Danone: Former IUF General Secretary Ron Oswald joins Danone’s Mission Committee
03 Maggio 2021 - 6:34PM
Danone: Former IUF General Secretary Ron Oswald joins Danone’s
Mission Committee
Press release – Paris, May 3, 2021
Former
IUF1 General
Secretary Ron Oswaldjoins
Danone’s Mission Committee
One year ago, Danone became an Entreprise à
Mission – a purpose-driven company. This new status is a new step
in the pursuit of a model of sustainable value creation for all
stakeholders: employees, partners, shareholders, and many more. An
independent Mission Committee has been formed and tasked with
reviewing and challenging the Company’s roadmap and progress
particularly on subjects such as health & nutrition, water,
agriculture, biodiversity, packaging, social innovation, people and
social matters.
Ron Oswald’s appointment will allow the Mission
Committee to benefit from the insights and experience of one of the
most prominent figures in the international trade union
movement.
Pascal Lamy, Mission
Committee Chair,
said:
“On behalf of the entire Committee, which I am
proud to lead, I want to extend a warm welcome to Ron. We have just
released our first report, which shows how much work we have ahead
of us and just how vital that work is. We are eager to put Ron’s
experience and clear vision behind our quest to achieve Danone’s
pioneering commitments.”
Ron Oswald joined the International Union of
Food Workers (IUF) in 1987. He was elected General Secretary in
1997 and served in that capacity until 2017. IUF is a global union
federation representing over ten million food workers around the
world in 423 independent, democratic unions spanning 127 countries.
Under his leadership, IUF set the standard for trade union
negotiations among the sector’s largest global companies, promoting
constant, determined dialog between their management teams and
IUF.
Ron Oswald
said:
“Having been involved as a representative of
Danone's international trade union counterpart, the IUF, for 30
years, I am honoured to join this pioneering governance initiative
as a member of the Mission Committee. Over the years, I have
witnessed Danone's effort to remain faithful to its dual economic
and social project and now to its new governance model as a
purpose-driven company. I am also deeply humbled to join a group of
such committed and distinguished fellow Committee members.”
Ron also continues to serve as a senior adviser
to IUF and is a major figure in the global trade union movement,
heading up work on human rights issues at multinational food and
beverage companies.
About Danone (www.danone.com) Danone is a
leading multi-local food and beverage company building on
health-focused and fast-growing categories in 3 businesses:
Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters and Specialized
Nutrition. With its ‘One Planet. One Health’ frame of action, which
considers the health of people and the planet as intimately
interconnected, Danone aims to inspire healthier and more
sustainable eating and drinking practices. To accelerate this food
revolution and create superior, sustainable, profitable value for
all its stakeholders, Danone has defined nine 2030 Goals, and paved
the way as the first listed company to adopt the “Entreprise à
Mission” status in France. With a purpose to bring health through
food to as many people as possible, and corresponding social,
societal and environmental objectives set out in its articles of
association, Danone commits to operating in an efficient,
responsible and inclusive manner, in line with the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. By 2025, Danone
aims to become one of the first multinational companies to obtain B
Corp™ certification. With more than 100,000 employees, and products
sold in over 120 markets, Danone generated €23.6 billion in sales
in 2020. Danone’s portfolio includes leading international brands
(Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Aptamil, Danette, Danio, Danonino, evian,
Nutricia, Nutrilon, Volvic, among others) as well as strong local
and regional brands (including AQUA, Blédina, Bonafont, Cow &
Gate, Horizon Organic, Mizone, Oikos, Prostokvashino, Silk, Vega).
Listed on Euronext Paris and present on the OTCQX market via an ADR
(American Depositary Receipt) program, Danone is a component stock
of leading sustainability indexes including the ones managed by
Vigeo Eiris and Sustainalytics, as well as the Ethibel
Sustainability Index, the MSCI ESG Indexes, the FTSE4Good Index
Series, Bloomberg Gender Equality Index, and the Access to
Nutrition Index.
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