Announcements / August 01, 2009

August 01, 2009 - PepsiCo Europe Collaborates with Trestle Group Foundation to Empower Women Entrepreneurs

Bern, Switzerland – 01 August 2009 – Trestle Group Foundation today announced a new collaboration with PepsiCo Europe to provide critical “human capital” business support to high-potential women entrepreneurs in emerging economies.

The initiative is sponsored by the PepsiCo Europe Diversity & Inclusion Council and is based on the Trestle Group Foundation’s Empowering Women Entrepreneurs Partnership Program. It will identify a qualified women entrepreneur in an emerging economy and partner her with a specially selected female PepsiCo executive who will help build the skills, strategies, practices and networks needed to develop the business. By extension, the partnership also aims to support economic opportunities within the entrepreneur’s wider community by allowing her to fulfill her potential and secure long-term business success.

“At PepsiCo we firmly believe that companies are granted a license to operate from the communities in which they live and work,” said Zein Abdalla, President of PepsiCo Europe Division.

“Corporations have an obligation to the society that hosts them; we call this Performance with Purpose – achieving business and financial success while leaving a positive imprint on society. As an international company we take our duty to society very seriously, the partnership with the Trestle Group Foundation is a unique opportunity to give something back to the global community that we serve.”

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