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Social, societal and environmental responsibility
5.2 Information concerning Danone's social, societal and environmental performance in compliance with the Grenelle II law
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in Russia, at the Chekhov plant in the Fresh Dairy Products
Division, a methane digester was brought online in June 2013 to
recover treatment plant sludge and produce biogas. The energy
produced represents 7% of the thermal energy used at the site;
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in Indonesia, the Subang site, which produces 1.2 billion liters of
water per year, uses 100%biofuel purchased for its thermal energy.
At all the Divisions, thermal energy from renewable sources pro-
duced and used on-site represents 4% of the total thermal energy
consumed by Danone.
Purchase of electricity specifically generated from 100%
renewable sources
Each subsidiary is responsible for choosing its energy mix. In 2015,
nine industrial sites purchased electricity from 100% renewable
sources (wind power, hydropower, etc.). This represents 4% of
Danone's total electricity purchases.
For example, 100% of the electricity used by the Spanish plants of
the Fresh Dairy Products and Waters Divisions comes from 100%
renewable sources.
Soil use
In 2012, Danone commissioned a study by Bio Intelligence Service to
estimate the overall soil use related to its direct and indirect activities.
This study showed that indirect activities (upstreamagriculture) use
more than 98% of the estimated surface area (3 million hectares).
Soil use issues are also taken into account in the sustainable ag-
riculture approach.
Climate change
Greenhouse gas emissions
Danone applies two methodologies for measuring greenhouse gas
emissions:
•
a “product” approach based on a product and packaging life cycle
analysis, which takes into account emissions at each stage: raw
materials (including milk and upstream agriculture), packaging,
production, logistics, warehousing, sale and products and pack-
aging end of life. This method makes it possible to identify the
most significant means of reducing emissions;
•
an “organization” approach that calculates greenhouse gas
emissions generated by production activities and therefore a
smaller scope than for the “product” approach, in compliance
with the regulatory requirements of Article 75 of the “Grenelle
II” law, which categorizes direct scope 1 emissions and indirect
scope 2 emissions (see
Greenhouse gas emissions by organization
hereafter).
Greenhouse gas emissions through product lifecycle analysis
Measuring the carbon footprint
Danone has developed and deployed a carbon footprint measurement
tool based on product lifecycle analysis (Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Scope, see
Methodology Note
) at most of its subsidiaries. This tool
was successfully integrated into Danone's information systems
thanks to a solution jointly developed with software developer SAP.
The goal is to allow the subsidiaries that have this module to monitor
their carbon emissions within their direct scope of activity, as well
as the emissions of their suppliers and customers.
Reducing the carbon footprint: goals and results
For the direct responsibility scope
In 2008, Danone set the goal of reducing its carbon intensity by 30%
by 2012 – a goal that it has exceeded – wherever Danone exercises
direct responsibility (production sites, packaging and end of life,
transport and warehousing, excluding upstream agriculture). A
specific strategy and priorities have been set for each sub-part
of the supply chain. In 2013, Danone reaffirmed its commitment
by setting a goal of a 50% reduction of its carbon intensity (for the
same base year and scope) by 2020.
The reduction from 2008 through end-2015 was 46.4% (on a like-
for-like basis).
(in gr CO
2
/kg)
304.4
gr CO
2
/kg
2007
-12.8
Change in
emissions factors
Organic decrease = 46.4%
-35.5
Product and
geographical mix
effect
-93.0
Reduction action
plans
+23.1
Scope
+29.1
Change in
measurement
method and others
215.5
gr CO
2
/kg
2015
The most meaningful actions for reducing emissions are energy conservation measures at the plants, reduction of packaging and
optimization of logistics supply routes.