Preserving & regenerating nature

Nature

To deliver on our mission, we depend on nature. Food has a critical role to play at the forefront of many environmental threats and solutions, from climate change to biodiversity and water protection. Our ambition at Danone is to make food a solution that preserves and regenerates nature, while strenghtening farming resilience. One way we’re doing this is by setting ambitious targets, e.g., to reduce methane emissions from fresh dairy, being the first company, in 2023, to do so.

Driving climate action: cutting emissions, transforming food systems, building resilience

Driving climate action means focusing on key priorities: accurately measuring and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, transforming food systems to lower their environmental impact, and building resilience to adapt to climate challenges. These efforts are essential to fostering a sustainable and resilient future.

Driving climate action

What is regenerative agriculture?

Future-proofing our farms

At Danone, we believe that regenerative agriculture is a holistic, outcome-based approach to farming, that benefits the planet, people, and animals. Regenerative Agriculture focuses on enhancing soil health, boosting biodiversity, and conserving water resources, while promoting animal welfare and supporting farmers livelihoods through increased farm resilience and profitability. Through innovation, regenerative practices and strong partnerships, Danone aims to maximize agriculture’s positive impacts, creating sustainable and resilient farming systems.

Managing water resources

Water is a precious resource that’s central to health and our business. Through our sustainability strategy, the Danone Impact Journey, we’ve set the target of improving water access for 20 million people by 2025. We’re also developing plans to preserve and restore watersheds in high water-stressed areas where we operate by 2030, and use our 4R approach (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reclaim) in all our production sites.

Protecting water resources

Why is packaging so important?

Driving the transition to a circular and low carbon packaging system

Packaging is essential for Danone's products as it protects food and beverages, guaranteeing safe delivery to our consumers, extending shelf life and reducing food waste. It also serves as a key touchpoint for our brands, conveying important information and enhancing the consumer experience.


However, traditional linear packaging systems often result in significant waste and environmental impact, which is increasingly at odds with our sustainability goals and consumer expectations.


That’s why Danone strives to offer nutritious, high-quality food and beverages in packaging that is 100% circular and low carbon.  This means all packaging is designed to be safely reused, recycled, or composted and in a way that the materials used by Danone could stay in the economy and never become waste or pollution.

Low carbon packaging system

Limiting food loss and waste

More than a billion tons of food is wasted each year. It’s both a waste of resources, with a social and financial costs, and a contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. That's why we’ve set the goal of reducing food waste by 50% by 2030, compared to 2020 levels, in line with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal 12.3.

Cutting food waste

Sourcing sustainably

All our suppliers are required to follow Danone’s Sustainability Principles for Business Partners or our Sustainable Sourcing Policy ensuring shared standards and commitment to sourcing material and services sustainably. Suppliers are also invited to go further and co-create solutions for shared growth. Our Partner for Growth program is a key element of our Renew Danone strategy and will shape the way we engage with our suppliers in the future. By collaborating with organizations from start-ups to academic institutions, we aim to boost innovation and explore new consumer trends - all while adopting responsible and sustainable business practices.

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