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Performance With Purpose: The Promise Of PepsiCo 1

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Human SustainabilityCommunity18Invest in our business andresearch and development toexpand our offerings of moreaffordable, nutritionallyrelevant products for underservedand lower-incomecommunities.We have strengthened our efforts tointroduce affordable nutrition and aremaking strides to meet this long-termgoal. For example, we developed a planto launch affordable, fortified snacksand biscuits in India to address irondeficiencyanemia, with a pilot launchscheduled for Andhra Pradesh in Indiain 2011. Additionally, we are investingin research to identify key nutrientdensestaple crops that can be used inlocally produced nutritious foodsand snacks for sub-Saharan Africa.19Expand <strong>PepsiCo</strong> Foundationand <strong>PepsiCo</strong> corporatecontribution initiatives topromote healthier communities,including enhancing dietand physical activity programs.<strong>The</strong> <strong>PepsiCo</strong> Foundation is committedto helping people with the greatest healthdisparities achieve improved health andnutrition through effective and sustainableprograms. Through a combinationof Foundation grants and corporatecontributions, we increased our annualinvestment from $4.2 million in 2006 to$4.7 million in 2010. In the U.S., theFoundation has contributed $2.5 millionto the Healthy Weight CommitmentFoundation — a coalition of businesses,nonprofit organizations and athletescommitted to reducing obesity by 2015.<strong>The</strong> grant is being used for a publiceducation campaign for moms and kids,and to implement a school-basedprogram. <strong>PepsiCo</strong> continued to supportthe YMCA of the USA to improve thehealth, nutrition and well-being ofunderserved African-American andLatino populations — a collaborativeprogram that has reached nearly40,000 people in 85 communities. <strong>The</strong>Foundation’s strong partnership withSave the Children has reached approximately850,000 people in India andBangladesh to help improve health andnutrition. And the Foundation’s partnershipwith the World Food Program(WFP), which leverages <strong>PepsiCo</strong>’s supplychain expertise to improve theWFP’s logistics efficiency, will indirectlybenefit approximately 90 millionpeople served by the program.20Integrate our policies andactions on human health,agriculture and the environmentto make sure thatthey support each other.Human health and environmental protectionare two critical components ofsustainable development. To ensure thatour efforts in these areas are as cohesiveand productive as possible, we havebegun to develop a formal policy to coordinateour human health, agricultureand environment-related initiatives. In2010, we championed a coordinatedapproach within the World EconomicForum (WEF) and, in partnership withsome of the world’s foremost thinkersin these key areas, called for governmentsand corporations to embrace anintegrated approach to sustainabledevelopment and nutrition. In 2011 andbeyond, we will accelerate our efforts,engaging our internal team of experts tocreate an integrated framework forcompany policies and practices that canbe used to reach our goal and to serve asa basis for our Global Nutrition Group.31

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