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Social, societal and environmental responsibility
5.2 Information concerning Danone's social, societal and environmental performance in compliance with the Grenelle II law
DANONE
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2015
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Number of training hours/Number of employees
trained/Percentage of employees trained/Number
of training hours per employee
The training data of the French subsidiaries includes training cat-
egorized as ongoing professional training as well as other types
of training.
The number of trained employees takes into account all employees
who received at least one training course during the year, including
those who were no longer employed as of December 31, 2015.
The number of training hours takes into account all courses lasting
an hour or longer during the year, including hours of training received
by those who were no longer employed as of December 31, 2015.
Training courses for which evidence is not received by the reporting
closing date are included in the following fiscal year.
The percentage of trained employees is equal to the ratio of the
number of trained employees to the total average workforce.
The number of training hours per employee is equal to the ratio of
the number of training hours to the total average workforce.
Employees with disabilities
This indicator covers employees declared as disabled workers. The
status of disabled person is defined by the local regulations of the
various countries. In addition, due to local regulatory specificities,
certain countries take into account both externally documented
disability recognition and disability recognized internally by the
on-site occupational physician.
Absenteeism
The absenteeismrate is expressed, in percentage, as the total number
of hours of absence divided by the total number of theoretical hours
worked. The reasons for absence taken into account for this indicator
include sick leave (with or without hospitalization), absences due
to work work-related illness and injury, absences due to strikes
and unauthorized absences. Absences due to maternity/paternity
leave, other authorized leave and long-term absences (more than
nine months) are not taken into account.
The assumptions used to calculate the theoretical hours worked is
left to the discretion of the subsidiaries based on local specificities,
which can lead to minor discrepancies.
Some subsidiaries monitor absenteeism only for employees who
are paid on an hourly basis, while other employees are included in
a program under which they receive a number of days that can be
used for various reasons (vacation, sickness, special leave, etc.).
Such is the case in particular for The Dannon Company Inc. (Fresh
Dairy Products, United States), Danone Inc. (Fresh Dairy Products,
Canada), Danone Argentina SA (Fresh Dairy Products, Argentina),
Grupo Cuzco International S de RL de CV (Waters, Mexico) and PT
Sarihusada Generasi Mahardhika (Early Life Nutrition, Indonesia),
whose absenteeism rate for employees not paid on an hourly ba-
sis is estimated. Lastly, absenteeism is not recorded at Danone's
subsidiaries in the Netherlands.
Given the limited availability of data in certain countries, Danone
made estimates for this indicator as of December 31, 2015.
Frequency rates of work accidents
The frequency rate of workplace accidents with lost time (FR1)
represents the number of workplace accidents with lost time of one
day or more that occur over a 12-month period for every 1 million
hours worked.
The frequency rate of workplace accidents without lost time (FR2)
represents the number of workplace accidents without lost time
for every 1 million hours worked.
The severity rate (SR) represents the number of calendar days
of absence due to workplace accidents with lost time for every
1,000 hours worked. Regarding the number of lost days taken into
account in the calculation of the severity rate and given the limited
availability of data in certain countries, Danone made estimates for
this indicator as of December 31, 2015.
The hours worked are actual hours worked; by default, theoretical
hours worked are taken into account based on local practices and
regulations regarding working time.
The assumptions used to calculate the theoretical hours worked is
left to the discretion of the subsidiaries based on local specificities,
which can lead to minor discrepancies.
Workplace accident indicators also cover accidents affecting
temporary employees working at the sites as well as interns who
have an internship agreement with Danone. Temporary employ-
ees are individuals who do not have a contract with Danone but
are under the Group's management, work on a temporary basis
and for whom working time is available (in number of hours); this
can create discrepancies in the scope of the workforce taken into
account by the sites.
Production
The production of Danone's industrial sites is the total production
of finished and semi-finished products of each of the sites. As some
semi-finished products are used as ingredients at other Group
plants, the total production of the industrial sites is greater than
Danone's total production.
Waste
In 2015, waste was classified into four categories (hazardous waste,
non-hazardous organic waste, non-hazardous inorganic waste and
sludge from water treatment facilities).
Since 2014, the “Volume of sludge from wastewater treatment fa-
cilities” indicator has been taken into account at all sites that have
on-site wastewater treatment (complete and partial) and generate
sludge. This indicator is calculated based on the quantity of wet
sludge and a rate of dry material. When the rate of dry material
was not available (approximately 8% of cases), the default value
was set at 100%.
Consolidated data related to waste does not include (i) product
returns (non-compliant raw materials rejected/unsold due to
commercial problems), and (ii) whey, a by-product normally reused
by a third party.
Data related to waste recovery includes materials recovery (recy-
cling, composting, reuse, etc.) and energy recovery.
Water consumption
Consumption of well water or surface water may be estimated
when sites do not have meters. The definitions and the method
of accounting for various uses of water (including run-off, water
pumped from and discharged into streams) are specified in the
technical environmental guide prepared by Danone and provided
to its subsidiaries. Water consumption includes water used for the
industrial processes and in finished product formulation.
The calculation method used by Danone entails taking into account
the water used in open cooling circuits (water pumped and discharged
into the environment without any modification except temperature).
When logistics centers are located adjacent to industrial sites,
their water consumption is taken into account if the site is unable
to subtract their consumption.