Danone North America

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

New York, United States

Certified Since

April 2018

Industry

Other manufacturing

Sector

Manufacturing

Operates In

United States

Danone North America is a purpose-driven company and an industry leader in the food and beverage category. As a Certified B Corporation, Danone North America is committed to the creation of both economic and social value, while nurturing natural ecosystems through regenerative farming and agriculture practices. Danone North America aims to inspire healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking practices with a strong portfolio of health-focused, fast-growing and on-trend brands including: Activia, DanActive, Danimals, Dannon, evian, Follow Your Heart, Happy Family Organics, International Delight, Light + Fit, Oikos, Silk, So Delicious Dairy Free, STōK Cold Brew Coffee, Too Good & Co., Yocream, and YoCrunch. With more than 5,000 employees and 16 production locations across the U.S. and Canada, Danone North America's long-standing mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible. For more information, visit www.danonenorthamerica.com/. Danone North America, PBC is made up of many separate & distinct subsidiaries. For efficiency we aggregated a number of these subsidiaries into the Danone U.S. B Lab report.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Danone North America earned an overall score of 98.0. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
98
98 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 18.3

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 & Engagement3.3
Ethics & Transparency4.9
+ 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 27.9

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 Security9.5
Health, Wellness, & Safety8.3
Career Development3.4
Engagement & Satisfaction6.3

Community 20.7

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, & Inclusion5.8
Economic Impact3.1
Civic Engagement & Giving4.6
Supply Chain Management7.1

Environment 26.7

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 Management6.0
Air & Climate5.9
Water2.1
Land & Life5.3
+ Resource Conservation3.1
+ Toxin Reduction / Remediation3.6

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 4.2

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 Stewardship4.2


Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2024 Overall B Impact Score98
2021 Overall B Impact Score96
2018 Overall B Impact Score84.9

Additional Documentation

Danone North America Disclosure Report

Danone North America - Subsidiaries - FAQ

Danone North America Transparent Assessments with Subsidiaries

Danone North America - Score Methodology Summary Brand List

Danone North America Disclosure Report 2021

Danone North America Transparent Assessment 2021

Danone North America Score Methodology Summary & Brand List 2021

Danone North America Disclosure Report December 2021


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