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PepsiCo

PepsiCo is a global food and beverage company selling brands like Pepsi, Lay's, Doritos, and Gatorade in over 200 countries.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Daniel Buda (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Dec 2025 · local agriculture production

PepsiCo urges harmonized EU recycling and food-grade plastic priority

5 Nov 2025
Topic — The Circular Economy Act aims to enhance EU economic security through sustainable production.
Message — PepsiCo requests harmonized recycling programs and priority access to food-grade recycled plastic. They also advocate for legal recognition of advanced recycling technologies for flexible packaging.123
Why — Unified EU rules would reduce administrative burdens and secure steady material supplies.45
Impact — Non-packaging sectors like textiles may lose access to high-quality recycled plastics.6
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Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament) and Nestlé S.A. and

22 Oct 2025 · EU Legislation in the field of Food & Beverages

Meeting with Stefano Bonaccini (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2025 · Meeting with PepsiCo

Meeting with Ricard Ramon I Sumoy (Head of Unit Agriculture and Rural Development)

1 Oct 2025 · Opportunities for co-investments between public and private funding, notably in regenerative mechanisms

Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

10 Sept 2025 · Apply AI

Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Jun 2025 · Omnibus I

Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment) and FoodDrinkEurope and

22 May 2025 · Discuss with interested stakeholders the practical aspects and challenges of ensuring compliance with Art.5(5) of the PPWR (concerning PFAS limits in food-contact packaging)

Meeting with Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen) and The Coca-Cola Company and Union of European Beverages Association

15 Apr 2025 · Discussion on next steps on certain elements in the Vision for AGriculture and Food, most notably, the references to Food Dialogues, the EU Code of Conduct and a study on UPF.

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Responsible Business Alliance and Shift Project Limited

10 Apr 2025 · Sustainability omnibus

Meeting with Flavio Facioni (Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi) and The Coca-Cola Company and

9 Apr 2025 · Obesity and Food safety

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Apr 2025 · EU Water Policy

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

24 Feb 2025 · Circular economy and water

Meeting with Dan Barna (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Feb 2025 · The opportunities and challenges for companies in the European Union and their contribution to rekindling Europe's competitiveness; Introductory Meeting

Meeting with Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

17 Jan 2025 · Simplification

Meeting with Antonella Rossetti (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen)

16 Jan 2025 · Sustainable agriculture, bioeconomy and carbon farming, food labelling and consumer information

Meeting with Mariateresa Vivaldini (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2024 · Meeting Conoscitivo

Meeting with Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

16 Jul 2024 · EU Competitiveness, Sustainability reporting, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

Meeting with Erik Poulsen (Member of the European Parliament) and The Coca-Cola Company and Carlsberg Breweries A/S

13 Sept 2023 · PPWR

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament) and Unilever and

29 Jun 2023 · Green Deal

Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) and

28 Jun 2023 · Geo-political importance of food, contribution of agriculture/food to success of the European Green Deal and the EU’s global competitiveness

Meeting with Petri Sarvamaa (Member of the European Parliament) and Panimo- ja virvoitusjuomateollisuusliitto ry

19 Apr 2023 · PPWR

Meeting with Attila Ara-Kovács (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Apr 2023 · PPWR regulation

Meeting with Clara Aguilera (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Apr 2023 · Packaging Waste Regulation

Meeting with Silvia Sardone (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Flexible Packaging Europe

18 Apr 2023 · Meeting on Packaging Waste regulation proposal

PepsiCo urges broader refill definitions and priority plastic access

17 Apr 2023
Topic — EU proposal to update design and recycling standards for all packaging materials.
Message — PepsiCo requests that refill-at-home solutions be counted toward reuse targets using a volume-based calculation. They also propose calculating recycled content as a company-wide average to support chemical recycling for snack bags. Additionally, they seek priority access to recycled plastic collected via deposit systems.123
Why — This allows the company to meet targets more easily while securing essential raw materials.45
Impact — Other industries would lose access to the high-quality recycled plastic they currently use.6
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Meeting with Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

27 Mar 2023 · Sustainable food systems

Meeting with Luisa Regimenti (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Nestlé S.A. and

21 Feb 2023 · PPWR

Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and Panimo- ja virvoitusjuomateollisuusliitto ry

26 Jan 2023 · Packaging and packagingwaste

Meeting with Radka Maxová (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Dec 2022 · Discussion on the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) proposal

Meeting with Bas Eickhout (Member of the European Parliament) and Google and

29 Nov 2022 · Politico's Sustainable Future Week 2022

Meeting with Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and European Aluminium AISBL and

22 Nov 2022 · Draft proposal of a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR)

Response to Empowering the consumer for the green transition

25 May 2022

PepsiCo is committed to provide transparent information to consumers as part of its pep+ (Pepsico Positive) strategy and welcomes the Commission’s initiatives on green claims. We would like to offer observations on some possibly unforeseen consequences of the proposed measures and to suggest alternatives: 1.Different national interpretations of the EU provisions are a risk: While we welcome the harmonization that EU legislation will bring to the way companies make environmental claims, we remain concerned that the legal instrument of a Directive may leave excessive leeway for national interpretations that may lead to a patchwork of different solutions in the EU, making it very hard for businesses to follow and comply. A Regulation might be a better fit for such measures. 2.Sustainability labels should refer to products and not to companies’ claims: It is common practice for companies to establish forward-looking sustainability goals as part of their strategies, on which they report on a regular basis, in a transparent manner and often with their metrics verified by external parties. As it is in the case of PepsiCo Positive, we do not advertise our overall strategy at the point of sale (as in art. 6.2 UCPD) hence it cannot be argued that PepsiCo Positive is a strategy to drive sales. Furthermore, there is specific legislation on non-financial reporting that is being negotiated and that will establish rules on third-party verification of companies’ sustainability reports. The provision in article 1.2.b will therefore become redundant. We recommend that ‘sustainability labels’ are defined as product-related voluntary trust marks, quality marks or equivalent, the use of which suggesting certification of that product or process by a third-party verification scheme. 3.Claims made on the basis of robust sustainability programs at company level should remain valid: We recognize the value of third party verification to provide independent guarantees of the truthfulness of claims. However, we would like to point out that there exist own company programs that are robust and would compete with external, third party labels, hence should be allowed to exist by providing additional information on claims either on-pack or through digital means. For example, we are proud of our Sustainable Farming Program (SFP), through which we champion positive social, environmental, and economic outcomes among the farmers from which we directly source crops. Through a rigorous framework, we provide executional guidelines that promote consistency across PepsiCo’s global deployment of the SFP, as well as articulate what is meant by any claims PepsiCo may make about sustainably sourcing agricultural materials. We recommend that traders are given the possibility to qualify their statements in clear and prominent terms on the same medium or through digital means, given the often limited available space on-pack. 4.Claims that follow an existing ISO protocol should be authorized: Recognized international standards are establishing principles for the development and use of environmental labels and declarations. Requiring a third party to review and authorize all such claims would be heavily bureaucratic and disproportionate. We believe that International Standards (ISO 14020 series) should be used as a basis for environmental claims and their declaration requirements when available. 5.Vegan and vegetarian claims are not green claims: Claims such as vegan and vegetarian are food information claims that can be provided on a voluntary basis. While waiting for the adoption of implementing acts on the requirements of “vegan, vegetarian” voluntary claims, it is difficult to establish rules for their use. Such claims can be also requested by retailers (our customers) on e-commerce sites to filter by food composition along with kosher, halal, no sugar or no lactose claims. We encourage the Commission to remove the vegan/vegetarian claims from the scope.
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PepsiCo seeks preferential carbon credit access for food producers

29 Apr 2022
Topic — The EU is developing a regulatory framework for certifying sustainable carbon removal activities.
Message — PepsiCo recommends building the framework on international standards while rewarding historical carbon sequestration efforts. They propose granting food manufacturers 30-day preferential access to nature-based carbon credits. The system must also ensure carbon storage does not prioritize sequestration over food security.123
Why — This would allow PepsiCo to secure affordable credits and meet climate targets within their own supply chain.45
Impact — Non-food sectors would face restricted access and higher prices for nature-based carbon offsets.6
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Response to Waste Framework review to reduce waste and the environmental impact of waste management

22 Feb 2022

PepsiCo welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the call for evidence in view of the impact assessment that will support the review of the Waste Framework Directive. This legislative review will mark a major milestone towards achieving the end of landfill and incineration of packaging - plastic packaging in particular - by setting high recycling targets, enforcing effective separate collection, strengthening EPR schemes and consequently improving the quantity and quality of recycled materials that can re-enter in circulation. At PepsiCo we have set ambitious targets for all our packaging, including to be recyclable, compostable, biodegradable and reusable by 2025; and to reduce by 50% per serving the amount of fossil-based virgin plastic by 2030. While we continue scaling up business models that minimize single-use plastic packaging and accelerating the use of recycled plastics in beverage bottles, there are several road blocks that prevent us from achieving recyclability targets and recycled content targets for flexible packaging, such as that used in snacks packets. The review of the Waste Framework Directive can solve many of these roadblocks by: 1. Setting high recycling targets for plastic, including at polymer level; 2. Ensuring effective separate collection; 3. Strengthening EPR schemes; 4. Improving the quality of sorting; 5. Supporting investments in recycling. Additionally, we would look with favour at a policy framework that encourages the collection of waste oils. Waste oils can be use as feedstock for producing renewable plastic – and support our ambition to achieve 100% recycled or renewable plastic in our chip and crisp bags by 2030 – as well as a source of thermal and fuel energy production, contributing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving our pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) goals. Further evidence and recommendations on how to address the five roadblocks mentioned above are included in the annexed document.
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Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)

22 Feb 2022 · Transition to a circular economy and sustainable food systems

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Nestlé S.A. and

4 Feb 2022 · revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

Response to Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 282/2008 on the recycling of plastic materials to be used as food contact materials

18 Jan 2022

PepsiCo welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft Regulation for Recycled Plastic Materials and Articles intended to come into contact with foods. Food contact plastics have an essential role on delivering the European Union vision for a circular economy. It is essential as circularity of materials increases, that the highest levels of consumer safety are maintained. In order to do so the regulation of recycled plastics needs to encourage innovation of recycling for materials that are not yet as widely recycled as PET. It is crucial that the new regulation enables recycling economies and encourages innovation. We welcome: • The move from per line approval to technology approval • Declaration of Compliance template • That the proposal addresses technologies leading to substances equivalent to those listed in Regulation 10/2011 Our key points of concern are: • Lack of a current applicable Impact Assessment • Overlap/conflict with environmental legislation applied to packaging • Disproportionate requirements that disregard already established scientifically justified approaches to authorisation • Unduly burdensome administrative requirements that do not improve consumer safety • Timelines for official actions require adjustment • Limited scope for “recycling schemes” We are concerned that the new regulation could significantly diminish market availability of suitable recycled plastic materials, impeding the ability of food business operators in the EU to meet legally binding targets from the Single Use Plastics Directive. We are also concerned it will make it more difficult to meet our commitment to use 100% recycled plastic in beverage bottles which is a key PepsiCo contribution towards the circular economy important for our continued efforts to reduce use of virgin plastics. We would like to see a regulation that ensures the highest level of safety for recycled plastics, while providing for a smooth, timely and fit for purpose authorisation process. We call on the Commission to ensure the principles of Better Regulation are applied and that impacts are understood, that the measure is proportionate with demonstrable improvements in consumer safety, and includes appropriate transition periods to enable the full chain to adjust without undue burden and to maintain the availability of suitable material. Please refer to the attached document for further detailed discussion and suggestions.
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Response to Policy framework on biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics

27 Oct 2021

PepsiCo welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) on a Policy Framework on Biobased (BBP), and Biodegradable and Compostable Plastics (BDCP). We agree with the Commission that consumers need clarity regarding these materials, especially as each has a role to play in achieving sustainability. In our view, the following principles should be taken into account in a future policy framework - further explanation on the principles is provided in the annexed document. 1. HARMONISED DEFINITIONS BASED ON TRANSPARENT SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES 2. ROBUST TRACEABILITY BASED ON EXISTING SCHEMES 3. A RELIABLE AND PRACTICAL MEASUREMENT FOR BIOBASED CONTENT 4. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS FOR BIODEGRADABLE & COMPOSTABLE PLASTICS 5. POLICY ALIGNMENT ON CLAIMS AND LABELLING 6. FIT OF BDCP IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
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Response to Sustainable food system – setting up an EU framework

25 Oct 2021

PepsiCo welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) on the Sustainable Food Systems Framework. As a leading food and beverage company with a strong footprint in the EU, PepsiCo strongly supports the European Green Deal and wishes to play a constructive role in helping Europe achieve its climate neutrality by 2050. We have great interest in the Commission’s drive towards greater sustainability and have actively contributed to various recent EU initiatives in this area such as the Code of Conduct for Responsible Business & Marketing Practices, to which we submitted ambitious commitments in the areas of product composition and packaging. More recently, we introduced pep+ (PepsiCo Positive), a strategic, end-to-end transformation with sustainability at the centre of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for the planet and people. With regard to a Sustainable EU Food System Framework, we support the comments made by FoodDrinkEurope and UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe. In addition, we wish to share some of our company-specific views on the initiative in the attached supporting document.
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Response to Restoring sustainable carbon cycles

7 Oct 2021

cycles by developing and deploying natural and technological carbon removal solutions at a scale to meet the EU’s objective of climate neutrality. As one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies with a strong footprint in the EU, PepsiCo strongly supports the European Commission’s Green Deal and wishes to play a key role in shaping an improved food system, aimed at bringing sustainable and long-term solutions for European consumers, agro-businesses and our planet more broadly. That’s why last month we proudly announced pep+ (PepsiCo Positive), a strategic end-to-end transformation of our business, with sustainability at the centre of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for the planet and people. Pep+ aims to drive action by spreading regenerative practices to restore the earth across the company’s entire agricultural footprint (approximately 7 million acres), sustainably source key crops and ingredients, and improve the livelihoods of more than 250,000 people in our agricultural supply chain. In the spirit of providing constructive input, the attached note lists several elements we hope will be considered as the Carbon Farming Initiative is developed.
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Meeting with Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)

16 Sept 2021 · PepsiCo Nutrition Commitments

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

1 Jun 2021 · Green economic transition, circular economy and packaging

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

1 Jun 2021 · Green economic transition, circular economy and packaging

Meeting with Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

1 Jun 2021 · Green economic transition, circular economy and packaging

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and The Coca-Cola Company and

16 Feb 2021 · EU Circular Economy Action Plan, including plastics

Response to Setting of nutrient profiles

1 Feb 2021

Please find comments from PepsiCo to the IIA on Food Labelling and Nutrient Profiles in the attached file.
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Response to Revision of EU rules on food contact materials

29 Jan 2021

PEPSICO’S INPUT TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION INCEPTION IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON THE REVISION OF EU RULES ON FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS 29 Jan 2021 1. GENERAL COMMENTS We welcome the opportunity to comment on the Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) on rules for food contact materials (FCMs). We strongly support the initiative to update and harmonise FCM legislation, using Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 as a cornerstone to continue to deliver high standards of consumer safety, while better enabling innovations to improve sustainability and deliver circularity for packaging. 2. UPDATING FCM LEGISLATION TO ENABLE INNOVATION, AND AUTHORISATION OF RECYCLATES, SHOULD BE A PRIORITY The required pace of innovation in FCMs to achieve the EU’s sustainability goals means a “future-proof” framework with sufficiently broad scope, greater efficiency, and predictable authorisation procedures is needed. PepsiCo strongly supports measures that will encourage and enable such innovation. Regarding sustainability, the authorisation of mechanically recycled plastics for FCMs must be prioritised, followed by revision of the Recycled Plastics Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 to achieve clarity for new recycling methods and technologies. These measures must not be delayed by the broader review of FCM rules. 3. HARMONISATION AND A HORIZONTAL APPROACH WILL BE CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT FRAMEWORK All FCMs used in the EU are already required by regulation to be food safe. We fully support increased harmonisation as this will provide multiple benefits including increased pace of innovation to support contribution to the green economy, better functioning of the internal market, reduced complexity and reduced administrative burdens for multiple stakeholders. PepsiCo supports the option to keep Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 as a cornerstone of FCM legislation to maintain well-established fundamental requirements. Simplification can be achieved by replacing vertical legislation with horizontal regulation of areas common to all FCMs, as is already done in the majority of other areas of food safety regulation. 4. CONSUMER SAFETY SHOULD REMAIN THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF FCM LEGISLATION Safety requirements are already in place for FCMs via Article 3 of the Framework FCM Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Article 14 of the General Food Law Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, this is a solid starting point for updated rules and FCM legislation should remain focussed on ensuring safety. We support the concept of a tiered approach for reviewing substances used in FCMs. This should improve efficiency, ensuring prioritisation of substances of greatest potential for concern. Adequate resourcing by Member States and the EU will be required. For a substance currently authorised by regulation on the basis of EFSA risk assessment that is categorised as Tier 1, we understand that in order to remain authorised it would have to be demonstrated as essential in FCM, and this would be followed by a risk assessment. It is vitally important to balance the introduction of new restrictions with the drive for re-use and recycling of materials. Regarding Tier 3 substances clear, harmonised rules will be critical to ensure consumer trust, ease of application, and a level playing field. 5. FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY AND IMPACT OF FOCUSSING ON FINAL MATERIALS The rationale of focusing on final materials and articles may be appropriate to ensure consumer safety, but starting substances must be understood to assess migrating substances. To comment further it will be important to understand how safety would be assessed. 6. CONCLUSIONS PepsiCo believes revision of the regulatory framework for FCM with Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 as the cornerstone is the right basis of a new model, applying horizontal measures to GMP, substances, migration testing, recycled materials and active & intelligent materials. Transparency Register : 010212710281-97
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Meeting with Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

26 Oct 2020 · the European Green Deal

Response to Empowering the consumer for the green transition

1 Sept 2020

1. GENERAL COMMENTS PepsiCo welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Inception Impact Assessment on empowering consumers for the green transition. PepsiCo strongly supports the EU’s ambitions to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and towards a more sustainable food system. Ensuring consumers have access to accurate information on products’ sustainability is vital in helping them achieve sustainable consumption patterns, and PepsiCo is dedicated to doing its part to support the Commission towards this goal. 2. HARMONIZATION AND OPTIONS FOR INTERVENTION As a company operating across markets in the European Union (and beyond), we are supportive of measures that aim to harmonize the rules that businesses must abide by. With regard to the options on legislative intervention presented by the Commission, we call on the Commission to take into account the practical applicability of any new rules on food and drink companies of all sizes. Should a separate framework be developed, full compatibility with existing consumer protection rules must be ensured. 3. SCIENCE-BASED AND UNDERSTANDABLE INFORMATION As we have submitted in our response to the Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment on the legislative proposal on substantiating green claims, PepsiCo fully supports the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) as the recognised methodology for substantiating green claims within the EU: PEF has brought a solid and standardized method for the calculation of key environmental impact categories and it will be central to the harmonisation of environmental claims. Any new regulatory framework that governs information to consumers should therefore ensure that scientific data processed through PEF are translated into information that is relevant and understandable for consumers. To that end, further research on consumer understanding and purchase behaviour should be part of the Commission’s preparatory work. In order not to confuse consumers with an overload of information, we call on the Commission to ensure that the provision of environmental information to consumers does not come at the expense of the provision of other relevant and often mandatory information on food and drink products, such as on ingredients and nutritional value. In this context, due attention should be paid to flexibility in relation to the use of current and future digital means (platforms, applications) of providing information to consumers. 4. PROVISION OF INFORMATION THAT DRIVE THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES The decision about which products should carry environmental information should lie with the manufacturer, i.e., on a voluntary basis, and it should be ensured that companies are incentivized to drive the right changes within their business by allowing flexibility to make claims that go beyond standardised PEF results. The journey towards achieving better environmental performances may sometimes require trade-offs either between PEF impact categories or other indicators (e.g. carbon impact and recyclability) or striving for outcomes going beyond methodology of PEF (e.g., net zero brands). We support a legislative framework that allows companies to communicate not only about standardized, quantitative scores on key impact areas, but also what they are aiming to achieve, improvements in a given period of time and what might affect scores.
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Response to Environmental claims based on environmental footprint methods

31 Aug 2020

PepsiCo welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Inception Impact Assessment on the legislative proposal on substantiating green claims. PepsiCo strongly supports the EU’s objective to achieve a circular and green economy as well as climate neutrality by 2050. The harmonisation and simplification of the methodology for making green claims will be as essential part of this strategy as it will provide certainty to consumers and to companies that want to deliver truly sustainable products backed by a trusted certification scheme. We would like to share in the attached document our views for the future legislative framework and for improving the usability of Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) as a method for substantiating green claims, elaborating on the following points: 1. Standardisation through PEF is the right way for providing environmental information 2. Flexibility and simplification are necessary for a successful Green Claims framework 3. Give time for improvement before establishing a mandatory framework 4. Ensure legislative approach of PEF incentivizes right outcomes 5. Take into account the international dimension 6. Consider product and packaging holistically
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Response to Review of the requirements for packaging and feasibility of measures to prevent packaging waste

30 Jul 2020

PepsiCo strongly supports the strengthening of the Essential Requirements and the work being done to identify measures for waste prevention as part of the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD). The attached note includes several elements we hope will be considered as the Commission develops a proposal for the revision of the PPWD.
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Response to Climate Law

1 May 2020

PepsiCo welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the European Commission’s proposal for a European Climate Law. Please find attached our full submission. As one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies with a large footprint in the EU, PepsiCo strongly supports the European Commission’s Green Deal and wishes to play a key role in helping Europe achieve its climate neutrality by 2050. At this time, we recognise the unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on employees, customers, suppliers and all of society, yet we believe the EU cannot lose sight of the need to make Europe resilient to climate change and climate neutral by 2050. The food system is responsible for roughly 30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and faces growing risks from the impacts of climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic is further evidence of the importance of building a resilient food system and has created a renewed urgency for long-term sustainability goals. We believe that the food system must become more carbon-efficient and resilient, while also playing a significant role in regenerative agriculture through carbon sequestration. Implementing solutions to address climate change is essential to the future of our company, retail partners, consumers and our shared world. We strongly support the European Commission’s proposal for an ambitious European Climate Law, its climate neutrality goal and its objective to strengthen Europe’s resilience and adaptive capacity. We have a strong interest in reducing our GHG emissions given the potential risks posed by climate change to our business and the communities where we operate. In November 2016, PepsiCo committed to the Science-Based Target Initiative, announcing a goal to reduce carbon emission across our entire value chain by 20% by 2030 against our 2015 baseline and in line with the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to within a 2°C scenario. This goal committed us to tackling emissions not only from fuel and electricity in our own operations, but also indirect emissions (or Scope 3). In recognition of the latest science, in April 2020, PepsiCo signed the United Nations Global Compact Business Ambition for 1.5°C pledge with a view to adjusting our emissions reduction target across our value chain. Our new GHG reduction goal will be introduced later this year, increasing from the 20% absolute reduction we initially announced in 2016. This will require a step change across our business to deliver on this ambitious carbon reduction commitment while we also work towards developing a long-term strategy for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. We are already making progress reducing emissions in our own operations by achieving reductions of 8.8% in Europe in 2018 compared to 2015, and we will step up our efforts in order to achieve our new goal. Our strategy focuses on our largest emissions drivers: agriculture, packaging, and third-party transportation and distribution. Because of the reach of our business and our brands, PepsiCo recognises the important role we can and must play in engaging and mobilising our supply chain to transition to climate neutrality. In the spirit of providing constructive input, the attached document lists several elements we hope will be considered as the next steps of the European Climate Law are developed.
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Response to Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

1 Apr 2020

PepsiCo welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Inception Impact Assessment on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. One of the world’s leading food and beverage companies with a strong footprint in the EU, PepsiCo strongly supports the European Commission’s Green Deal and wishes to play a key role in helping Europe achieve its climate neutrality by 2050. Implementing solutions to address climate change is important to the future of our company, customers, consumers and our shared world; we believe a well-defined carbon border adjustment mechanism could strengthen the world’s efforts to reduce climate change. We have a strong interest in reducing our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions given the risks we believe climate change presents to our business and the communities where we operate. At PepsiCo, we have a goal to reduce our absolute GHG emissions across our value chain by at least 20% by 2030. Our value chain emissions focus areas are agriculture, packaging, and third-party transportation and distribution given that these activities are our largest emissions drivers. Given the reach of our business and our brands, PepsiCo recognises the important role we can, and must, play in engaging and mobilising our supply chain to transition to climate neutrality. Please find in the attached document, the list of elements we hope will be considered as and when any carbon border adjustment mechanism is developed.
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Response to Farm to Fork Strategy

16 Mar 2020

PepsiCo welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Roadmap for a Farm to Fork Strategy for a Sustainable Food System. One of the world’s leading food and beverage companies with a strong footprint in the EU, PepsiCo strongly supports the European Commission’s Green Deal and wishes to play a key role in shaping an improved food system, aimed at bringing sustainable and long-term solutions for European consumers, agro-businesses and our planet more broadly. In the spirit of providing constructive input, our submission (attached) lists several elements we hope will be considered as the Farm to Fork strategy is developed. 1. Empower business to deliver on the Green Deal with simple and Realistic policies 2. Strengthen Europe's Internal Market: free movement of goods and consumer information 3. Follow Better Regulation Guidelines and perform Impact Assessments 4. Continue to champion Food Safety 5. A coherent approach to sustainable packaging 6. Leverage digitalisation from farm to fork 7. Maintain a key role in international trade 8. Climate Neutrality as a common goal 9. Improve farmers' livelihoods and empower the next generation of farmers
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Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

11 Mar 2020 · Green deal

Meeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) and

12 May 2017 · Evolved pan-European nutrition labelling scheme

Meeting with Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis) and Unilever and

4 May 2017 · The Evolved Nutrition Label initiative

Meeting with Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis), Paula Duarte Gaspar (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis) and

5 Apr 2017 · Food safety, Nutrition and health, Responsible advertising to children

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

19 Sept 2016 · Business discussion

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

13 Sept 2016 · Business discussion

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

25 May 2016 · Business discussion

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

25 May 2016 · Trade Issues

Meeting with Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)

25 May 2016 · New Initiative FOOD 2030 & ETP "Food for Life"

Meeting with Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and The Coca-Cola Company and Union of European Beverages Association

10 Jul 2015 · Circular Economy

Meeting with Paula Duarte Gaspar (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis) and Union of European Beverages Association

18 Mar 2015 · Nutrition; UNESDA Contribution to the EU platform for action on diet, food reformulation