Danisco Achieved Top Grade for Sustainability Report

The GRI has been developed for voluntary use by companies reporting on their sustainability efforts. Only a limited number of companies in the world have achieved an A+ for their reports.

12/06/09 Both the good and not-so-good results and stories are included in Danisco’s recently published sustainability report entitled ”Responsibility in life and in business”.

This is one of the reasons why Det Norske Veritas (DNV), the independent party verifying the report, confirmed that Danisco met the A+ requirements of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). This is the top grade in this recognised reporting system. The GRI has been developed for voluntary use by companies reporting on their sustainability efforts. Only a limited number of companies in the world have achieved an A+ for their reports.

’At Danisco we are committed to openness, a high information level and transparency. Therefore, I am delighted that we attained an A+. This is recognition of our efforts,’ says Liselotte Carlsen, Project Manager at Danisco’s Sustainable Development department. ‘We have previously been recognised for our reporting by the Carbon Disclosure Project and the UN Global Compact, and by getting an A+ we have demonstrated that we continuously develop our sustainability reporting.’

The report contains information on, among other things, bio-based solutions for bioethanol and synthetic rubber and the mercury case at the former Grindstedværket in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, the report provides information on our social and environmental efforts and on our new targets and initiatives in the sustainability field.

As part of the verification, DNV also makes proposals to Danisco for the further development of our sustainability work. These proposals help us prioritise our work. For instance, it was suggested that we establish a more systematic dialogue with our external stakeholders and increase our supply chain efforts.

Since 2001, Danisco has published an annual sustainability report covering all the units in which we have an ownership share of more than 50%. The report does not contain information on the now divested sugar division.