Suntory PepsiCo - 30 years of sustainable development together with Green Vietnam

Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam booth at the Green Vietnam festival organized by Tuoi Tre newspaper attracted attention with its sustainable development journey starting very early and continuously pioneering in environmental initiatives.

Suntory PepsiCo - 30 năm song hành phát triển bền vững cùng Việt Nam Xanh — Young people experience activities at Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam's space - Photo: QUANG DINH

In the space of Green Vietnam Festival, the space of Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam always attracts attention with its sustainable development journey that started very early and continuously pioneered in initiatives on sustainable packaging as well as the fields of water resources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, products that are good for users' health...

30 years of "growing for good"

Highlights at the booth are products with packaging made from 100% recycled plastic - one of the leading beverage companies pioneering sustainable packaging initiatives.

To reduce environmental impact, Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam is constantly innovating to reduce virgin plastic in packaging, improving packaging to increase recyclability and biodegradability, and promoting initiatives to use recycled plastic.

Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam is the first beverage company in Vietnam to launch a product with packaging made from 100% recycled plastic - Pepsi and the following year launched the first bottled tea in Vietnam with packaging made from 100% recycled plastic.

In its goal of reducing virgin plastic, the company's Aquafina product is now the lightest bottled water in the global system.

Thanks to these initiatives, in 2023, Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam reduced 5,700 tons of virgin plastic - equivalent to reducing about 23,000 tons of carbon emissions into the environment.

For consumers, the company constantly launches zero-calorie, sugar-reduced and vitamin-enriched products to meet the health-conscious needs of consumers.

In 2023, the company launched products like 7Up Lemon Soda with added vitamin C and Revive Zero Calo with added vitamin B.

To date, the company has reformulated many products such as Pepsi, 7Up, Tropicana Twister Orange, Revive, Oolong Tea Plus... to reduce sugar and add essential vitamins and minerals.

Continuously promote environmental initiatives

Driven by the value of "growing for good", Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam constantly strives to bring quality products to consumers, while building and promoting initiatives that contribute to nature, community and society.

The company's vision is not only to lead the beverage market but also to pioneer in sustainable development.

Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam's sustainable development strategy focuses on six pillars, creating positive impacts for the environment and people, including:

Creating positive impacts on water resources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, promoting sustainable packaging, products that are good for users' health, creating a diverse - fair - harmonious environment and enriching the lives of the community.

The company creates a positive impact on water resources by reducing the amount of water used in production, planting watershed forests to regenerate groundwater and return water to nature, as well as educating primary school students nationwide to save and protect water resources.

The company is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy, and currently 5 out of 5 factories nationwide have installed biomass fuel to minimize carbon emissions.

Not stopping there, Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam also develops sustainable packaging solutions and initiatives to reduce plastic waste and promote a circular economy.

In addition to packaging innovation, the company also promotes collection, recycling and community awareness activities targeting informal workers to support occupational safety, promote education and change behavior on waste classification for students - young consumers and agents of change.