Danone Brasil
São Paulo, Brazil
February 2021
Food products
Manufacturing
Brazil
Danone is the major food and beverage industry to obtain B Corp certification in Brazil. Our products belong to categories focused on health and nutrition: Dairy, Vegetable Base, Water and Specialized Nutrition. Our vision ‘One Planet. One Health’ considers that the health of people and planet are interconnected so we aim to inspire healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking practices. We are about 4,500 employees in Brazil with a portfolio of successful brands such as Activia, Danoninho, Danone, Silk, Bonafont, Souvenaid, Milnutri, FortiFit, Nutridrink, among others. We are pioneers in using our large scale for a new, healthier and more sustainable way of doing business, promoting the food revolution and creating superior, sustainable and profitable value for all our stakeholders. Danone was the first company with shares listed on the stock exchange to adopt the status of "Mission oriented company". With the objective of bringing health through food to as many people as possible, and the corresponding social and environmental objectives established in our statutes, Danone is committed to operating in an efficient, responsible and inclusive manner, in accordance with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Overall B Impact Score
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.
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 31.3
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.
Community 20.8
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.
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.
Environment 21.5
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.
Customers 9.0
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.
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.