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2025 , providing upfront financing and technical support to NGOs and farmers ’ cooperatives across Africa , Asia and Latin America .

Bhavesh commented : “ Vanilla is one of the most popular flavors in the world , and Madagascar represents 80 % of its supply . That ’ s why Firmenich has been working with smallholder farming communities in Madagascar for many years to support their sustainable livelihoods . Taking our

commitment to the next level , we are now innovating with a new vanilla

farming model , based on diversifying farmers ’ crops for more balance and security .”

Building on this partnership , Firmenich , together with Danone and Mars , recently announced through Livelihoods 3F , it is investing in a large-scale , innovative vanilla farming model in Madagascar . Involving 3,000 vanilla producers , the project

aims to increase farmer ’ s food security and triple their revenues , while providing high-quality , sustainable and fully traceable vanilla over a 10-year span . This investment comes on top of Firmenich ’ s longestablished presence in Madagascar , since 2005 , having developed its first partnership with Authentic , a member of its Naturals

Together program .

As the most sustainable , perfume and flavor company in the world ,

Firmenich is firmly focused on delivering its ambitious 2020 environmental goals , to become carbon neutral . For instance , by 2020 , the company is committed to all of its manufacturing sites being powered from 100 % renewable sources or offsets ; and its absolute CO2 emissions going down by 20 %. Purchasing has been a driving

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