Danone recognized for the second year in a row as global
environmental leader with triple ‘A’ score given by CDP
Press release – Paris, December 8th, 2020
Danone recognized for the second year in
a rowas global environmental leader with triple
‘A’ score given by CDP
Danone today announces that it has been
highlighted for the second year in a row as a world environmental
leader by the international non-profit organization CDP, whose
disclosure and scoring system is recognized as the gold standard of
corporate environmental transparency.
Out of the 5,800+ companies scored in 2020,
Danone is one of the only 10 companies that achieved a
place on the A List for the three environmental areas
covered by CDP of climate change, forests preservation and water
security.
Since its first voluntary environmental disclose
to CDP in 2010, Danone has gradually increased its score to reach
the Triple ‘A’ list last year for the first time. Being included
this year again in these three prestigious lists is a great
recognition of Danone’s ambitious and longstanding actions to build
a low carbon economy, protect natural resources and increase its
brands’ transparency.
Henri Bruxelles, Chief
Operating Officer End-to-End Design-to-Delivery, declared:
“For the second year in a row, Danone is recognized as a ‘Triple A
company’ by the CDP. This is an important milestone and achievement
that confirms how our ‘One Planet. One Health’ frame of action and
our strategy to focus on grounded and local impact have turned into
a deep transformation agenda with major steps taken by our business
and brands in 2020: evian and Volvic became carbon neutral from the
source to the consumers; the US organic milk leader Horizon Organic
set the ambition to become carbon positive in 5 years; Karicare
also embarked in a neutrality journey. We launched ‘We Act for
Water’ movement, a set of urgent actions to foster the protection
and access to water resources. And we created the first ever
segregated Palm-Oil supply chain in the U.S. as part as our
commitment to eliminate deforestation. I would like to thank all
our teams for their dedication and passion in transforming our
value chain, inventing a low carbon economy and protecting natural
resources. Transparency is crucial to reinforce consumers’ trust in
our brands and to provide the financial community with the right
tools to assess the resilience and impact of our business
models”.
Paul Simpson, CEO of CDP, said:
“We extend our congratulations to all the companies on this year’s
A List. Taking the lead on environmental transparency and action is
one of the most important steps businesses can make,
and is even more impressive in this challenging year marked by
COVID-19. The scale of the risk to businesses from climate change,
deforestation and water insecurity is enormous, and we know the
opportunities of action far outweigh the risks of inaction.
Leadership from the private sector will create an ‘ambition
loop’ for greater government action and ensure that global
ambitions for a net zero sustainable economy become a reality. Our
A List celebrates those companies who are preparing themselves to
excel in the economy of the future by taking
action today.”
The full methodology and criteria for the A List
is available on CDP’s website at:
https://www.cdp.net/en/companies/companies-scores.
Danone’s recent natural resources protection and climate
achievements and ambitions:
- evian and volvic carbon neutral certification from source to
consumer
- Wexford’s baby-formula facility carbon neutral certification
(which produces leading brands like Aptamil, Cow & Gate and
Nutrilon for consumers in 41 countries around the world).
- Karicare announcement to become the first milk formula brand in
Australia and New Zealand to achieve carbon neutrality by
2030.
- Horizon Organic ambition to become Carbon Positive by
2025.
- Reach its full scope carbon emissions peak in 2019, five years
ahead of its original plan and commitment and one year prior to the
1.5°C Science-Based Targets commitment. Going forward, its GHG
emissions in absolute levels are set to decrease.
- Creation alongside two traders of the first ever Segregated
Palm-Oil supply Chain in the U.S. as part of its commitment to
eliminating deforestation.
- Publication of its Water Policy in order to act to preserve and
restore water resources, today and for future generations
- Launch of ‘WeActForWater’ by Danone Water brands, a set of
urgent actions, ambitious objectives, and new investments, deployed
by Danone’s iconic water brands, including evian, Volvic, AQUA and
Bonafont, it focuses on responsible packaging, climate neutrality,
watershed preservation and access to safe drinking water.
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About Danone
(www.danone.com)
Danone is a leading multi-local food and
beverage company building on health-focused and fast-growing
categories in 3 businesses: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based
products, Waters and Specialized Nutrition. With its ‘One Planet.
One Health’ frame of action, which considers the health of people
and the planet as intimately interconnected, Danone aims to inspire
healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking practices. To
accelerate this food revolution and create superior, sustainable,
profitable value for all its stakeholders, Danone has defined nine
2030 Goals, and paved the way as the first listed company to adopt
the “Entreprise à Mission” status in France. With a purpose to
bring health through food to as many people as possible, and
corresponding social, societal and environmental objectives set out
in its articles of association, Danone commits to operating in an
efficient, responsible and inclusive manner, in line with the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. By
2025, Danone aims to become one of the first multinational
companies to obtain B Corp™ certification. With more than 100,000
employees, and products sold in over 120 markets, Danone generated
€25.3 billion in sales in 2019. Danone’s portfolio includes leading
international brands (Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Aptamil, Danette,
Danio, Danonino, evian, Nutricia, Nutrilon, Volvic, among others)
as well as strong local and regional brands (including AQUA,
Blédina, Bonafont, Cow & Gate, Horizon Organic, Mizone, Oikos,
Prostokvashino, Silk, Vega). Listed on Euronext Paris and present
on the OTCQX market via an ADR (American Depositary Receipt)
program, Danone is a component stock of leading sustainability
indexes including the ones managed by Vigeo Eiris and
Sustainalytics, as well as the Ethibel Sustainability Index, the
MSCI ESG Indexes, the FTSE4Good Index Series, Bloomberg Gender
Equality Index, and the Access to Nutrition Index.
About CDP CDP is a global
non-profit that drives companies and governments to reduce their
greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect
forests. Voted number one climate research provider by investors
and working with institutional investors with assets of US$106
trillion, we leverage investor and buyer power to motivate
companies to disclose and manage their environmental impacts. Over
9,600 companies with over 50% of global market capitalization
disclosed environmental data through CDP in 2020. This is in
addition to the hundreds of cities, states and regions who
disclosed, making CDP’s platform one of the richest sources of
information globally on how companies and governments are driving
environmental change. CDP is a founding member of the We Mean
Business Coalition. Visit https://cdp.net/en or follow us
@CDP to find out more.
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