CSO Insights: How food and beverage giant PepsiCo uses AI for its 'era of resilience'
About this episode
The episode discusses how PepsiCo is leveraging AI to build resilient food systems amidst various global challenges.
In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we talk to PepsiCo to understand how one of the world's biggest food and beverage companies is building resilient food systems. PepsiCo products are sold in more than 200 countries and territories, and Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer Jim Andrew explains how th e company works with its global farmer network to create long-term value . This is a challenge in a food system facing increasing stress from climate change , resource constraints and geopolitical uncertainty . "All these things are hitting — food, water, energy, supply chains — all at once. And so what used to be the occasional rare disruption now really shows up all the time," Jim says. " So what we're preparing for here at PepsiCo is what I call the ' era of resilience . ' " Jim says AI is part of th at resilience strategy , f rom helping farmers reduce their use of chemicals for pest control to making PepsiCo's plants and vehicle fleets operate more efficiently. "For us, AI is not just a technology choice," Jim says. "It helps us align the resources that we rely on with sustainable long-term business growth — and those two things really…
People in this episode
Host: S&P Global
Guest: Jim Andrew
Topics covered
- sustainability
- AI in agriculture
- food systems
- climate change
- business resilience
Keywords
- PepsiCo
- AI
- sustainability
- food systems
- climate change
- resilience
- Jim Andrew
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: PepsiCo
Places: 200 countries and territories
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