photo seancreative commonsleave aside for the moment the health effects of pepsi&39s products, and your rightful concerns about highlyprocessed food in general, while reading how much pepsi has done to reduce its environmental impact... last friday pepsico issued an update on its goals of sending no waste to landfills by 2020, being entirely fossil fuel free by 2023, and making all of its packaging recyclable or biodegradable. business green reports that since 2008, pepsico has grown by more than 15, but has reduced overall carbon footprint by 3.7, reduced total energy use by 7.3, reduced water use by 14.6, and cut landfill waste by 88.in the next five years, pepsi intends on working with its farmers to reduce the carbon and water intensity of producing their crops by 50.it&39s all pretty impressive progress, and commitment. president richard evans noted,building sustainability and health into our corporate dna creates longerterm strategic advantage. sustainable businesses can cut costs, drive innovation, reduce risk, and motivate employees. it can help our retail customers and increase consumer loyalty.pepsi&39s progress good, within certain boundariesi don&39t have much to add to that which won&39t just sound a bit like sour grapes, but it must be said. as i alluded to in the opening paragraph, i&39m not sure that on a personal health level consumption of any of pepsi&39s products, particularly the eponymous cola and its potato chips, other than at levels which probably wouldn&39t keep the company afloat is good. and that doesn&39t even go into whether giant multinational corporations really are good in any form.recycled and recyclable, biodegradable, less carbon intense, less water intense, renewable energy powered, it&39s all better for the environment that the business heretofore alternatives. but it&39s only part of the picture.so kudos to pepsi for genuinely making a difference within certain parameters. now let&39s start think about whether those parameters are the right ones.like this follow me on facebook.more on corporate responsibilityabercrombie & fitch, weight watchers & more make corporate responsibility&39s black listbeijing slams pepsi and coke as "dirty" for using too much waterwhy bother chewing pepsi out to &39snackify&39 beverages and &39drinkifty&39 snackswalmart announces they will cut 20 million tons of greenhouse gases from supply chain by 2015related on treehugger.comwe&39re raising a generation of snackers and that needs to stoppaleo eaters need to start grappling with issues of sustainabilitystanford will now teach your kid how to shop for groceriestags carbon emissions corporate responsibility diet 
