Collaborative leadership
Meeting our commitments and delivering positive change set out in the Health Update 2011 will only be possible by working with our stakeholders.
Since our last report we have:
- Met our commitment to report progress and invite comments through this Update
- Signed up to the Department of Health Public Health Responsibility Deal on reducing salt and removing artificial trans fats, as well as on workplace health
- Helped our employees to understand their own health through free health checks, and encouraging them to take healthier options.
Our initial health report, published in March 2010, was developed through stakeholder engagement. An early version of the report was shared with over 50 members of NGOs, academics and others civil society organisations through workshops and their feedback was important in shaping its content. This update is part of our commitment to be held to account on our pledges and to encourage debate and engagement that will improve our strategy and approach.
Influencing public health policy positively – case study
We have signed up to the Responsibility Deal and have committed to the targets set out on salt, which are reflected in the pledges in this report and on artificial trans fats (which we do not have in the UK business) as well as on workplace health. We will continue to participate in the next stage of discussions on increasing fruit and vegetable consumption and calorie reduction.
We will continue to engage and to show how that engagement affects our strategy. As part of the Department of Health Public Health Responsibility Deal we are working with government and other stakeholders to deliver positive public health outcomes. We also continue to support Change4Life as a vehicle for encouraging people to adopt healthier lifestyles.
The public health debate and particularly the role of food and drink businesses in improving public health is complex and wide-ranging. Our starting point is that food and drink businesses can and must play a positive role as part of the solution to challenges such as obesity. Leading companies like PepsiCo have the reach, resources and marketing capabilities to influence the diets of hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. We believe there is shared responsibility to take positive action that will instigate change and that this is not only the right thing to do but also makes business sense.
Magic Breakfast – case study
We can have an influence beyond our own operations by supporting community programmes that tackle real public health challenges such as child hunger. We've worked with Magic Breakfast since 2007 to donate Quaker Oats and Tropicana orange juice to primary schools in the poorest parts of the country. Magic Breakfast aims to provide a free, nutritious breakfast to each child who would otherwise start the school day too hungry to learn – its strapline is "fuel for learning". With our support Magic Breakfast is feeding 6,000 children every day across the country including in London, Birmingham and Manchester, on the way to our target of helping 10,000 children by the end of 2012.
Please give us your comments on the 2011 Health Update and our plans for the future.
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