Labor & Employment

PepsiCo is named to 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Index and releases its Corporate Sustainability Report and Global Reporting Initiative report.

The former Unilever executive brings extensive experience in business operations, change management, IT and systems implementations, in addition to deep CPG experience.

The candidate will succeed CFO Tim McLevish in Q1 2014, and brings a wealth of consumer packaged goods experience, having worked for nearly 20 years at Procter & Gamble.

The new SVP will work to build the company's capabilities across strategy, market stabilization, innovation and growth.

With the retirement of Pradeep Pant at year-end, Mondelez names a new candidate for Asia Pacific and EEMEA, as well as a new EVP and President, Europe.

In this new role, Paul Norman will be responsible for helping develop Kellogg Companys long-term category strategies, including driving scalable, consumer-driven brand-building and breakthrough innovation.

Unilever announces the opening of a new ice cream factory in Konya, Turkey; following an investment of over 95 million.

Nearly 1,500 government officials and suppliers convened at the recentWalmart U.S. Manufacturing Summitto advance American renewal in manufacturing. The event underscored Walmarts commitment to buy an additional $50 billion in U.S.-made productsover the next 10 years and featured announcements from suppliers that, combined, are expected to create more than 1,000 domestic jobs.