DANONE Consolidated financial statements 2019
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Hedging acquisitions and disposals of companies or other equity investments
The Group’s policy is, generally, not to hedge amounts payable or receivable in connection with acquisitions or disposals of companies
or other equity investments. However, in certain circumstances, the Group may decide to hedge certain transactions.
Management of commodities price volatility risk
The Group has implemented a commodity purchasing policy (“Market Risk Management”), defining rules
for securing the physical
supply and for setting the
prices of raw materials on
the financial markets. The Group’s central purchasing
team negotiate forward
purchase contracts, mainly with suppliers, whether based on a specific index on the financial markets or on a proxy Forward purchase
agreements are monitored by the corporate teams, with a review of each raw material hedged and the type of hedging (perfect index or
proxy) and testing of the correlation between the hedge and the hedged item to monitor its effectiveness and the application
of hedge
accounting under IFRS.
Portfolio of derivatives
Notional and fair value amounts
As of December 31
2018
2019
(in € millions)
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