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One Action is a podcast by PepsiCo highlighting expert voices & stories of impact from the sustainability food system in the MENA region. Each week, Rona Halabi chats with entrepreneurs, scientists and creatives who are addressing a specific problem with an action. This is part of PepsiCo’s strategic end-to-end transformation framework, PepsiCo Positive. pep+ focuses on three pillars — positive agriculture, positive value chain and positive choices.

Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2023, featuring thought-leaders including Firas Wahbeh, Haifa Al Kaylani and Dr. Nabil Alyousuf

Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2023, featuring thought-leaders including Firas Wahbeh, Haifa Al Kaylani and Dr. Nabil Alyousuf

This week, we’re bringing you a special episode from Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2023, where we spoke to thought leaders about our collective journey to creating a COP of action. One Action: Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2023 0:00 / 0:00 1× On the episode, you’ll hear from

Advancing sustainability of food systems by reducing their water footprint, with Dr. Mark Tester

Advancing sustainability of food systems by reducing their water footprint, with Dr. Mark Tester

We’re joined this week by Dr. Mark Tester, Professor of plant science and associate director at the Center for Desert Agriculture at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology. He’s also the co-founder of Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, where they focus on reducing the water footprint to

Why 2023 could be the year for recycling in MENA, with Rabih El Chaar

Why 2023 could be the year for recycling in MENA, with Rabih El Chaar

Rabih El Chaar joins us on the show to talk about Nadeera, the UAE-based social enterprise that won the first edition of the PepsiCo MENA Greenhouse Accelerator Program in 2022. Rabih shares how they‘ve reached a milestone of 100 tonnes of waste saved from landfills, and why 2023 could

Athletes’ responsibility towards the environment, with Nelly Attar

Athletes’ responsibility towards the environment, with Nelly Attar

Nelly Attar is the first Arab woman to summit K2, and has scaled 14 peaks across the world, including Mount Everest. She started out as a mental health professional, and later found her purpose in sports & physical fitness. One Action: Nelly Attar 0:00 / 0:00 1×

How Manhat is producing water without electricity, with Dr. Saeed Alhassan

How Manhat is producing water without electricity, with Dr. Saeed Alhassan

Dr. Saeed Alhassan joins us on the show to talk about Manhat, his deep-tech startup focusing on natural water distillation without the use of electricity, and their evolution to floating farm solutions to improve water and food security. One Action: Dr. Saeed Alhassan 0:00 / 0:00 1×

Sustainable agriculture practices with Yazen Al Kodmani

Sustainable agriculture practices with Yazen Al Kodmani

Yazen Kodmani joins us on the show to talk about what organic farming really means, how Emirates Bio Farm is leading the organic & sustainable farming movement in the UAE, the impact on the environment, and their effort to reduce plastic packaging along the food chain. One Action by PepsiCo: Yazen

Introducing: One Action by PepsiCo

Introducing: One Action by PepsiCo

One Action will highlight contributors to the sustainability ecosystem across the MENA region—entrepreneurs, scientists & creatives who are addressing a specific problem with an action. As a company, PepsiCo wants to inspire positive change for the planet and people. This is part of our strategic end-to-end transformation framework, PepsiCo positive.