Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
30
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Danone
EU Transparency Register
65744846168-89 First registered on 08 Jul 2011
Goals / Remit
Danone is a leading global food and beverage company operating in three health-focused, fast-growing and on-trend categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters and Specialized Nutrition. With a long-standing mission of bringing health through food to as many people as possible, Danone aims to inspire healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking practices while committing to achieve measurable nutritional, social, societal and environment impact. With 100,000 employees, and products sold in over 120 markets, Danone generated €27.7 billion in sales in 2022. Listed on Euronext Paris and present on the OTCQX market via an American Depositary Receipt program, Danone is a component stock of leading sustainability indexes including the FTSE4Good Index Series, Bloomberg Gender Equality Index, and the Access to Nutrition Index. By 2025, Danone aims to become one of the first multinational companies to obtain global B Corp™ certification.
Main EU files targeted
Agrifood policy, Biodiversity, Circular Economy, Farm to Fork Strategy, Information to Consumers, Internal market, Nutrition labelling, Nutrition and Health Claims, Trade
Address
Head Office
Rue du Helder, 15
Paris Cedex 09 75439
FRANCEEU Office
Quai des Usines 160
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Jessica FAURE 17 Oct 2024 16 Oct 2025 Sabrina BOUGUEREAU 17 Oct 2024 16 Oct 2025 Sabrina BOUGUEREAU 28 Jul 2023 29 Jun 2024 Jessica FAURE 11 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Thomas GAUTHIER-LAFAYE 12 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Jessica FAURE 18 Oct 2022 11 Oct 2023 Thomas GAUTHIER-LAFAYE 28 Sep 2022 28 Sep 2023 Ms Clementine AGOSTA 30 Sep 2020 24 Apr 2021 Mr Francois-Xavier Vauchelle 26 Sep 2020 25 Sep 2021 Thomas GAUTHIER-LAFAYE 07 Nov 2019 31 Oct 2020 Ms Elise Boucher 11 Oct 2019 10 Oct 2020 Mr Francois-Xavier Vauchelle 26 Sep 2019 26 Sep 2020 Ms Elise Boucher 06 Oct 2018 05 Oct 2019 Thomas GAUTHIER-LAFAYE 20 Sep 2018 20 Sep 2019 Mr Francois-Xavier Vauchelle 31 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019 Mr Francois-Xavier Vauchelle 31 Aug 2017 26 Aug 2018 Ms Marie COTTE 31 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2018 Thomas GAUTHIER-LAFAYE 20 Mar 2017 11 Mar 2018 Ms Aurore LIMOGES 10 Oct 2016 21 Jul 2017 Ms Claire OLPHE-GALLIARD 13 Sep 2016 08 Nov 2016 Mr Francois-Xavier Vauchelle 05 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017 Simone CERUTI 27 Apr 2016 21 Mar 2017 Ms Claire OLPHE-GALLIARD 11 Sep 2015 09 Sep 2016 Mr Francois-Xavier Vauchelle 05 Sep 2015 02 Sep 2016 Simone CERUTI 24 Apr 2015 22 Apr 2016 Paul GIRARD 09 Oct 2014 06 Oct 2015 Mr Francois-Xavier Vauchelle 05 Sep 2014 01 Sep 2015 Simone CERUTI 27 Mar 2014 26 Mar 2015 Simone CERUTI 11 Apr 2013 10 Apr 2014 Mr Geoffrey THOMPSON 23 Nov 2011 01 Nov 2012 Annie LOCH 01 Mar 2012 01 Sep 2012 Complementary Information
Occasional ad hoc engagement of company experts included in FTE % above.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Trade associations:
AIM - European Brands Association
FoodDrinkEurope - EU Food & Drink Industries Association
EDA - European Dairy Association
NMWE - Natural Mineral Waters Europe
EFDC - European Food & Drink Council
EU Pledge
EUROPEN - European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment
SNE - Specialised Nutrition Europe
ENSA - European Plant-based Foods Association
UNESDA - Union of European Beverages Association
OP2B - One Planet Business for Biodiversity
WFA - World Federation of Advertisers
ISDI - International Special Dietary Food Industry
MNI - Medical Nutrition International Industry
SAI - Sustainable Agriculture InitiativeMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant EU ClienFarms project 39,167€ Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount edelman global advisors 50,000€ - 99,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name edelman global advisors Closed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert Group Global Gateway Business Advisory Group#E03898#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3898 #MEMBER #C#IndustryGG BAG sub-group on Health Sector#E03898/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=104596 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
EU Call to Action 2024-2029: https://www.danone.com/content/dam/corp/global/danonecom/about-us-impact/policies-and-commitments/en/2024/eu-call-to-action-2024-2029.pdf
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
30 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 24 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject Cercle des Grandes Entreprises françaises DG Climate Action Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General)
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Date 28 Sep 2023 Location Paris Subject competitiveness of the European agri-food industry, and the maintenance of sustainable economic growth DG Competition Attending - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 18 Sep 2023 Location Brussels Subject Agricultural projects in Morocco DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)
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Date 18 Sep 2023 Location Brussels Subject Global Gateway DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships Attending - Koen Doens (Director-General)
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Date 20 Jul 2023 Location Online meeting Subject EU Sanctions Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2023 Location Video-call Subject Transition towards sustainable food systems Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject Workshop on the transition towards sustainable food systems Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Oct 2022 Location online Subject To exchange on leveraging solutions to ensure food security, while maintaining sustainable growth and achieving the Green Deal objectives Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
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Date 25 Oct 2022 Location Brussels Subject Food security & sanctions DG Trade Attending - Sabine Weyand (Director-General)
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Date 24 Oct 2022 Location Brussels Subject consumers protection, corporate sustainability due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject SOTEU, energy, RepowerEU, Recovery and Resilience Facility Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location Brussels Subject VTC Meeting - Code of Conduct on responsible food business and market practices Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Annukka Ojala (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject EU Code for responsible business and marketing practices Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 May 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject EU code of conduct for responsible marketing and business practices Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Apr 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Dairy denominations Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting on the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Fabien Dell (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
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Date 04 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Green Deal and impact Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Eszter Batta (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Oct 2020 Location Virtual Subject To discuss the Biodiversity Strategy and its implementation, also the regenerative agriculture as a way to address climate change and biodiversity, as well as the circular economy. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Camilla Bursi (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
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Date 13 Oct 2020 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Sustainable food systems Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 20 Jul 2020 Location Video conference Subject Green consumption pledge Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
- Geneviève Tuts (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jun 2020 Location video conferencing Subject Consumer agenda and Green Consumption Pledges Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
- Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jun 2020 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Sustainable food systems Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Apr 2020 Location Video Conference Subject COVID crisis: exit and recovery of the agro-food ecosystem Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Valere Moutarlier (Cabinet member)
- Gaelle Garnier (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Pauline Weinzierl (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Together with DG GROW, to discuss the current challenges in food value chain notably: Retail buying alliances vs processors, Territorial Supply Constraints, Trade with China and Brexit, Sustainability Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Pauline Weinzierl (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Biodiversity Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Carmen Preising (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject Danone perspective on sustainable food systems Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Rencontres franco-allemandes d'Evian Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject Lunch Debat Grandes Entreprises Françaises - Better Regulation. Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
- Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jun 2016 Location BERL 08/304 Subject Milk sourcing strategy & future of the dairy sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU dairy markets Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)