Danone

Every business must step up to the challenges ahead by putting purpose at their heart

Management

Every business must step up to the challenges ahead by putting purpose at their heart

Danone's Richard Hall explains why the firm is supporting the call for the UK government to make every company legally responsible for ensuring they genuinely benefit the environment as well as shareholders

clock 19 April 2022 • 3 min read
Net Zero Culture: Emmanuel Faber on embedding sustainability at the heart of business

Management

Net Zero Culture: Emmanuel Faber on embedding sustainability at the heart of business

VIDEO: Former Danone CEO chats to BusinessGreen's Michael Holder about how he drove sustainable thinking throughout French multinational's products, processes, and business culture

clock 22 December 2021 • 1 min read
Are Europe's biggest meat and dairy firms enjoying 'impunity' over their climate impact?

Supply chain

Are Europe's biggest meat and dairy firms enjoying 'impunity' over their climate impact?

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy study warns the 'climate footprint of Europe's big meat and dairy companies rival the fossil fuel giants'

clock 14 December 2021 • 5 min read
Palm oil in top brands' products linked to rainforest destruction in Papua New Guinea, investigation finds

Supply chain

Palm oil in top brands' products linked to rainforest destruction in Papua New Guinea, investigation finds

Global Witness investigation finds slew of big brands and global financiers are directly or indirectly linked to human rights abuses and destruction of critical carbon sinks in Papua New Guinea

clock 08 October 2021 • 4 min read

Biodiversity

Net Zero Nature: Expanded speaker line-up confirmed for inaugural summit

Sir Partha Dasgupta, Tony Juniper, and Rhian-Mari Thomas among stellar line-up for crucial event exploring the role of nature in the net zero transition

clock 06 April 2021 • 2 min read

Policy

'The time has come': Leading corporates call for acceleration of 'purpose-first economy'

Bosses from L’Oréal, Danone, Mastercard and Phillips pledge to help build an economic system where planet and society can 'thrive for generations to come’ in open letter

clock 11 August 2020 • 3 min read

Supply chain

Can animal-based agriculture ever be truly sustainable?

A major new report from the Environmental Defense Fund asks some challenging questions about the limited progress the agricultural sector has made in tackling its out-sized climate and biodiversity impacts - and offers some invaluable guidance on how...

clock 07 August 2020 • 6 min read

Net Zero Now

Transform to Net Zero: Microsoft, Nike, Starbucks and others launch corporate climate alliance

Danone, Unilever, Mercedes-Benz, Maersk, Wipro and Natura & Co among founding members of corporate drive to share expertise in setting science-based climate targets

clock 21 July 2020 • 2 min read

Biodiversity

Danone's Eric Soubeiran on regenerative farming and fixing the 'broken' food system

Vice-president of nature and water cycle Eric Soubeiran sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the French food giant's plans to move away from intensive farming practices in the pandemic era

clock 15 July 2020 • 8 min read

Management

Evian serves up carbon neutral certification

French firm says it has achieved goal set at Paris climate conference through offsetting and significant carbon reduction efforts across its design, production, shipping, and recycling operations

clock 20 April 2020 • 2 min read