Best things to learn about d.c and its projects ).( News #4
danone.communities enlarged its impact through 10 projects in 2011.
danone.communities is currently working on 10 projects around the world, in Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Mexico, France, Senegal, China … and has invested in 8 of them. Indeed in 2012, danone.communities should have more impact thanks to 2 new investments (to be announced soon), in China and Bangladesh. Learn more about the project in China here.
Today, more than 900 000 people are impacted by danone.communities’ projects. See the world map of our projects here!
The SICAV danone.communities is 70 M€, which 20M€ are invested by Danoners and LCL’s network (LCL : French bank). To learn more about the SICAV and its new label ISR Novethic, click here.
Besides our projects, a living community is about to create a worldwide movement on-line and off-line.
The danone.communities’ community opens new discussions every week on Facebook with more than 13 000 social business fans. Want to know how to involve so many fans? The secret is here.
In April 28th, “Paris was the capital of social business”, thanks to the General Community Meeting, the annual big event led by danone.communities who gathered 2 000 people at Carrousel du Louvre. For 2012, we are designing an ever more interconnected and interactive process to share learnings and celebrate social business: stay tuned! You can't wait for the next event ? Get preprared with the 2011 edition.
On the field, our projects are involving local communities and teams.
The project Grameen Danone Foods Ltd can rely on a network of 878 Shokti Ladies who go all over the villages around Bogra, the city were the Grameen Danone Foods Ltd plant is located since its creation in 2007. To enter the daily life of Bogra, read this story.
La Laiterie du Berger’s EBITDA is 0 in October 2011, for the first time of its story! (*EBITDA is the acronym of Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization). That means this social business is on its way for sustainability. Do you remember how started the project ? Read it here.
Since its creation, 1001 Fontaines has settled 54 water stations in rural Cambodia and more than 70 000 people drink 1001 Fontaines safe drinking water every day. Learn more about the SREI Saat, 1001 Fontaines ambassadors on the field.
After launching its 1rst pilot (L’Atelier Nerisson, whose activity is canned goods), Isomir has launched a 2nd collective pilot, the CUMA BIO Val De Seine whose activity is to prepare health foods (vegetables) for school cafeterias. More details on this 2nd pilot on Isomir’s blog.
In the state of Hidalgo (Mexico), 160 safe drinking water tanks should be settled for indigenous communities of El Alberto, the name of the 6th project of danone.communities, and the project aims at reaching about 130 000 people from the communities. To enter the world of El Alberto, watch this video!
Naandi Community Water Services, one of the danone.communities water projects is present in 409 villages in India. To be unbeatable about Naandi, read the story of the project!