Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: Danone’s climate policy engagement is aligned with policy pathways that can deliver the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. The company takes positive positions in its top-line messaging as well as on specific climate, circular economy, and land-use related regulations and the energy transition, engaging primarily in the EU and US.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Danone appears supportive of top-line action on climate change. On its corporate website, accessed in August 2025, the company supported greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in line with 1.5°C and recognized the need to transform food systems. Danone supported government regulation to respond to climate change by advocating for the implementation of the EU Fit for 55 Package in a joint letter published in March 2024. Danone supported the UN Paris Agreement in an April 2024 publication.
Engagement with Climate-Related Policies: Danone supports specific climate-related regulations in the US and the EU. In the US, the company supported ambitious Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards for all vehicle classes in an October 2023 joint letter.
In a joint letter published in October 2023, Danone appeared to support a 50% reduction in global GHG emissions by 2030 as well as an ambitious global renewable energy target. The company supported an ambitious EU 2040 GHG emissions reduction target of 90-95% compared to 1990 levels, in line with recommendations from the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change in a March 2024 joint letter. Danone actively supported standards to regulate methane emissions from the agricultural sector in a February 2025 joint letter to policymakers and appeared supportive of the EU Methane Strategy.
Positioning on Land Use Policy: Danone engages broadly positively with land-use related climate policy. In a March 2024 publication, Danone appeared to support the transition of consumer habits through the EU School Scheme and Framework on Sustainable Food Systems. In a February 2025 joint position paper, Danone was strongly supportive of transitioning diets, emphasizing the need to promote sustainable production and consumption of plant-based products. However, in an October 2024 LinkedIn post, CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique appeared unsupportive of changes to consumer habits by emphasizing the importance of dairy for human health.
Danone stated support for the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) in a September 2024 X statement, and advocated for the EU Commission to publish clearer guidelines to assist in its implementation. The company strongly supported the EUDR in a July 2025 joint statement, and advocated against its reopening or delay. In its 2024 CDP Disclosure Danone stated support for the US FOREST Act and the US Farm Bill.
Positioning on Circular Economy Policy: Danone engages positively on circular economy-related policy. Danone has consistently advocated for a legally binding and ambitious UN Global Plastics treaty through the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty, including in a June 2025 open letter, an October 2024 joint letter, and an August 2025 article. Danone appeared supportive of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in its 2023 Annual Report published in April 2024.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Danone has limited but broadly positive engagement with the energy transition. The company advocated for the removal of fossil fuel subsidies and strongly supported the urgent decarbonization of the power sector in CLG joint letters from May 2025 and March 2024. Danone strongly supported specific measures to transition the energy mix, advocating directly to federal policymakers to maintain the Inflation Reduction Act's climate investments, including the tax incentives toward electric vehicles, clean energy, and building electrification, in a March 2025 joint Ceres initiative.
Industry Association Governance: Danone disclosed a list of memberships to industry associations in its 2023 Policy on Advocacy document, published in December 2023. However, the company’s disclosure is limited to top-line climate statements without reference to specific climate policies. Danone also did not disclose its membership to two industry associations actively engaging on climate policy - the Sustainable Food Policy Alliance and the Asociación Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia (ANDI). The company has not publicly disclosed a review of its industry association’s alignment on climate change.
A detailed assessment of the company's review of its climate policy engagement can be found on InfluenceMap's CA100+ Investor Hub here.
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the company’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically. This summary was last updated in Q3 2025.