Delivering health through food and drink
We are a leading food and drink company with a fast-growing, health-focused portfolio across Dairy & Plant-based Products, Waters and Specialised Nutrition.
OUR HEALTH-FOCUSED BUSINESS
Across Ireland and the UK, every minute on any given day, 3,600 people are eating or drinking one of our products. Ranging from household favourites to international icons, our consumer and medical nutrition brands hold market-leading positions in the categories in which we operate.
Our fresh dairy and plant-based yogurt and drink brands include Activia, Alpro and Actimel.
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We offer still, sparkling and naturally flavoured drinks for all ages. Our brands include evian and Volvic.
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We are working to meet people's specific nutritional needs throughout life. Our brands include Nutricia, Aptamil, Cow & Gate and Milupa.
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OUR PEOPLE
The driving force behind our efforts are the people in our organsation who work every day to make a difference in the world around them. We are proud to think of ourselves as a people-powered company, where everyone, at every level has a voice and a share in Danone's future. Our clear sense of purpose drives us daily to do more; together we are a force for good in the role we play through food and drink.
We believe that attracting and developing employees, who reflect the diversity of our businesses and the communities in which they operate, is vital to our success. We are focused on building a high-performing, diverse and agile team at Danone, based on each person’s unique qualities. We are also committed to offering a safe working environment, health and wellbeing programmes and professional development opportunities.
We were delighted to have been officially recognised as one of the Best Workplaces in Ireland in 2021. It was assessed through Great Place to Work’s robust ‘Trust Index©’ employee survey and a thorough ‘Culture Audit©’ assessment of our policies and practices. This award is down to the fact that at Danone Specialised Nutrition we simply have great people!
OUR COMMUNITY
We know we can achieve more together and are guided by our long-established principle of balancing economic success and social progress.
Social innovation programmes
We're proud to work with leading NGOs and charities including FoodCloud, Rosemount Family Resource Centre and Laura Lynn, and to proudly sponsor the Wexford Festival Opera.
Supporting those in need
We encourage everyone at Danone to contribute working time to our volunteering programme, which provides unlimited volunteering opportunities to our Danoners. We bring this to life with Neighbourly and Business in the Community Ireland where we match colleagues to local charities, and through our partnership at FoodCloud which sees our in-house nutritionists and dieticians support FoodCloud’s network of more than 600 charities and community groups with recipes, nutrition information and advice.
SUSTAINABILITY
We have ambitious sustainability targets and hold ourselves accountable to meet them.
As a company, Danone is committed to becoming a net zero business by 2050 and reducing carbon emissions in-line with a 1.5-degree SBTi trajectory by 2030.
Our 2030 near-term targets are fully in line with the 1.5°C pathway and have received validation from the Science Based Targets initiative. We commit to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 46.3% by 2030 from a 2020 base year.
At our Wexford Supply Point we have been working to reduce our environmental impact for over 14 years. The site sends zero waste to landfill, sources 100% renewable electricity and uses a biomass boiler powered by sustainable wood fuels sourced locally from sustainably managed forests in the South-East region. In 2023, 80% of the energy used on site was renewable. Since 2011 we have reduced our carbon emissions by 80% across Scope 1 and 2, equating to 11,800 tonnes of equivalent CO2, and have implemented a year-on-year carbon reduction programme.
Packaging
Our goal for 2025 is for every piece of packaging—from bottles to yogurt pots—to be reusable, recyclable, or compostable. We are committed to reducing plastic packaging waste and helping Ireland play its part in achieving key goals set out by the EU on this. We are proud members of Repak’s Plastics Pledge.
OUR HERITAGE
The foundations on which our business is built shape our values and company goals today. This timeline reveals the key milestones in our journey to becoming a leading business here in Ireland and worldwide.
