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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
DANONE
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2015
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Danone's new food safety policy is structured around three areas
of focus:
•
anticipation of risks related to raw materials and finished prod-
ucts through active monitoring of emerging risks, analysis of
changes in international regulatory contexts and integration of
new scientific and technical discoveries;
•
risk prevention, through the creation of and compliance with a food
safety management system that includes the very best methods,
from risk assessment (overseen by the food risk assessment
scientific platform of Danone's food safety center) to measuring
and controlling the quality of and adherence to Danone's product
specifications, as well as methods to control these risks;
•
risk management, based on incident and accident management
procedures to quickly identify any deviation from the standard
and immediately take the appropriate correctivemeasures, which
may include recalling the products involved.
Danone's food safety policy and governance are based on:
•
Danone's fundamental principles on food quality and safety (the
Danone Operating Models or DOMs), which are based on a set of
quality criteria that the actions to implement to ensure product
safety and compliance with Danone's specifications at each stage
of the distribution chain, from product design to consumption,
in all countries and at all times. Each subsidiary must use these
criteria as the basis of its quality management system and
measure the level of compliance of each control point by doing
an annual self-assessment in the DANgo management system;
•
Danone's food safety standards, including the food safety direc-
tives, food safety reference documents, integrated management
and assessment of risks, as well as Danone's specific control
models and checklists.
Governance
The team in charge of food safety, under the responsibility of its Chief
Food Safety Officer, is responsible for developing the Company's
food safety policy and for its related governance. The general food
safety policy and its related directives and reference documents
are subject to external validation and accessible to everyone via a
dedicated website.
Compliance with applicable laws and regulations and with Danone's
specific rules and commitments is the responsibility of each of the
Company's general managers. It is monitored continuously and a
report is presented to Danone's Product Compliance Committee.
Danone is also an active member of the Global Food Safety Initiative
(GFSI).
Internal management system
Danone has chosen the FSSC 22000 standard as a benchmark,
which is consistent with its requirements and recognized by the
authorities, consumers and distributors.
To ensure the implementation and alignment of the internal systems,
Danone has developed an audit guide that includesDanone's particular
requirements, which go beyond the requirements of international
standards. Danone has selected a small number of independent
certification bodies to conduct an audit that measures the most
relevant criteria. In 2015, 48 external certification audits and 77 food
safety audits were conducted internally by the Food Safety team.
Crisis management system
Danone has developed a system to notify its customers, block new
sales and recall products with complete traceability at all levels of
the distribution and marketing stage.
Each subsidiary must ensure compliance with Danone's crisis
management procedures, which are also audited on a regular basis.
Initiatives in favor of human rights
Danone takes human rights into account in its activities through its
policies, programs and initiatives, such as Danone Way, RESPECT,
WISE and Dan'Cares, and through the IUF agreements described
above.
Methodology Note
Consolidation scope and coverage
The consolidation scope consists of all Danone subsidiaries that are
fully consolidated for the preparation of the consolidated financial
statements, in other words the subsidiaries in which Danone holds,
directly or indirectly, exclusive control (see Note 2.3 to the consoli-
dated financial statements).
Nevertheless, some subsidiaries do not report all social, safety
and environmental indicators. These entities were consolidated for
financial reporting purposes as of December 31, 2015 and action
plans are planned and/or in progress to ensure the availability
and reliability of the employment, environmental and safety data
reported. They are primarily recently acquired entities, including
in particular Sirma (Waters, Turkey). Finally, the subsidiaries that
do not report certain social, safety or environmental indicators
may differ depending on the types of indicators and the coverage
scope varies according to the following categories of indicators, as
described in the sections hereafter:
•
Total Group Workforce scope;
•
Social Indicators Scope;
•
Safety Scope;
•
Production Sites Environment Scope;
•
Greenhouse Gas Scope.