Danone // 2020 Universal Registration Document

Social, Societal and Environmental Responsibility  DANONE UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2020 144 This section describes Danone’s commitments and achievements in the area of social, societal and environmental responsibility. All references to “OPOH” refer to the Company’s frame of action One Planet. One Health. It is organized as follows: • Information regarding extra-financial performance: • decree n° 2017-1265 of August 9, 2017 taken for the purpose of the order n°2017-1180 of July 19, 2017 as regards disclosure of non-financial information by companies; • Art. L. 22-10-10-2 of the French Commercial Code regarding “results of gender diversity in the top 10% of positions with greater responsibility”; • Art.1 no. 2017-399 referred to as the law on the duty of vigilance of parent companies and ordering companies; • Art.173 no. 2015-992 of August 17, 2015 on the energy transition for green growth. • Description of Danone’s sustainability approach through the steps of decree n°2017-1265: • Danone’s business model is described in sections 2.1 to 2.4 of this Universal Registration Document. For each of the risks and as far as possible, the following elements are highlighted: • Definitions of the identified sustainability risks; • Policies implemented to define the Company’s ambitions and commitments; • Governance and team dedicated to strategic management and operational follow-up; • Action plans implemented to deploy the commitments; • Quantitative and qualitative outcomes; • Opportunities considered as levers of actions generating positive impact. • Extra-financial performance for 2020 relies notably on: • Environmental indicators; • Social indicators; • Safety indicators; • Nutrition indicators; • Responsible procurement and human rights indicators; • Results of the Danone Way program. • More extensive information is available in: • section 2.6 Risk factors dedicated to the main risks Danone is exposed to as of the date of the release of this Universal Registration Document; • the 2020 Integrated Annual Report in which quantitative results and practices are described based on the 2030 Company Goals, and the United Nations’ Global Compact principles and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Furthermore, the Report includes a cross-reference table between the Company extra-financial performance indicators, and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) indicators.