FW: Danone North America To Receive Chamber's Enterprise Award

Dallas TX

20 March, 2022

2:19 PM

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Press release from City of Fort Worth: March 18, 2022 The Fort Worth Chamber will recognize Danone North America with its Chairman's Spirit of Enterprise Award at the 2022 Annual Meeting on March 31 in Hangar 3C at Meacham International Airport. The award, initiated in 1975, recognizes local enterprises for outstanding contributions to the development of the Fort Worth community. Danone North America is a business unit of Danone and one of the top food and beverage companies in the U.S. The corporation was recently recognized for its charitable contributions, awarding $160,000 in grant funding to various universities and nonprofits to advance a stronger and more sustainable food system as well as its gender-neutral parental leave policy available to all 3,500 manufacturing employees. "I am honored to accept this Spirit of the Enterprise Award on behalf of the team here in Fort Worth," said Alfred Lechner, senior plant director in Fort Worth. "To be recognized in this community alongside other great businesses that have won this award in the past is a tribute to our dedicated employees and the support from the community. Fort Worth is a special place to work and we're thrilled to be recognized with this outstanding award." "We are grateful for Danone's continued economic and charitable investments in our city," said Brandom Gengelbach, president and CEO of the Fort Worth Chamber. "As a global leader in the food and beverage industry and one of the region's major employers, their continued growth and investment in our community has been extraordinary." Selected by the four most recent chairs of the Fort Worth Chamber, the Spirit of Enterprise recipient is selected for its contributions to the advancement and prosperity of the city, as well as its commitment to the preservation of the American private enterprise system. Photo: Danone North America's mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible. Get articles like this in your inbox. Subscribe to City News. This press release was produced by City of Fort Worth. The views expressed here are the author's own.