PepsiCo Inc: Disclosure of Regenerative Agriculture Outcomes

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WHEREAS:  Industrial agriculture applies over one billion pounds of synthetic pesticides annually to farms, directly threatening the resilience and yield stability of agricultural supply chains.[1] Pesticides decrease soil fertility by killing soil microorganisms vital for nutrient, water, and soil retention.[2] Soil degradation and erosion reduce food security, imposing an estimated loss of $8 billion annually to global GDP.[3] These losses become more material as climate change increases the frequency, and impact to global food companies, of droughts, floods, storms, and heatwaves.  

Agricultural pesticide use also causes long-term health impacts to farm workers and fenceline communities, including asthma, cancer, and birth defects, among others, while also resulting in the acute poisoning of 25 million farm workers annually.[4] Further, pesticide use directly harms biodiversity, including pollinators critical to 35% of crop production, and contributes to air and water pollution.[5] 

In contrast, regenerative agriculture is a farming system that reduces the mass use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers and includes reduced tillage, crop rotation, cover cropping, and natural pest management. These practices collectively preserve soil health and retain topsoil, while reducing impacts to humans and the environment.[6]

The Rodale Institute reports that regenerative agriculture can sequester more carbon than is emitted annually.[7] Failure to address pesticide dependency, however, diminishes regenerative farming’s potential to sequester carbon and deliver measurable climate and financial returns.[8]

PepsiCo has a goal to spread the adoption of regenerative agriculture and seeks continuous improvements in agricultural practices that minimize pesticide use.[9] However, the company does not disclose if or how it tracks, monitors, or reports pesticide use reduction by its suppliers. This represents an important blind spot for the company and raises the potential for claims of greenwashing.   

In contrast, PepsiCo’s peers are measuring and/or reporting pesticide reduction achieved through their regenerative agriculture programs:

  • Lamb Weston measures and publicly reports annual pesticide reduction data as part of its regenerative agriculture program, reflecting progress toward its pesticide reduction goal.[10] 

  • Conagra measures and publicly reports the amount of pesticides avoided in its supply chains through its regenerative agriculture program.[11]

  • McCain Foods measures its regenerative potato growers’ pesticide use through its Regenerative Agriculture Framework Assessment.[12]

In a competitive marketplace that increasingly demands clean food, greenhouse gas reduction, and reduced human and environmental harm, measuring and disclosing supplier use of pesticides as part of a successful regenerative agriculture program can reduce risk for shareholders and our Company, while minimizing harm to stakeholders and ecosystems. 

BE IT RESOLVED:  Shareholders request that PepsiCo issue a report, at reasonable expense and omitting proprietary information, disclosing if and how the Company can incorporate pesticide use data in its regenerative agriculture program disclosures.

Resolution Details

Company: PepsiCo Inc

Lead Filers:
As You Sow

Year: 2026

Filing Date: 
November 2025

Initiative(s): Regenerative Agriculture

Status: Filed

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