COMPANIES FOR
DIVERSITY
THE PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP
Eric Foss,
President and CEO
John Berisford,
Senior Vice President,
Human Resources
No. 2
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50:
What an improvement! Pepsi
Bottling went from the 25
Noteworthy Companies to No. 2
on the Top 50 in one year. How
did the company do it? Excellence
across the board in all four areas
measured, especially CEO
Commitment and Corporate
Communications.
DESCRIPTION: Pepsi Bottling Group
is the world's largest manufacturer,
seller and distributor of Pepsi-Cola
beverages. Pepsi Bottling Group was
spun off from PepsiCo (No. 10 on
The 2007 Top 50 Companies for
Diversity® list) and was incorporated
on Jan. 6, 1999.
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: CEO and
President Eric Foss chairs the diversity council (only 54 percent of Top
50 companies do this). The company has a very strong diversity council, first formed in 1999, called the
Diversity Advisory Board. Its objectives are fourfold: Build an inclusive
culture, look like the marketplace,
capture the multicultural consumers
and connect with the community.
The company donates 30 percent of
its philanthropic endeavors to multicultural organizations (the Top 50
average is 32 percent). Pepsi
Bottling Group has mandatory
diversity surveys (only 30 percent of
Top 50 companies have this).
FROM PRESIDENT AND CEO
ERIC FOSS: “Diversity is an impor-
Specialty Lists: No. 10 on the Top 10
Companies for Executive Women, No. 4 on
the Top 10 Companies for Recruitment &
Retention, No. 7 on the Top 10 Companies
for African Americans, and No. 2 on the Top
10 Companies for Latinos lists
Industry: Beverages
Main Competitors: Coca-Cola Enterprises
U.S. Headquarters: Somers, N. Y.
Number of U.S. Employees:
33,500
Annual Revenue: $12.7 billion
of Operations Outside U.S.:
30
Key Personnel: Eric Foss, president and CEO;
Barry Beracha, non-executive chairman;
John Berisford, senior vice president,
human resources; Ed Rodriguez, vice
president of diversity
tant component of our business
strategy. We know that to ensure
PBG’s continued success in the
marketplace, our company’s composition needs to reflect the diverse
customers, consumers and communities that we serve.”
FROM JOHN BERISFORD,
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN
RESOURCES: “One of our key priorities is to be a ‘destination workplace’ for the best of an increasingly
diverse work force by creating a
respectful, inclusive corporate culture. I am proud of the role all of
our employees have played in building an environment that attracts a
broad range of talent, experience
and backgrounds.”
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS: PBG
employees have completed more
than 100,000 hours of diversity
training since 2002.
