Since 1982, Pepsi-Cola has conducted a structured program of purchasing quality products and services from suppliers who are designated as Minority/Women Business Enterprises (M/WBEs).
The steadily increasing business with minority and women-owned firms has improved our company's supplier base. It has also helped to strengthen the suppliers' firms as well as the minority community infrastructure with regard to such benefits as employment, training, role-modeling, buying from other minority and women-owned businesses, and supporting community organizations.
We're extremely proud of what our M/WBE program has accomplished. It has enabled us to enter into partnerships with hundreds of firms whose contributions to our success have been enormous.
When it comes to business, minority and majority goals are more alike than different. It's up to us to reaffirm those bonds and to act on them in ways that benefit us all.
Since 1982, Pepsi-Cola has conducted a structured program of purchasing quality products and services from suppliers who are designated as Minority/Women Business Enterprises (M/WBEs).