When plastic becomes part of Nature’s recycling system

Plastic is widely acknowledged as an environmental plague, but replacement solutions are hard to find and it seems that we would never be able to live without it. But what if a revolutionary decision was…

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Nicolas Gausserès: “Danone is part of the solution to new nutritional…

Nicolas Gausserès is Nutrition Director at Danone Research. His job is to anticipate the public health concerns, understand local nutrition and eating contexts, and monitor the nutritional quality of…

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How 15th May made history

The main event of the Global Communities Meeting Tour hosted by danone.communities took place in Paris last year. Here is an account of this special day, packed with ideas and enthusiasm.

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Danone builds the tools to measure its water footprint

Through its Waters division, Danone is taking on the challenge to measure its water footprint at every step of the production chain. Eventually, the idea is to be able to set precise goals for reducing…

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Interview: Dr. Michael Mann, Climate War Veteran

If there was a medal for fighting the climate war, Dr. Michael Mann should probably get one. In the last decade he has been at the front lines of the fight over climate change, most noticeably as the researcher…

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What is nutrition economics?

The relation between food and health has been documented sufficiently for a new discipline to emerge: nutrition economics. This rising research field focuses on the interdependency between dietary habits,…

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Nature Photographer of the Year

Dozens of images made it through to the final round of the Nature Photographer of the Year 2013 competition, organised by the Society of German Nature Photographers (GDT). Pictures were submitted in the…

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April 24th 2013: the 1st Global Summit on the Health Effects of…

This new international event, which brought together experts in medicine and nutrition, aimed to demonstrate the health benefits of yogurt and promote research into the topic.

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