🌓 Dan Bena ☀️

Honored to be one of five judges to assess the finalists in the nationwide Case Competition, which included teams from 44 Business Schools across the US, five finalists, and three winning teams.

Honored to be recognized as a Global Goals Local Hero for my advocacy in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

One of a number of people on a larger team receiving this prestigious, yearly award for activities and impact aligned with PepsiCo's Performance with Purpose vision, the brain child of Chair and CEO, Indra Nooyi.

Invited to become a founding Trustee for the New York campus of Glasgow Caledonian University.

Honored to be recognized as a "sustainability leader" to participate in this global survey of sustainability leaders with their fingers on the pulse of global trends. View last year's survey here: http://www.globescan.com/component/edocman/?view=document&id=179&Itemid=591

World-class organizations!

Honored to be recognized by @Sustainly as among the "Sustainarati"--one of the "Top Sustainability Executives on Social Media"--congratulations to my impressive co-recipients. https://sustainly.com/content/sustainarati-sustainability-executives-twitter

Water Security aims to publish papers that contribute to a better understanding of the economic, social, biophysical, technological, and institutional influencers of current and future global water security. At the same time the journal intends to stimulate debate, backed by science, with strong interdisciplinary connections. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/water-security/editorial-board

So proud to be nominated by City of Yonkers Sustainability Director, Heliana Higbie, for this award to recognize good Corporate Citizens! http://www.cityandstateny.com/reports/news/announcing-the-2016-csr-honorees-in-sustainability.html#.V6YCX1T3bCR

Selected as a judge for the Notre Dame GAIN Prize. Looking forward to judging an amazing array of submissions to help the world adapt to a climate-contrained world! Check it out:
http://gain.org/nd-gain-prize#judges

Honored to be appointed as an Honorary Professor for this prestigious university whose founding tenet is "for the common good."

http://cecp.co/events/excellence-awards/winners/1380-chairmans-award351.html
The Chairman’s Award, for companies with revenues of $20B and more, was presented to
PepsiCo for its Safe Water Access program, which prioritized clean water as a key building
block for ending world poverty. In 2010, PepsiCo announced its commitment to provide access
to safe water for 3 million people by 2015, focusing specifically on water conservation,
distribution, purification, and sanitation in… Show more

http://cecp.co/events/excellence-awards/winners/1380-chairmans-award351.html
The Chairman’s Award, for companies with revenues of $20B and more, was presented to
PepsiCo for its Safe Water Access program, which prioritized clean water as a key building
block for ending world poverty. In 2010, PepsiCo announced its commitment to provide access
to safe water for 3 million people by 2015, focusing specifically on water conservation,
distribution, purification, and sanitation in countries across the world. PepsiCo has exceeded in
its original commitment and doubled the goal to six million people by 2015.
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One of PepsiCo's highest honors for its employees, with winners selected by the Chair and CEO. Honored to have been awarded this recognition with my colleague, Silvia Cruz-Vargas! https://www.pepsicochairmansaward.com/ca/caaward.shtml

Honored to have October 24, 2014 officially proclaimed "Dan Bena Day" in New York State and in Westchester County, in recognition of the impact of which I was part in sustainable development and youth empowerment. Copies of Proclamations here: https://danielwbena.myportfolio.com/awards-recognition

I was honored to be an honoree, with my co-honoree, Andrew Malcolm (aka Santa Claus!) at the Andrus Light Up the Night Gala. So delighted and moved to have friends and family attend to recognize what little impact I have been fortunate to have for youth advocacy across the world. All of this--all of it--has been enabled by PepsiCo, and inspired by my wife's unwavering wonderment of youth that she has in her DNA! Pictures of the event here:… Show more

I was honored to be an honoree, with my co-honoree, Andrew Malcolm (aka Santa Claus!) at the Andrus Light Up the Night Gala. So delighted and moved to have friends and family attend to recognize what little impact I have been fortunate to have for youth advocacy across the world. All of this--all of it--has been enabled by PepsiCo, and inspired by my wife's unwavering wonderment of youth that she has in her DNA! Pictures of the event here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.816879688370067.1073741836.236227016435340&type=3
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PepsiCo was honored to receive the Corporate Adaptation Award from the University of Notre Dame-Global Adaptation Institute: http://news.gain.org/post/69788552187/notre-dame-global-adaptation-index-recognizes-pepsico

ND-GAIN utilizes a novel approach to aggregating science-based indicators into an index (GAIN, originally the brain child of Dr. Juan Jose Daboub, the Global Adaptation Institute's Founding CEO) that rates a country's vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and also… Show more

PepsiCo was honored to receive the Corporate Adaptation Award from the University of Notre Dame-Global Adaptation Institute: http://news.gain.org/post/69788552187/notre-dame-global-adaptation-index-recognizes-pepsico

ND-GAIN utilizes a novel approach to aggregating science-based indicators into an index (GAIN, originally the brain child of Dr. Juan Jose Daboub, the Global Adaptation Institute's Founding CEO) that rates a country's vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and also their readiness to adapt. Show less

PepsiCo was honored to receive this "Nobel Prize" of water as recognition of the company's holistic water stewardship.

PepsiCo was honored to receive this award in recognition of the company's water stewardship efforts, including innovative conservation practices at our facility in Casa Grande, Arizona.