Blédina

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Certified Since

April 2019

Industry

Food products

Sector

Manufacturing

Operates In

France

Blédina is a French baby food company, part of Danone, leader in the French food market For more than 110 years, they have been meeting the nutritional needs of babies and toddlers, thanks to their employee’s unique know-how. They are convinced that their company has a role to play in the Food Revolution to reconnect people with the food they eat. It is for this reason that their mission is to offer children the best nutritional start in life. In line with their social responsibility, they support the Malin Program ‘Le Programme Malin’, since its foundation in 2012, which aims to support nutritional healthy habits for in need populations, by proposing nutritional information & reduction coupons. They are also committed to the protection of their natural resources, by advocating, for instance, a more respectful and sustainable agriculture, regenerative agriculture. They’re not just a Babyfood company; Blédina and Laboratoire Gallia’s 1500 employees are those who write the company’s history and define the world in which we all want to live tomorrow.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Blédina earned an overall score of 99.4. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
99.4
99.4 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 18.2

Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.

Mission & Engagement3.4
Ethics & Transparency4.7
+ Mission Locked10

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.


Workers 28.5

Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.

Financial Security5.8
Health, Wellness, & Safety8.5
Career Development3.1
Engagement & Satisfaction6.1

Community 18.9

Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion4.4
Economic Impact3.0
Civic Engagement & Giving3.5
Supply Chain Management7.5

Environment 25.3

Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.

Environmental Management6.6
Air & Climate5.0
Water4.7
Land & Life5.2
+ Land/wildlife Conservation2.4
+ Toxin Reduction / Remediation0.9

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.


Customers 8.4

Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.

Customer Stewardship4.9
+ Health & Wellness Improvement1.5
+ Serving in Need Populations1.8

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.



Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2022 Overall B Impact Score99.4
2019 Overall B Impact Score83.1

Additional Documentation

Blédina Transparent Assessment 2019

Comparison_ WHO Code on the Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes and Danone's Breast Milk Substitutes Policy

Blédina Breast Milk Substitute Disclosure Statement 2022

Blédina Transparent Assessment 2022


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