The Black Restaurant Accelerator program will boost approximately 500 Black-owned businesses over the next five years. The PepsiCo Foundation is providing a $10 million grant to fund the program, which will provide current and aspiring Black restaurateurs with access to capital, training, mentorship, and other support services that are necessary for business success. Click here to read more.
PepsiCo reached a milestone to expand their existing two-year/trade certificate Community College Scholarship program and establish scholarship support for Black students transitioning from 2-year to 4-year programs.
PepsiCo invested $10 million to support access to education for Black and Hispanic students through the S.M.I.L.E scholarship. Click here to read more.
The company increased Black managerial representation to 8%, including adding 28 Black associates to executives ranks.
With the Pepsi Dig In initiative, $5.8 million have been dispersed to local Black-owned restaurants.
PepsiCo expanded its existing Black supplier base.
The company has committed to implementing mandatory unconscious bias training.
PepsiCo committed to expanding its recruitment efforts with Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Community Colleges.
Partnerships
National Urban League
Pepsi joined forces with the National Urban League to launch the Black Restaurant Accelerator program.
Highlights
PepsiCo uses its Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to connect communities and celebrate identity groups while helping foster innovation + growth.
Click on the video below to hear a testimony from a PepsiCO employee.
This course provides learners with a self-paced, flexible format to complete the coursework over a period of two months.** **A $50 charge will be assessed for each additional month requested to complete the course over the two-month period allotted.
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Digital badges will be awarded to learners who successfully complete the online learning course and submit their individual planning form as required.
In these workshops, learners will have access to the online course and participate in two (2) three-hour facilitated virtual sessions to help them dive deeper into the online content.
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The Facilitated Workshops require a minimum of 12 people and maximum of 24 ppl. Multiple workshopsmay be required dependent on the total number of participants.
Volume pricing may be negotiated contingent upon the TOTAL number of registrants.
In-person workshops will be scheduled contingent upon public health guidance regarding COVID-19.
Digital badges will be awarded to learners who successfully complete the online learning course andsubmit their individual planning form as required.
Using the Facilitated Workshop format as a base, this model adds small peer group sessions that serve as a space to deepen the connection among team members, where they can share and learn from individual EDI experiences.
**Pricing is for virtual workshops only. Hybrid workshop pricing will be provided on request and will include the associated travel costs.
The Peer Group Coaching Experience requires a minimum of 12 people and maximum of 24 ppl. Multipleworkshops may be required dependent on the total number of participants.
Volume pricing may be negotiated contingent upon the TOTAL number of registrants.
In-person workshops and coaching sessions will be scheduled contingent upon public health guidanceregarding COVID-19.
Digital badges will be awarded to learners who successfully complete the online learning course andsubmit their individual planning form as required.
With this course’s flexible, self-paced format, learners should be able to complete this coursework within two months**.
**A $25 charge will be assessed for each additional month requested to complete the course over the two-month period allotted.
Volume pricing may be negotiated contingent upon the TOTAL number of registrants.
Digital badges will be awarded to learners who successfully complete the online learning course and submit their individual planning form as required.
In this in-person workshop, master facilitators lead participants in exercises to learn about EDI concepts, challenge their assumptions, encourage deep listening, in addition to creating the brave spaces necessary to support individual and organizational perspective transformation.
**Pricing is for in-person workshops only; travel expenses will be billed separately. Hybrid workshop pricing will be provided on request, and will include the associated travel costs.
The two-day workshop requires a minimum of 20 people and maximum of 30 ppl. Multiple workshopsmay be required dependent on the total number of participants.
Volume pricing may be negotiated contingent upon the TOTAL number of registrants.
In-person workshops will be scheduled contingent upon public health guidance regarding COVID-19.
Digital badges will be awarded to learners who successfully complete the online learning course andsubmit their individual planning form as required.
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Developed primarily for C-Suite Executives and Board Members, this format grounds participants in foundational EDI principles and helps them reflect on their individual and collective equitable leadership frameworks and approaches.
**Pricing is for virtual workshops only. In-person workshop pricing will be provided on request, and will include the associated travel costs.
Executive Workshop requires a minimum of 12 people and maximum of 24 ppl. Multiple workshops may be required dependent on the total number of participants.
Volume pricing may be negotiated contingent upon the TOTAL number of registrants.
In-person workshop will be scheduled contingent upon public health guidance regarding COVID-19.
Digital badges will be awarded to learners who successfully complete the online learning course andsubmit their individual planning form as required.
