CONCRETELY,
WHAT ARE WE ASKING OF DANONE?
After a formal notice letter sent to Danone, Surfrider Foundation, ClientEarth and Zero Waste France have decided to take the action further.
Companies, as major users of plastic for their packaging, and more broadly for the proper functioning of their activities, and as prescribers of good practices to their partners, have an essential role to play in reducing the risks associated with plastic.
Plastic
is everywhere !
Did you know?
Plastic:
Environmental and health risks
Despite the environmental urgency, DANONE’s response is not good enough
Why
DANONE?
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THE AMOUNT OF PLASTIC USED FOR PACKAGING IS INCREASING
750,994 tonnes of plastic were produced in 2021 compared to716,500 tonnes in 2020
750,994 tonnes of plastic were produced in 2021 compared to716,500 tonnes in 2020
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AN UNSATISFACTORY VIGILANCE PLAN
It’s 2021 vigilance plan does not mention the use of plastic. By remaining silent on plastic in its vigilance plan, we believe Danone’s does not meet its legal obligations.
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A limited impact strategy
Danone mainly relies on recycling of its plastic packaging - to the detriment of suppression & reduction actions. Unfortunately, incorporating recycled plastic into an item does not prevent that item from reaching the ocean, nor does it reduce health risks to zero.
Number 1 polluter in Indonesia in 2022
Key emerging market of Danone, where it generates 6% of its income, Indonesia is hit hard by the company's lack of ambition.
WHAT ARE WE REALLY ASKING OF Danone?
As in September, we ask that Danone complies with the law on the duty of vigilance.
In it’s vigilance plan, we are asking Danone to provide a complete assessment of its plastic footprint, including plastics used in producing the products it sells, plastics used in logistics, transport and promotions and in plastic packaging.
This assessment should include a summary of all plastics used by the company in all its production activities. We also ask for a deplastification trajectory based on the assessment, which needs to be adapted to the urgency. This deplastification trajectory must be ambitious and specify the means of action of Danone to achieve it.
Urgent quantified and dated objectives are necessary to enable a real commitment to plastic reduction.
