supply chain, to ensure sustainable and stable incomes for the farmer community. These efforts support our PepsiCo Positive commitment to Positive Agriculture and contribute to our goal to improve the livelihoods of more than 250,000 people in our agricultural supply chain and support 5 million female farmers and members of their communities by 2025.” 

Michael Sheldrick, Co-Founder and Chief Policy, Impact and Government Affairs Officer of Global Citizen said, “We’re happy to work with the PepsiCo Foundation to help rural farmers and their communities by sharing their stories through Global Citizen’s advocacy campaigns. These farmers, especially women, are very important for local food systems, but they often face poverty and vulnerability during crises.” 

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