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As of December 31, 2015, this project was implemented in more
than 150 Cambodian villages as well as in nine new villages in
Madagascar and four villages in India, giving over 340,000 people
access to drinking water.
La Laiterie du Berger, Senegal
La Laiterie du Berger is a Senegalese social business created in
2005 to help improve the situation of Fula herders by providing them
with a source of fixed income.
In Senegal, imported milk in powder form accounts for the bulk of
consumption, even though a large portion of the population lives
traditionally off livestock farming and is therefore capable of producing
milk. La Laiterie du Berger manufactures products (mainly yogurts
and “crème fraîche”) made from fresh milk collected locally from
Fula herders. These products are then sold at competitive prices on
the Senegalesemarket. The company also supplies the herders with
feed for their cattle and offers them training to improve productivity.
Isomir, France
Financed by the danone.communities FPS since 2010, Isomir SAS
(“Industrialisation Solidaire en Milieu Rural”) helps small farmers
in France developing their short food supply chain activities by
financing production facilities (poultry slaughterhouse, meat, fruit
and vegetable and milk processing) for local selling (direct sales,
canteens, etc.).
In addition, the Isomir association, which is involved in the overall
project, provides small farmers with turnkey production facilities,
advice and services to start up and launch their business (regulatory
training, technical support, marketing advice, etc.).
Naandi Community Water Services, India
Financed by the danone.communities FPS since 2010, Naandi
Community Water Services was created at the initiative of the Indian
foundation Naandi in 2006 to provide very low-cost drinking water
to village communities in India.
Water treatment and distribution systems have been installed by
NCWS in more than 400 Indian villages. Installation, maintenance
and technical operation of the systems are handled by the company's
staff but are managed directly in the villages by people who have
been specially recruited and trained.
El Alberto, Mexico
The El Alberto project, which is the result of a partnership between
the Porvenir Foundation, HOD Mexico, the Mexican government
and danone.communities, was launched in 2011. Its objective is to
give the indigenous communities of the El Alberto region of Mexico
access to clean, inexpensive water. At the end of 2015, the project
supplied drinking water to nearly 30,000 people.
NutriGo, China
The NutriGo project, implemented through a partnership with the
non-governmental organization Shanghai NPI Social Innovation
Development Center, is amajor player in social innovation and social
entrepreneurship in the People's Republic of China.
This project, which was launched in 2011, seeks to:
•
market YingYangBao, a powdered food supplement that provides
children with key nutrients (such as proteins, vitamins, iron and
calcium) in the economically disadvantaged rural areas of China
where people suffer from chronic malnutrition;
•
provide stronger nutritional education to local populations.
Development of theNutrigo project is in line with its roadmap still with
a limited geographical impact reaching approximately 5, 000 people.
Jita, Bangladesh
The FPS's latest investment, which was made in 2012, concerns
JITA, a women-operated rural distribution network for basic prod-
ucts in Bangladesh.
It is an extension of a program launched by the non-governmental
organization CARE Bangladesh in 2004 and seeks to significantly
increase the number of sales ladies working with JITA by developing
a social business model based on work already completed by CARE
Bangladesh. Its main objectives are to create job opportunities for
several thousand women living in fragile economic conditions, enable
the establishment of distribution points in rural areas and make
basic products and services available to numerous Bangladeshis.
JITA therefore seeks to promote a sustainable rural sales model
and develop a rural company network thanks to greater access to
the market and services.
Danone Ecosystem Fund (
Fonds Danone pour l'Écosystème
)
At the April 23, 2009 Shareholders' Meeting, shareholders approved
the proposed creation of the Danone Ecosystem Fund, with 98.36%
of shareholders casting ballots in favor.
Description
The fund is governed by the provisions of the French Law of August 4,
2008 and is run by a board of directors. A steering committee, com-
posed of representatives of Danone and non-Company members,
establishes the fund's major strategic guidelines, especially with
regard to priorities and resource allocation principles, as presented
by the fund's board of directors. An investment committee is re-
sponsible for making investment policy proposals to the board of
directors and ensuring follow-up action on them.
The purpose of the Danone Ecosystem Fund is to strengthen and
develop activities of public interest within the Danone ecosystem.
Together with non-profit organizations, the fund supports economic
initiatives of certain Danone stakeholders (farmers, suppliers, local
authorities, economic players located close to plants, small distrib-
utors, etc.) in order to strengthen Danone's ecosystem, promote job
creation and develop micro-entrepreneurship.