Pepsico India wins US award for saving more than 17 billion litres of water
US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday presented the prestigious
Award for Corporate Excellence to Pepsico
India
for its efforts to save more than 17 billions of litres of water
through community water programs and positively impacting thousands
of community members.
Established
in 1999, the ACE recognizes US companies that promote and uphold high
standards as responsible members of their communities where they do
business.
Today
we honour one of PepsiCo's regional arms, PepsiCo India. It is
India's largest purchaser of potatoes. And it uses this to power
good, sourcing sustainably from 24,000 small Indian farmers. It also
has a program aimed at replenishing water in stressed areas, through
which it has restored nearly five billion litres of water, he said.
Other
recipients of the award are Chambers Federation in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Procter and Gamble Asia Pacific in Singapore
and Agilis Partners in Uganda.
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