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    • Monday, 26 June, 2023
      Moral Money
      A long-awaited release from Emmanuel Faber’s ISSB Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, climate activists put pressure on Japanese banking giants

      Emmanuel Faber smiling
    • Monday, 22 August, 2022
      Sustainability
      The power of capital markets can be harnessed to drive the green transition

      But this requires high-quality, transparent international disclosure standards

      A photo of men in Kenya preparing their nets before fishing. The industry has been badly hit by climate change
    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      Moral Money
      Emmanuel Faber’s ISSB releases sustainability guidelines Premium content

      Plus, investors face tough calls over companies’ Russia ties as annual general meetings loom

      Protesters at a ‘Stand for Ukraine’ demonstration in Brussels last month
    • Friday, 17 December, 2021
      Moral Money
      Emmanuel Faber’s second act Premium content

      Plus, auditors under pressure and what companies want to get out of going green

      A giant Douglas fir tree is decorated with Christmas lights in Falkenstein, Germany
    • 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
    • Friday, 7 May, 2021
      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
    • 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

    • 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
      Danone SA
      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
      Danone SA
      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
      Danone SA
      Danone begins search for new chief in effort to placate activists

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

    • Friday, 19 February, 2021
      Danone SA
      Danone will restore growth through reinvention, insists boss

      Emmanuel Faber says consumer group can pivot to address activists’ concerns

    • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Danone shake-up demanded by big shareholder

      Artisan Partners and adviser Jan Bennink meet board to present ‘wish list’ of changes

    • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
      LexDanone SA
      Danone: culture club Premium content

      Cost-cutting and reorganisation are welcome, but investors want to see growth

    • Monday, 23 November, 2020
      Danone SA
      Danone to cut up to 2,000 jobs

      French food company has not benefited from pandemic in way other rivals have

    • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
      FT SeriesLeading in a crisis
      Future of work: how managers are harnessing employees’ hidden skills 

      Some businesses are applying the lessons of lockdown to introduce new ways of organising and overseeing work

    • Friday, 26 June, 2020
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Danone adopts new legal status to reflect social mission

      French food group likens change to toppling statue of free market economist Milton Friedman

    • Monday, 27 April, 2020
      The companies coping with Covid-19
      Culture war: How Danone kept making yoghurt in pandemic 

      From bored employees to train trouble in the French Alps, the manufacturer has faced new challenges

      PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 20 - 54-year-old Emmanuel Faber, CEO of Danone, poses for a photo inside the company’s headquarters on August 20, 2019 in Paris, France. Emmanuel Faber joined Danone in 1997 to head the Finance department after holding positions at Bain & Company, Baring Brothers and Legris Industries. He became a member of the Danone Executive Committee in 2000 and in 2005, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Asia-Pacific region. Emmanuel Faber has been Danone’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since December 2017. Photo by Omar Havana for Financial Times.
    • Wednesday, 26 February, 2020
      Food & Beverage
      Danone trims sales growth targets because of coronavirus

      Chief pledges to spend €2bn on efforts to reduce emissions and cut plastic packaging

      Bottles of Evian water are seen at the new Evian mineral water bottling plant, owned by Danone SA, near Evian, France, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg
    • Monday, 23 September, 2019
      FT SeriesThe Company of the Future: Profit and Purpose
      The limits of the pursuit of profit

      Companies are trying to define a broader purpose for their business but the exercise is fraught with risks

      Photomontage of company HQ
    • Saturday, 18 May, 2019
      News in-depthFood & Beverage
      Cashew foie gras? Big Food jumps on ‘plant-based’ bandwagon

      Boom in meat and dairy substitutes sets up ‘battle for the centre of the plate’

      the Incredible burger gourmet garden
    • Wednesday, 8 May, 2019
      Food & Beverage
      Danone plans to triple health food sales

      Chief says French food group wants to encourage more sustainable eating and drinking

      J00630 Shelves with Lactose-free Milk substitutes in a supermarket
    • Wednesday, 18 April, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      China’s baby boom lifts French dairy group Danone
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