According to www.supplychaindive.com, PepsiCo reported that 70% of its ingredients were sustainably sourced in 2025, up from 66% in 2024 — a four percentage point increase — but will delay public disclosure of its full Scope 3 emissions metrics until late summer 2026.
Sourcing gains amid revised targets
The food and beverage multinational adjusted its sustainability program in 2025, including revising its long-term goal for sustainable ingredient sourcing. While the company originally aimed for 90% sustainable sourcing by 2030, it has not reaffirmed that target in its latest reporting. Instead, PepsiCo’s 2025 ESG Performance Metrics document confirms that 70% of ingredients met its internal definition of sustainable sourcing — defined as those constituting more than 0.01% of annual supply volume and passing a structured risk assessment process.
The PepsiCo report notes that progress reflects expanded engagement with agricultural suppliers across North America, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, particularly for key commodities including corn, potatoes, oats, and sugarcane. The company also increased direct supplier assessments by 22% year-over-year, covering over 1,400 farms and processing facilities globally.
Scope 3 emissions reporting postponed
Despite improvements in upstream sourcing, PepsiCo confirmed it will release its comprehensive Scope 3 greenhouse gas inventory later this summer — a shift from its prior commitment to publish the data by mid-July 2026. The delay follows methodological refinements to align with updated guidance from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). According to the report, the company is incorporating new data on indirect land-use change, third-party logistics emissions, and franchisee operations — categories previously excluded from its calculation boundaries.
This recalibration affects reporting across 15 categories of Scope 3 emissions, including purchased goods and services, upstream transportation, and downstream distribution. PepsiCo stated it will now disclose absolute emissions totals, intensity metrics per revenue unit, and year-over-year changes for each category — a level of granularity exceeding current CDP and SEC climate disclosure requirements.
Operational context and industry alignment
The timing of PepsiCo’s reporting adjustment coincides with broader industry recalibration. Unilever and Nestlé both delayed their 2025 Scope 3 disclosures by six to eight weeks to accommodate similar methodology updates. Meanwhile, Phil Neuffer, Lead Editor at Supply Chain Dive, noted in his analysis that “many consumer packaged goods firms are prioritizing data accuracy over calendar deadlines — especially when Scope 3 calculations involve thousands of Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers.”
From a supply chain practitioner perspective, the shift underscores growing complexity in tracking emissions across fragmented agricultural value chains. For procurement teams, it reinforces the need for digital traceability tools — such as blockchain-enabled farm-to-factory platforms and AI-powered spend analytics — to verify sustainability claims and calculate emissions footprints at scale. PepsiCo’s 2025 progress also reflects investments in agronomic support programs, which reached over 32,000 farmers across 12 countries, including Mexico, India, and Nigeria.
Source: Supply Chain Dive
Compiled from international media by the SCI.AI editorial team.
