PepsiCo, Inc.

PepsiCo, Inc. is a New York-based food and beverage company headquartered in Purchase, New York. Established in 1965 under the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay, PepsiCo is now a multinational corporation that manufactures and distributes drinks, snacks, and packaged food across the globe. The company's most popular brands include Pepsi, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Quaker, and Tropicana. As a major agricultural, beverage, and food production company, PepsiCo is highly dependent on water as an input in the production process.

In 2021, PepsiCo started using advanced technologies to treat water vapor produced in the preparation process of its potato products. By condensing and reusing the byproduct, the company has converted a significant amount of waste into an essential resource: process water. In 2024, the company reported that it had further innovated the closed-loop system in its Pune, India, manufacturing facility by replacing a water-cooled heat exchanger with an air-cooled exchanger, thus reducing the freshwater consumption in the production of its chip products. Moreover, the company has invested in novel washing technologies in the United States that have the potential to reduce the consumption of freshwater by up to 30% during the peeling and slicing process.

In terms of internal water management, PepsiCo has been actively investing in the development of its Resource Conservation program. Notably, in 2024, over 2000 employees received specialized training on water and energy management, discovering low-cost and no-cost opportunities for conserving freshwater and electricity. Furthermore, the company has completed 25 ReCon Deep Dives at its manufacturing facilities, conducting internal water audits to identify areas of water use that could benefit from improvement.