US EditionPepsiCo Resets Packaging Sustainability Goals, Ditches Reuse Target
- PepsiCo announced on May 22, 2025, that it revised its sustainability goals, including canceling its packaging reuse target and extending its net-zero emissions deadline to 2050.
- The adjustments highlight obstacles related to waste management systems, updating energy networks, and shifting governmental policies, all of which have contributed to delays in achieving the previously set ambitious objectives.
- PepsiCo replaced its 20% reusable beverage serving goal by 2030 with a broader aim for 97% of packaging to be reusable, recyclable, or compostable, while reducing virgin plastics by 2% annually through 2030.
- The company downgraded its emissions reduction goals to 50% for Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 from a prior 75%, aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative, and plans a 42% reduction for Scope 3 energy emissions by 2030.
- Advocates like As You Sow criticized PepsiCo’s retreat from reuse targets as risking plastic pollution progress, emphasizing the need to hold the company accountable amid a deregulating political environment.
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