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Professor Carmela Rivero is Vice President, Research and Development for PepsiCo Foods Latin America. Native of Mexico City, she graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana, Nutrition and Food Science. With postgraduate business education at IPADE, Mexico, North Western University, Columbia University, Wharton School of Business and MIT, she has lead diverse positions related with Science, Research and Development, Nutrition, Marketing and General Management. She has lead key roles in Mexico Secretary of Health Department, Quaker Oats-La Azteca Chocolate Co., Canada New Products/Technology, Hershey Foods, Corn Products Inc./CPC International, and 23 years leading R&D in several PepsiCo Divisions. She co-created and has lead the PepsiCo Vive Saludable Health and Wellness Program and is a champion of Performance with Purpose, echoing PepsiCo’s CEO Indra Nooyi´s philosophy of Doing Better while Doing Better.
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"Bridging The Agriculture-Nutrition Divide Through Science And Product Development"
PepsiCo is the second largest Food Company in the world. Its portfolio is composed of beverages and foods-these last ones made all from agricultural sources: Potato, Corn, Wheat, Oats, and Rice.
Guided and Inspired to Build a Better Tomorrow, under CEO Indra Nooyi's call "Performance with Purpose", PepsiCo supports farmers around the world by training them to get better yields, more nutritious crops, while respecting biodiversity and elevating the standards of responsible sustainability. To further its reach and impact, Pepsico partners with Governments and NGO's such as Embrapa member of Harvest Plus on Biofortification, with the InterAmerican Development Bank to secure sourcing and enable credit for farmers. Dozens of thousands of families benefit from PepsiCo's way of living Corporate Responsibility.
Three cases were presented from Mexico, Peru and Brazil. This is the way PepsiCo constributes to a Better Tomorrow through Performance with Purpose. |
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