Danone has achieved B Corp certification across its entire global operations, a milestone for the French food group that has been a decade in the making.
The certification makes Danone one of the largest multinational companies to meet the standard, placing a new focus on the function of third-party validation in corporate sustainability and governance.
The certification covers over 200 legal entities in more than 60 countries, covering approximately 90,000 employees. This achievement is the culmination of a process that started in 2015, using a bottom-up approach to certify individual subsidiaries first.
Local business units had to prove their performance against B Lab’s criteria in areas like governance, workforce practices and environmental management. The final stage was the certification of the parent company, Danone SA, confirming all eligible entities are now covered by B Corp standards.
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