Danone is a Fortune 500 Company and one of the most successful healthy food companies in the world. Its mission is to bring health through tasty, nutritious and affordable food and beverage products to as many people as possible. Fulfilling this mission is a major contributor to Danone's continuous fast growth.

With 160 plants and around 80,000 employees, it has a presence in all five continents and over 120 countries. In 2008, Danone recorded €15.2 billion sales.

Danone enjoys leading positions on healthy food in four businesses: fresh dairy products (#1 worldwide), waters (#2 on the packaged water market), baby nutrition (#2 worldwide) and medical nutrition.

It is listed on Euronext in Paris and is ranked among the main index of social responsibility: Dow Jones Sustainability Index Stoxx and World, ASPI Eurozone and Ethibel Sustainability Index.