Tag: Danone

Danone launches the Iron Up! program to accelerate its efforts in the fight against Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children

Stuart Mitchell

Danone announces the launch of Iron Up! the first global program of its kind set up to supercharge the company’s efforts to combat iron deficiency in children. Iron deficiency is the leading cause of anemia, a condition affecting more than 40% of children under five globally. Despite its prevalence, iron deficiency anemia remains often undetected and undertreated due to low awareness of its symptoms and causes, insufficient screening, and suboptimal nutrition. “At Danone we are convinced nutrition can make a positive, proven difference to health especially in those early years”…

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Danone is equipping 6,500 smallholder dairy farmers with biodigesters to reduce methane emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after its release. Dairy companies can play a meaningful role in reducing methane. This is because methane emissions from agriculture and livestock make up approximately 40% of global methane emissions, with dairy cattle representing an estimated 8% of these emissions. In 2023, Danone was the first food company to align with the Global Methane Pledge to reduce 30% of methane emissions from fresh milk by 2030. Since 2020,…

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Danone And Prevented Ocean Plastic Partner To Open First Major Plastic Collection Centre In Borneo, Indonesia

Stuart Mitchell

Prevented Ocean Plastic™ Southeast Asia announces the opening of its new recycled plastic aggregation centre in Samarinda, in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The centre is opening in partnership with consumer goods company Danone, through its Indonesian bottled water brand AQUA, and is part of the wider efforts of the internationally recognised Prevented Ocean Plastic™ programme. AQUA funded the centre’s construction and will be a major customer for the recycled plastic processed there. According to the National Waste Management Information System (SIPSN) in 2022, the…

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Danone And Prevented Ocean Plastic Partner To Open First Major Plastic Collection Centre In Borneo, Indonesia

Stuart Mitchell

Prevented Ocean Plastic™ Southeast Asia announces the opening of its new recycled plastic aggregation centre in Samarinda, in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The centre is opening in partnership with consumer goods company Danone, through its Indonesian bottled water brand AQUA, and is part of the wider efforts of the internationally recognised Prevented Ocean Plastic™ programme. AQUA funded the centre’s construction and will be a major customer for the recycled plastic processed there. According to the National Waste Management Information System (SIPSN) in 2022, the…

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Danone opens the next chapter of its Renew strategy, projecting the company into the future of Health and Nutrition

Stuart Mitchell

Danone’s next chapter will build on the fundamentals the company reestablished over the last 2 years: science and innovation, operational and executional discipline, and proactive portfolio management. Danone will project itself into the future of Health and Nutrition by: Gradually pivoting the way it addresses its categories – notably Protein and Gut Health; Broadening some of its business models, accelerating in Away-from-home and Medical Nutrition; Further expanding its geographic footprint. Antoine de Saint-Affrique, Chief Executive Officer, said: “The Danone of today is very different from the Danone of 2 years…

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