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    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      LexWar in Ukraine
      Danone/Carlsberg: expropriation escalates Russia’s war on business Premium content

      The companies could take legal action but neither has much chance of a payout

    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Russian business & finance
      Kremlin oligarchs eye Carlsberg assets as Kadyrov ally takes over Danone unit

      Fear for western subsidiaries in Russia after Moscow hands food group to Chechen minister and Kovalchuks vie for Baltika

      A worker checks an automated labelling machine at the Baltika Breweries plant in St Petersburg
    • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
      Russian business & finance
      Moscow seizes Russian subsidiaries of Danone and Carlsberg’s Baltika

      First such move against western businesses since takeovers of Finland’s Fortum and Germany’s Uniper in April

      Plastic bottles of Activia prune flavored yoghurt pass along a conveyor belt on the production line in the Danone SA dairy product manufacturing plant in Lyubuchany, Russia
    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Danone expects to continue raising prices this year

      French yoghurt maker’s volumes fall as it trims product ranges as part of turnround strategy

      Danone products
    • Saturday, 21 January, 2023
      Lex
      Danone: chewing the cud over methane emissions  Premium content

      French dairy group’s reduction pledge should make a significant contribution to climate goals

      Cows leave the stable at a farm in Conteville
    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
      Danone lawsuit could be test case for new war on plastics

      Three environmental groups are suing the producer of Evian water and Activia yoghurt

      Bottles of Evian water
    • Friday, 14 October, 2022
      Danone looks to offload Russian dairy and yoghurt business

      French consumer group faces write-off of up to €1bn for unit that includes 13 factories

      An elderly customer browses dairy products, including Danone Actimel drinks, in a supermarket in Moscow
    • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
      Danone chief defends staying in Russia as he sets out strategy

      Head of French group rules out major disposals and says company has ‘a responsibility to the people we feed’

      Antoine de Saint-Affrique
    • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
      Agritech
      Ousted Danone chief Emmanuel Faber joins agritech VC Astanor

      Portfolio of sustainability champion’s new firm includes insect protein and vertical farming

      Emmanuel Faber
    • Thursday, 23 September, 2021
      Behind the Money podcast22 min listen
      Inside ESG: can businesses really marry profit and purpose?

      Danone and the good corporate citizen

    • Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
      Danone’s new chief faces tough turnround task

      Main challenge is not cost cutting but generating more revenue growth

      A Volvic mineral water plant
    • Monday, 17 May, 2021
      Danone picks Antoine de Saint-Affrique as new chief executive

      French consumer goods group looks to move beyond boardroom power struggle

      Antoine de Saint-Affrique
    • Friday, 7 May, 2021
      Emmanuel Faber
      Former Danone chief says power struggle was behind his ousting

      Emmanuel Faber points to ‘previous leaders’ wanting ‘to regain more clout’

      Emmanuel Faber, former Danone chief executive
    • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
      LexNestlé S.A.
      Nestlé: on a higher shelf than Danone Premium content

      Portfolio mix explains part of the food duo’s diverging performance

      Jars of Nescafe Gold coffee, produced by Nestlé
    • Sunday, 4 April, 2021
      John Plender
      Stakeholder capitalism must find ways to hold management to account

      The prevailing commitment to short-termist shareholder value has undermined corporate resilience

    • Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
      News in-depthHedge funds
      The little-known activist fund that helped topple Danone’s CEO

      Bluebell Capital runs just €70m in assets but has big targets in its sights

    • Sunday, 21 March, 2021
      Pilita Clark
      What the oddly uplifting Covid jab says about business life

      Few companies can easily offer meaning and purpose at work but that should not stop them from trying

    • Friday, 19 March, 2021
      John Gapper
      Bottled water should be a luxury, not a necessity

      The profits of brands such as Evian and Perrier can pay for environmental offsets

    • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Danone: a case study in the pitfalls of purpose

      CEO’s departure shows need to marry sustainability with profitability

      Portrait of Emmanuel Faber
    • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
      The fall from favour of Danone’s purpose-driven chief

      Ousting of Emmanuel Faber underlines challenge of pursing profits and ESG goals

    • Tuesday, 16 March, 2021
      Due Diligence
      Culture wars: Danone board sours on CEO after activist pressure Premium content

      Emmanuel Faber’s ouster exposes the fine line between progressivism and appeasing shareholders

    • Monday, 15 March, 2021
      Lex
      Danone: interim management with a mission Premium content

      The French yoghurt maker’s new boss will have much to unpick

    • Monday, 15 March, 2021
      Danone board ousts Emmanuel Faber as chief and chairman

      Activist investors have been attacking the French consumer group since January

      Emmanuel Faber
    • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
      Lex
      Danone: half measures Premium content

      Accountability, sustainability and diversity are increasingly — and rightly — sought by big investors

    • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
      Danone begins search for new chief in effort to placate activists

      Emmanuel Faber will stay on as chairman despite investors calling for his departure

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