Danone-owned Evian has just announced global certification for becoming carbon neutral.
After announcing the ambition in 2015 at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) in Paris, Evian previously achieved carbon neutrality in the US, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and its bottling site. This news marks a key milestone for the brand as it receives carbon neutral certification, across all the countries where the brand has a presence.
Evian has not achieved this overnight. The global certification follows years of ambitious reductions made at every stage of the product life cycle from conception to production to recycling.
Shweta Harit, Evian global brand VP, said, “This announcement comes at a moment when we are seeing, in real time, what can happen when we reduce our impact on the planet. Emissions are lower and pollution levels have dropped.
“Lessening our environmental footprint is at the core of everything we do at evian, and that is why today’s announcement is so important for us. The current health crisis provides us all with a renewed impetus to do more and create long-lasting change, and it has been heartening to see the world come together.
“This is just one milestone for us. Even with the challenges that this crisis imposes on our business, we look forward to announcing new initiatives later this year so that we can further drive down our carbon footprint and preserve the world’s ecosystem. We believe that climate change is a real threat both today and for future generations, so we must all act now.”