2000

PepsiCo presents a $500,000 leadership gift to the National Urban League. The funds from the PepsiCo Foundation are earmarked for the National Urban League's "Breakthrough!" Campaign , focusing on school-to-work programs, job and life skills for urban and low-income youth.

PepsiCo Foundation makes a $10,000 grant to the American Indian College Fund, a nonprofit organization working for 30 Native American colleges and universities in the United States.

Hispanic magazine names PepsiCo, Inc. to its list of 100 companies providing the best opportunities for Hispanics.

PepsiCo is named one of "The Next Step Diversity 100" by Next Step magazine in an inaugural list of companies that are setting diversity examples for others to follow.

PepsiCo is named one of "America's Most Generous Companies" by Worth magazine.

PepsiCo is named an Honor Roll Company in Shopping for a Better World, a guide to socially responsible corporations published by The Council on Economic Priorities.

James O'Neal, then President and Chief Executive Officer, Frito-Lay International, is recognized with the Pioneer Award by Women's Enterprise magazine, Minority Business News magazine and the Beacon Diversity Alliance.

PepsiCo is named one of "America's 50 Best Companies for Minorities" by FORTUNE magazine.

PepsiCo is named one of "The 50 Best Companies for Latinas to work for in the U.S." by Latina Style magazine.

The PepsiCo Foundation endows a $200,000 fellowship at Harvard University in the name of the late Pepsi-Cola executive Dr. H. Naylor Fitzhugh, who was the first African-American to graduate from Harvard Business School and a professor at Howard University for over 30 years before coming to PepsiCo. The fund will enable students from Howard and other historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities to attend Harvard Business School. The PepsiCo Foundation also contributed $50,000 to endow a professorship in Dr. Fitzhugh's honor.

PepsiCo commits $1 million over four years to Hampton University to endow eight scholarships for students selected to attend the University's Leadership Institute. Frito-Lay commits to providing summer internships, faculty summer internships and executive visits to lecture and provide leadership guidance.

The PepsiCo Foundation commits $200,000 to the International Franchise Association Education Foundation to establish the PepsiCo Foundation Franchising Entrepreneurship Program. The Program will study the participation of minorities in franchising, expose urban and low-income students to franchising, provide education, training and opportunities in franchising for minority college students and prospective minority franchisees.

J. Frederick Canady, Pepsi-Cola Director Minority Business, is featured in an article spotlighting PepsiCo's MWBE programs in Minorities and Women in Business magazine.

Frito-Lay is nominated Corporation of the Year by the National Minority Supplier Development Council.

Pravin Desai, Research Consultant, Technology for Frito-Lay, receives the Science and Technology Award from the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce.

Frito-Lay is given the Sustaining Corporate Member Award from the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce.

A PepsiCo Foundation grant of $124,000 funds a pilot program being developed by Junior Achievement (JA) and National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). The program is designed to reach disadvantaged students. 2000

The PepsiCo Foundation contributes $100,000 to endow National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) scholarships in honor of James O'Neal, retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Frito-Lay International. Minority Business Enterprise students will attend the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

PepsiCo launches Minority/Women Business Enterprise website.

Pepsi-Cola Company and "Yahoo! en español" team up to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a back-to-school contest called "Tu Sabor, Tu Futuro" ("Your Taste, Your Future.") The contest offers scholarships, computers, Internet access and computer labs.

PepsiCo is named one of top-16 companies for women business enterprise by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). The company was cited for its support of women's business, including a $105,000 PepsiCo Foundation grant to WBENC for development of e-business training for women-owned businesses.

FORTUNE magazine names Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo Senior Vice President and CFO, as one of the "50 Most Powerful Women" in business.

PepsiCo partners with UCLA Anderson School of Business to create the African-American Leadership Forum, the first program of its kind focused on the leadership development of African-American executives. Hispanic and women's programs will be developed in 2001.

Minority MBA magazine names PepsiCo one of Ten Top Companies for Minority MBAs.

PepsiCo launches Diversity@work website.

PepsiCo's Minority Business Program finishes among the top ten corporations in the National Minority Supplier Development Council "Corporation of the Year" competition.

During the year, PepsiCo bought a record $383 million worth of goods and services from women-owned and minority-owned suppliers.

PepsiCo files court papers supporting the University of Michigan's legal battle to protect affirmative action admissions policy.

2001

PepsiCo names Ronald E. Harrison Senior Vice President, Global Diversity and Community Affairs, to further build its diversity efforts. It is one of the few companies to have a dedicated leader at the highest levels of management.

Minority Business News DFW magazine (January/February) features Frito-Lay 's supplier diversity program.

The Women's Business Council names Bob Gonzalez, Group Manager, Minority/Women Business Development for Frito-Lay Corporate Advocate of the Year, Southwest.

PepsiCo moves up to #13 in Fortune Magazine's annual rating of Best Companies for Minorities.

Indra Nooyi is named President and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo and is elected to the Board of Directors.

Working Woman magazine lists PepsiCo for honorable mention in its survey of Top Companies for Women and Minority-Owned Suppliers.

Hispanic Business Magazine lists Quaker as one of its top 25 "Best Companies for Hispanics to Work for."

Catalyst survey of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners lists PepsiCo among top 100 companies.

PepsiCo selected as one of the top 50 corporations in Supplier Diversity by DIV2000.

Latina Style magazine names PepsiCo as one of its "50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work for in the US."

Denise Griffith, Region Vice President, Sales for Frito-Lay, is named one of the "Women at the Top in Corporate America" by Ebony magazine.

Hispanic Business magazine names Marie Cummiskey, PepsiCo Vice President of Technology, as one of the "Top 50 Hispanic Women in Business."

Minority MBA magazine features Brian Jones, Director, Information Technology, PepsiCo and Sandi Karrmann, Vice President Human Resources, Frito-Lay as among the "Next Generation of Minority Business Leaders."

Minority MBA magazine names PepsiCo one of its "Top Companies for Minority MBAs, 2001."

Mcompany presented Frito-Lay North America with its "Sharing Success Award" and named it among the Best of the Decade companies for its commitment to supplier diversity and minority- and women-owned businesses. Sharing Success Award

The Association of National Advertisers presents PepsiCo with the Multicultural Excellence Award for excellence in Hispanic advertising and donates $5,000 to the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund in honor of PepsiCo.

The American Advertising Federation Center on Multiculturalism presents PepsiCo with a Corporate Mosaic Award for its "strategic embrace of multicultural marketing and ethnic media and for implementing goal-oriented diversity initiatives."

aMagazine names PepsiCo President and Chief Financial Officer Indra Nooyi ninth on its list of the "25 most noteworthy Asians in America of 2001."

The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding presents PepsiCo with its "Corporate Diversity Award."

US Black Engineer Information Technology magazine spotlight two Pepsi-Cola employees as minority woman who are making a difference in filling the nation's expanding need for technical workers and scientists. The women are Gwendolyn Darling, R&D Documentation Manager, and Opukua Y. Kwapong, R&D Director, Innovation/Non-Carbonated Beverages.

PepsiCo was named one of one of America's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities by Div2000.com in its second annual internet election. Over 100,000 women and minority owned businesses had the opportunity to select the top 50 Fortune 500 Corporations and top 20 government agencies.

2002

The Smithsonian Institution, in cooperation with The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change and PepsiCo, presents "In the Spirit of Martin, The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." traveling fine arts exhibition.

The American Advertising Federation honors Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo President and Chief Financial Officer, with its District Two Diversity Achievement Award.

DiversityInc.com, an online publication, announces "The Diversity Cola Wars: Pepsi Beats Coke."

Frito-Lay receives "The Corporation of the Year Award" from the Women's Business Council- Southwest. The award recognizes a consistent commitment to women-owned business suppliers through purchasing practices and results.

PepsiCo sponsors Rainbow Push Wall Street Project event with the goal of increasing minority participation in the economy.

Jaime Vasquez, Senior Marketing Manager, Sierra Mist, for Pepsi-Cola North America receives "Outstanding Hispanic MBA Award" from the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, New York Chapter.

Photo Caption: (from left to right) Jimmy Gonzalez (Prudential), Carlos Becil (Philip Morris), Ana Duarte-McCarthy (Citigroup), Jaime Vasquez (Pepsi-Cola), and Jesus M. Maldonado Reyes, President NSHMBA-NY Chapter.

PepsiCo receives "Corporation of the Year Award" from SER, Jobs for Progress, Inc.

Photo Caption: David Gonzales, Vice President, Community Affairs, PepsiCo, (center) accepts the award. Shown are Francisco Ivarra, Secretary of SER National Board of Directors, and Ignacio Salazar, President & CEO SER National. 2002 Corporation of the Year Award from SER, Jobs for Progress, Inc.

DiversityInc.com, an online publication devoted to diversity, names PepsiCo to its list of the "Top 50 Companies in Diversity for 2001." PepsiCo is #19 overall and #10 in Supplier Diversity.

Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay are Gold Sponsors of the 2002 American Latino Media Arts Awards (ALMA Awards). ALMA honors the outstanding artistic achievement and enhancement of the Latino image in entertainment.

PepsiCo is recognized by Latina Style Magazine as one of the "Top 50 Best Companies for Hispanic Woman to Work for in the U.S."

The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) highlights PepsiCo in a study reviewing "HACR Corporate Best Practices." PepsiCo's commitment to diversity, promotion and retention is spotlighted. HACR is a coalition of the largest and most influential Hispanic community organizations in the United States.

AdAge magazine feature (June 3, 2002) "Special Report/Women to Watch" spotlights Rebeca Johnson, Vice President, Ethnic and Urban Marketing for Frito-Lay North America. She is cited for her innovative Hispanic advertising and marketing campaigns.

Fortune magazine names PepsiCo #15 on its 2002 list of the "50 Best Companies for Minorities."

PepsiCo begins consolidation of its supplier diversity purchasing programs. Bob Gonzalez is appointed PepsiCo Vice President of Supplier Diversity.

Photo Caption: PepsiCo's Supplier Diversity team (left-to-right): Fred Canady, Pepsi-Cola; Marilyn Cross, Quaker; Bob Gonzalez; Jean Lacefield, Frito-Lay and James Sturgis, Tropicana.

2003

PCNA has named minority-owned, Spike DDB, its multicultural advertising agency of record. The agency’s first commercial work for PCNA will be a TV ad starring music and film sensation Beyonce Knowles.

PepsiCo supports the University of Michigan in the Supreme Court battle to preserve affirmative action.

PCNA President Dawn Hudson is named 2002 Advertising Woman of the Year by Advertising Women of New York.

PepsiCo is ranked #18 in America's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities - 2002, Div2000.com's third annual Internet election.

Pepsi-Cola increases its annual financial commitment to Women’s Foodservice Forum.

PepsiCo and Frito-Lay co-chair the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Capital Awards banquet.

PepsiCo is named to the "Elite Eight" list for the Women's Business Enterprise by Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

PepsiCo is named among "50 Best Companies for Hispanic Women to Work For in the U.S." by Latina Style Magazine. This is the fourth consecutive year it has been recognized.

PepsiCo is named to DiversityInc’s "Top 50 Companies for Diversity" for the third consecutive year.

PCNA Foodservice Division’s Vice President of Industry Relations, Steve Caldeira receives Women’s Foodservice Forum’s Director’s Award.

SoBe introduces a new Latin-inspired mango passion fruit-flavored beverage called SoBe Fuerte, which will first be available in Texas, San Diego and South Florida.

PepsiCo Beverages & Food Law Department is named "Employer of Choice" by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA).

The Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Business Development Council honors two Frito-Lay executives during its 30th anniversary celebration. Recognized are James O'Neal and Jerry Martin for their roles in building the Council. 2000

PepsiCo introduces Harvey C. Russell Inclusion Award to recognize outstanding achievement in advancing diversity and inclusion at PepsiCo. The Award is named after former PepsiCo executive Harvey Russell, the first vice president of a national corporation who was African-American. He was appointed in 1962 and spent his 32-year career at PepsiCo promoting corporate citizenship.

PepsiCo releases a Spanish-language "Power of One" television commercial starring Puerto Rican singer and actor, Ponce, and Velasquez, a Mexican-American singer and actress.

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law presents PepsiCo with the A Leon Higginbotham Corporate Leadership Award for its longstanding commitment to diversity and its pioneering history in addressing diversity and inclusion.

Pam Thomas, PepsiCo Manager of Community Affairs, receives Bethune Recognition Award from the National Council of Negro Women, New York State, for her work expanding the company's community activities

Salados Hispanos magazine names PepsiCo a Leader of Distinction in supplier diversity programs for Hispanic-owned businesses.

Fortune Magazine ranks PepsiCo #9 in its "50 Best Companies for Minorities" survey.

PepsiCo’s MWBE web site makes the grade when DiversityInc gives it an A-, the highest ranking in a comparison of diversity web sites among soft-drink companies.

The U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce presents PepsiCo President and CFO Indra Nooyi with the "Women's Pioneer Award."

Fortune magazine(Oct. 13, 2003) "The 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business" names Indra Nooyi, President and CFO of PepsiCo, #8 and Dawn Hudson, President of Pepsi-Cola North America, #50 on the list.

Frito-Lay is named "Corporation of the Year" for its supplier diversity program by the North Texas MED Committee.

PepsiCo receives corporate "Champion of Child Care Award" from the Child Care Council of Westchester, Inc. The award recognizes PepsiCo's commitment to helping employees balance their work and home lives as well as the corporation's support of organizations associated with families and children, including child care centers.

PepsiCo’s Vice President of Supplier Diversity, Bob Gonzalez is awarded the Corporate Procurement Award by the National Hispanic Business Group. The award recognizes industry leaders in corporate America who have been instrumental in assisting the Hispanic business community.

Rose Broussard of Frito-Lay is recognized as Women’s Enterprise magazine as one of their six 2003 Women of Excellence in Texas.

The New York/New Jersey Minority Business Development Council names Fred Canady Coordinator of the Year.

Based on results from the Universum Survey – American Diversity Edition 2003 - the Black Collegian names PepsiCo among its Top 50 Diversity Employers 2003.

PepsiCo is honored by the National Hispanic Corporate Council (NHCC) for being selected to Fortune’s 2003 list of “50 Best Companies for Minorities.”

Fortune Magazine ranks PepsiCo CFO Indra Nooyi no.8 and Pepsi-Cola President Dawn Hudson no. 50 among the 50 most powerful women in American business.

DiversityBusiness.com (formerly Div2000.com) ranks PepsiCo #19 on its list of “America’s 50 Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities – 2003.” As PepsiCo’s fourth consecutive year being selected, the award recognizes companies’ commitment to supporting women- and minority-owned businesses.

2004

The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) names PepsiCo among the "NAFE Top 30 Companies for Executive Women."

The Women President's Educational Organization (WPEO) recognizes PepsiCo as Outstanding Corporation from the New York Region. The selection criteria is based on the contributions made to women business owners and the women's business community.

Pepsi-Cola Wins ‘Reggie Award’ for Black History Month Promotion Pepsi-Cola recently received a Reggie Award, the most prestigious award in the promotion marketing field, for its 2003 "Black History Month: Create Your Own History" promotion, Brandweek reports.

PepsiCo is recognized as one of "America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises" by WBENC for the second year in a row.

DiversityInc ranks PepsiCo #5 (up from #25) in its 2004 list of "Top 50 Companies for Diversity." PepsiCo also ranked first in the "Top 10 Companies for African Americans" and the "Top 10 Companies for Latinos."

Fortune magazine names PepsiCo #7 in its list of "50 Best Companies for Minorities."

PepsiCo is named in DiversityBusiness.com for “Nation’s Top 50 Corporations for Multicultural Business” (4th year in a row for PepsiCo)

PepsiCo’s Steve Reinemund was selected by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) to receive the “Leadership Award”

The Black Collegian magazine names PepsiCo among "The Top Diversity Employers 2004."

LATINA Style Magazines names PepsiCo among the 50 Best Companies to Work for in the U.S.

Minority Business News presents Steve Reinemund with Executive of the Year Award for Supplier Diversity - Sept. 7, 2004

Diversity Inc Names PepsiCo Internet a Superstar for Diversity (Oct/Nov 2004)

Human Rights Campaign names PepsiCo one of the Best Companies for Gay Employees: PepsiCo receives a score of 100 on Corporate Equality Index

The Black Collegian magazine names PepsiCo among "The Top Diversity Employers 2004."

PepsiCo’s Steve Reinemund was selected by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) to receive the “Leadership Award”

PepsiCo is named in DiversityBusiness.com for “Nation’s Top 50 Corporations for Multicultural Business” (4th year in a row for PepsiCo)

Latin Trade Reader Survey Names PepsiCo #7 in list of Latin America’s 25 Most-Respected Companies

National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) names PepsiCo one of the “Corporations of the Year”

Pepsi Musica Website Wins “Best Interactive Marketing Digital Community” Award from the Latino Marketing Awards

DiversityInc magazine recognizes the PepsiCo Internet site as a "Superstar" web site for "excellence in using the Internet in their efforts to promote their dedication to diversity."

Latin Business Magazine names PepsiCo to Corporate Diversity Honor Roll

The Advocate magazine names PepsiCo to its list of Best Employers