Danone

Corporate Social Responsibility

To understand Danone’s Corporate Social Responsibility (from now on CSR), we have to take into account the year 2006.

2006 marked a key stage with the formalization of Danone’s mission: “Bringing health through food to as many people as possible”. This mission requires that the Company take concrete steps with regard to the major challenges facing society today. Here are the main ones:

* Social challenges: employment, increased employability and professional skills, consideration for the local and regional areas where the Company operates and employee commitment.

* Challenges linked to products and consumers: taking nutrition and food into account as basic elements in public health policies;

* Environmental challenges: address the dilemma facing agribusiness, namely satisfying the needs of an ever- increasing number of consumers while minimizing the Group’s environmental impact.

To achieve those challenges and grow in accordance with the mission Danone decided to focus on four key areas to ensure sustained and responsible growth:

* Health: strengthening of the Group’s capacity to deliver relevant benefits with respect to nutrition and health challenges;

* For All: establishment of new economic models to bring high- quality nutritional solutions to populations with limited purchasing power in a growing number of countries;

* Nature: faster recognition of environmental impacts through reductions in the Group’s carbon footprint and water consumption;

* People: transformation of the Company as a place for the development of all employees and promoting their commitment to socially responsible programs.

Research and Development

Danone regularly conducts research in collaboration with external entities such as universities and specialized public research centers. The Group benefits from the expertise of external scientific committees on strategic themes (such as probiotics or water) and its health...