America’s leading beverage companies — The Coca-Cola Co., Keurig Dr Pepper and PepsiCo — announced the launch of the Every Bottle Back initiative, an effort to reduce the industry’s use of new plastic by making significant investments to improve the collection of the industry’s valuable plastic bottles so they can be made into new bottles.

Garden of Life launched a line of four ready-to-drink protein drinks.

PepsiCo Inc., Purchase, N.Y., has priced the company's first ever Green Bond. The net proceeds from the $1 billion Green Bond offering will fund a series of key initiatives to advance PepsiCo's sustainability agenda, it says. The company also announced that it has named PepsiCo leader Simon Lowden as its first chief sustainability officer. In this new role, effective immediately, Lowden will be responsible for leading PepsiCo's Sustainability Office, including the Global Sustainable Plastics team and Global Sustainable Operations team.

New York-based G Fuel Energy Formula, the official energy drink of Esports, announced the Sept. 12 launch of its new limited-edition raspberry lemonade flavor: HYPE SAUCE.

7-Eleven, Inc. introduced 7-Select Replenish, an isotonic sports drink that is free from artificial sweeteners and high-fructose corn syrup, the company says. 

REZ, a brand of Recovery Brands LLC, launched its self-titled line of restoration beverages in three flavors: Fruit Punch, Watermelon Peach and Orange Mango.

Beverage Industry provides an in-depth look into the performances and trends in the alcohol and non-alcohol categories within the last year.