The new packages will be 93% made of plant-based materials, namely, sugarcane, which contributes to reducing the carbon footprint of these products by 45%.
Danone is the first partner in Romania alongside which the company Tetra Pak implements this type of project locally, in the category of sustainable packages for drinkable yogurts.
With this investment, the packages of the two yogurt ranges will also benefit from a new recipient design, in terms of shape and graphics.
In Romania, Danone has a yogurt factory in Bucharest, which covers six hectares and has a production capacity of over 75,000 tons per year. In the last two years, the company has invested EUR11 million in this production unit.
Danone Romania ended 2020 with a turnover of RON633 million (nearly EUR130 million), up a little over 3% against 2019, its profit dropped nearly 27% down to RON21.1 million, and its average staff number remained constant, at around 370, per calculations by Ziarul Financiar based on finance ministry data.