Ten MENA startups selected for PepsiCo’s Greenhouse Accelerator

Ten MENA startups selected for PepsiCo’s Greenhouse Accelerator

Dubai, UAE – PepsiCo has announced the 10 companies selected for the first MENA edition of the Greenhouse Accelerator programme following a rigorous multi-stage judging process. The programme was launched in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment and formalised following the signing of an MoU between three parties – the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, the Food Tech Valley, and PepsiCo. PepsiCo also became the first multi-national company to partner with the Food Tech Valley – an initiative launched by the UAE Government to serve as a hub for future clean tech-based food and agricultural products.

A specially curated selection committee comprising high-ranking PepsiCo executives and members from the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment and Food Tech Valley ranked the start-ups across five key criteria, including sustainability alignment to PepsiCo Positive (pep+), strategic synergy with PepsiCo; scalability, relevance to MENA, and breakthrough potential.

Judges in this edition sought start-ups that are accelerating environmental sustainability in the food and beverage industry through disruptive technologies by way of sustainable packaging alternatives, reduced packaging, recycling processes, and sustainable recycling behavior modification. The Greenhouse Accelerator Program aims to push for solutions and innovations in the packaging space that