{"id":5512,"date":"2025-02-24T03:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T08:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=5512"},"modified":"2025-02-24T03:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T08:46:36","slug":"danone-finalises-plastic-vigilance-plan-with-ngos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=5512","title":{"rendered":"Danone finalises plastic vigilance plan with NGOs"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The agreement resolves the legal dispute that began in January 2023. Credit: ricochet64 via Shutterstock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

French food company Danone has reached an agreement with environmental nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) ClientEarth, Surfrider Foundation Europe, and Zero Waste France, concluding the legal proceedings initiated against the company regarding its approach to plastic packaging.<\/p>\n

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The mediation, ordered by the Judicial Court of Paris, has led to a reinforced vigilance plan that addresses the impact of plastic usage.<\/p>\n

The agreement resolves the dispute that began in January 2023.<\/p>\n

Danone\u2019s enhanced plan provides a detailed account of the implications associated with the use of plastic packaging.<\/p>\n

It also outlines the company\u2019s commitment to a series of actions aimed at managing plastic packaging through reduction, reuse, recycling, and recovery efforts.<\/p>\n

Danone\u2019s revised strategy aligns with the company\u2019s objectives as a Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 Mission, a French legal status that requires companies to set social and environmental goals alongside their economic targets.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Danone said: \u201cDanone is delighted to have taken part in an open and transparent discussion with the three NGOs and emphasises how the dialogue has been beneficial and conducive to tackling the complex challenges that require a uniting of all the actors\u2019 and stakeholders\u2019 strengths.<\/p>\n

\u201cDanone will continue to act with determination to encourage collective mobilisation of all players, both private and public sector, without whom it is impossible to remove the systemic obstacles (technical, regulatory, financial, etc) that are holding back the emergence of a circular economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In September last year, Prevented Ocean Plastic Southeast Asia, in partnership with Danone, opened a \u2018high-capacity\u2019 plastic collection centre<\/a> in Samarinda, Indonesia.<\/p>\n

This facility was the ninth established by Prevented Ocean Plastic, part of its goal to open 25 centres globally by 2025.<\/p>\n

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