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Exposure
Pursuant to its financial currency risk h
edging policy, the Group’s residual exposure (after hedging) is not significant over the hedging
period.
As of December 31, 2019, the main hedged currencies in terms of value included the British pound, Chinese yuan, Australian dollar,
Mexican peso and Hong Kong dollar.
Commodities risk
Risk identification
Danone’s raw material needs consist mainly of:
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materials needed to produce food and beverage products, mainly milk, sugar and fruit (the “food raw materials”). In terms of
value, milk is the main raw material purchased, primarily in the form of liquid milk, for which the operating subsidiaries typically
enter into agreements with local producers or cooperatives. Its price is set locally, over contractual periods that vary from one
country to another. The other main food raw materials are fruit-based preparations;
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product packaging materials, in particular plastics and cardboard (“packaging”). Packaging purchases are managed through
regional or global purchasing programs to optimize skills and volume effects. Prices are influenced by supply and demand at
the global and regional levels, economic cycles, production capacities and oil prices;
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energy supplies, which account for only a limited portion of its purchases.
Danone’s strategy increasingly focuses on the upstream portion of its activities and in particular its supply of raw materials, not only to
manage its costs but also to make it a source of value creation and differentiation relative to the competition. However, the price trends
of major raw materi
als may affect the structure of Danone’s results.
Risk monitoring and management
Danone manages cost volatility through operational initiatives such as: continuous productivity gains: Danone strives in particular to
optimize its use of raw materials (reductions in production waste, lighter packaging and more effective use of milk sub-components in its
products) and take advantage of pooled purchasing, for example through centralized management of purchases other than milk for the
EDP and Specialized Nutrition Reporting Entities.
Furthermore Danone has implemented a purchasing policy (Market Risk Management) which is detailed in the section Management of
commodities price volatility risk of Note 13.3 of the Notes to the consolidated financial statements.
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