Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned perfume and taste company, has signed an innovative partnership to further strengthen its responsible sourcing of vanilla with Authentic Products, one of the world's leading producers in Madagascar and a founding member of Group's ...
Geneva, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich, the world's largest privately owned perfume and taste company, today releases its annual Sustainability Report 2020, which shows that the Group achieved its five-year goals, accelerating its industry-leading environmental and social performance. In the independently verified report, Firmenich also outlines its ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich International S.A., the world's largest privately-owned Perfume and Taste company, held its Annual General Meeting on the 6th October 2020 as planned without in-person participation. Firmenich's Chairman Patrick Firmenich said: "I am proud of our performance in the past fiscal year which shows how resilient our business is. I want to ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich, the world's largest privately owned perfume and taste company, is proud to announce it has created the first ever flavor by Artificial Intelligence (AI), a delicious lightly grilled beef taste for use in plant-based meat alternatives. A key milestone in Firmenich's digital transformation across its value chain, this breakthrough provides customers with uniquely tailored taste and ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - At Climate Week NYC, Firmenich, the world's largest privately owned perfume and taste company, is engaging with like-minded businesses and United Nations leaders to accelerate exponential action on the race to a zero-carbon future. Building on the Group's ambitious, science-based targets, Firmenich committed to three new initiatives on climate ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Intelligence shows criminals are ready for post-Covid boom JTI (Japan Tobacco International) has published a report, independently verified by Intrinsic Insight Ltd., entitled 'The Gathering Storm', on how the illegal tobacco trade are operating during the Covid-19 global pandemic and preparing to reap the rewards in the economic aftermath that will follow. Law enforcement agencies around the ...
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - ACG Analytics, an independent policy research firm based in Washington, D.C., in partnership with Makor Oscar Gruss, an international agency brokerage group trading cash equities, fixed income, FX and derivative products, is pleased to announce a collaboration to provide clients with an analysis of the impact of public policy on capital markets. "I'm excited to bring our trusted analytical ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned Perfume and Taste company, has appointed Benoit Fouilland as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 1st. Benoit will report directly to Firmenich CEO Gilbert Ghostine, as a member of the Company's Executive Committee. He will also be the Secretary of the Finance, Audit & Risk Committee of ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich International SA, the world's largest privately-owned Perfume and Taste company, announced its Full Year Results for the 52 weeks ended 30 June 2020. Financial Highlights - Group revenue reached CHF 3,878m, +2.8% growth on a local currency basis (FY2019: CHF 3,874m) - Adjusted EBITDA[1] of CHF 859m, representing a margin of 22.1% (+60bps vs. FY 2019) - Free Cash Flow[2] reached CHF ...
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Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned Perfume and Taste company, is the first in the industry to complete the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Action Manager assessment, developed by B Lab and the UN Global Compact. A key milestone for its B Corp Certification, the SDG ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - JTI (Japan Tobacco International) has launched a global equal family leave policy for all its employees, which goes beyond national family leave plans in 80% of the 81 countries the company is located in. The new global strategy offers a minimum of 20 weeks fully paid leave for respective employees, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, or whether employees become parents by giving birth or ...
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Bern (ots) - Many scientists are currently undertaking work on the Sars-CoV-2 virus. But hundreds of projects supported by the SNSF are already contributing to finding answers to the current health crisis. In Switzerland and around the world, the novel coronavirus has become a priority for scientific research. Projects supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) are no exception. A special call and a ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - Makor Group ("Makor"), an international agency brokerage group trading cash equities, fixed income, FX and derivative products, is pleased to announce the expansion of its European derivatives trading desk with the addition of two new senior hires to the team. Mr. Pierre-Olivier Burte and Mr. Gregory Salon will be joining Makor's offices in ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - In order to strengthen Firmenich industry leadership in ingredients and drive a new era of excellence, Firmenich, has appointed Boet Brinkgreve to President of Ingredients, effective June 1st, 2020. Boet will continue to report directly to Firmenich CEO, Gilbert Ghostine, as a member of the Company's Executive Committee. Separately, ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - - Debiopharm announces successful exit deal for Kaiku Health, a Finnish start-up specializing in digital solutions for improved patient outcomes and experience - Kaiku's acquisition by the Swedish company Elekta allows thousands of cancer treatment centers to gain access to the ...
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Bern (ots) - Under the special call on coronaviruses, the societal and biomedical aspects of epidemics will be investigated with a total budget of 10 million francs. The projects will start as of 1 June 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold, the SNSF took swift action by launching a special call on coronaviruses on 6 March 2020. The call was enthusiastically received in the research community. - ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Cotecna is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 51% equity stake in Kaixin Certification (Beijing) Co., Ltd. in Beijing, China. Cotecna is a global provider of inspection and testing services and supply chain solutions. Thanks to their international network of offices and laboratories, they provide conformity assessment across a number of industry sectors, including Food, Agriculture, ...
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Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Building on Firmenich's donation of 20 tons of hand sanitizer in Geneva, the Group is increasing its production capacity to 100 tons for hospitals, as well as medical and emergency services across the USA and Switzerland. Firmenich has transformed its production lines to provide hand sanitizer vital to limiting the spread of COVID-19 and ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich to Become a Key Player in Renewable Ingredients for Perfumery and Beyond Firmenich today announced that it has entered into exclusivity with Ardian, Tikehau Capital and family shareholders to acquire Les Dérivés Résiniques et Terpéniques ("DRT"). DRT is a world leader in plant-based chemistry, mainly from pine trees, and is one of the leading suppliers globally of high quality, ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned perfume and taste company, today announced that all its operations worldwide[1] are now powered by 100% renewable electricity. An industry first, this significant milestone builds on Firmenich's second consecutive CDP Triple A ranking for Climate Change, Water and Forests, which it received at the CDP Awards Ceremony today in Paris. The Group's ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich announces the retirement of Armand de Villoutreys as President of its Perfumery and Ingredients business on June 30th, 2020 after a remarkable tenure of over 21 years with the company. The Group is delighted to appoint Ilaria Resta as President Perfumery and member of the company's Executive Committee. Resta will join on March 2nd, 2020 and will officially take over the leadership of ...