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Title: Chief Sustainability Officer Company: PepsiCo Industry: Food & Beverage

Jim leads sustainability initiatives at one of the world’ s largest food and beverage companies. With more than 35 years of experience in business strategy and innovation, Jim has held leadership roles at Boston Consulting Group, Royal Philips and Sears. The company’ s pep + project integrates sustainability and social progress into its core decision-making. In a recent update, PepsiCo reported a 24 % reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions from its 2022 baseline, including system contributions. Scope 3 emissions from energy and industry activities decreased by 12 %, while those related to forest, land and agriculture fell by 18 %. Renewable electricity represented 96 % of the electricity used in PepsiCo’ s company-owned operations globally, totalling approximately 4,300GWh.“ We’ re excited by the momentum we’ re building as pep + continues to transform our business end to end,” said Jim.

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