What do you associate Danone with? A brand of yogurt?
Yes, but which of the following facts are also true of Danone? Three are true and one is false.
- Other brands it is behind include Evian, Activia and Volvic
- It used more than 750,000 tonnes of plastic in 2021. More than it had used the previous year
- It comes consistently second after CocaCola in the table of top plastic polluters worldwide in the Brand Audit Report produced by breakfreefromplastic.org
- The company’s products are available in more than 120 countries
There is no doubt that Danone and its associated brands are responsible for a huge amount of plastic pollution and they are not doing enough about it. As a large French company, they are obliged by a “Duty of vigilance” law to publish an annual vigilance plan including mitigation and prevention measures adapted to the environmental risks of their activities. They are still using more plastic year on year and have postponed their targets dates to reduce it.
ClientEarth are on the case, taking them to court and helping to maintain pressure on them to change their ways. Speak up for our Planet is hosting a talk by ClientEarth on 18 September. Come along and ask your questions.
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- True. Think of all those plastic bottles and yogurt pots!
- True. Pretty horrifying when you think how light plastic is.
- Not true but it is in the top 10. And it has topped the Top plastic polluter ranking in Indonesia for three consecutive years
- True.
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