Integrated Annual Report 2023

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Reporting period

The Sustainability section includes information from the combined entity for 12 months (DSM and Firmenich are reported as of 1 January 2023). The sustainability data in this Report cover all entities that belong to the scope of the Consolidated financial statements. If this is not the case this is mentioned specifically. As this is the first year of reporting for dsm-firmenich, no comparative data is available for 2022. For more information, see Sustainability statements.

Own workforce

Workforce by gender

 

 

Female

 

Male

 

Not disclosed/
Unknown

 

2023
Total

 

 

#

 

% of row

 

#

 

% of row

 

#

 

% of row

 

#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Permanent

 

9,462

 

35.5%

 

17,178

 

64.5%

 

3

 

0.01%

 

26,643

Temporary

 

372

 

60.4%

 

244

 

39.6%

 

0

 

0.0%

 

616

Total

 

9,834

 

36.1%

 

17,422

 

63.9%

 

3

 

0.0%

 

27,259

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-integrated acquisitions

 

977

 

47.8%

 

1,065

 

52.2%

 

0

 

0.0%

 

2,042

Total headcount

 

10,811

 

36.9%

 

18,487

 

63.1%

 

3

 

0.01%

 

29,301
Workforce by region

 

 

Female

 

Male

 

Not disclosed/
Unknown

 

Non-integrated
acquisitions

 

2023
Total

 

 

#

 

% of column

 

#

 

% of column

 

#

 

% of column

 

#

 

% of column

 

#

Switzerland

 

1,091

 

11.1%

 

2,556

 

14.7%

 

0

 

0%

 

0

 

0%

 

3,647

Netherlands

 

769

 

7.8%

 

1,014

 

5.8%

 

0

 

0%

 

0

 

0%

 

1,783

Rest of EMEA

 

2,788

 

28.4%

 

4,889

 

28.1%

 

0

 

0%

 

169

 

8.3%

 

7,846

North America

 

1,534

 

15.6%

 

2,627

 

15.1%

 

0

 

0%

 

100

 

4.9%

 

4,261

Latin America

 

1,184

 

12.0%

 

2,170

 

12.5%

 

3

 

100.0%

 

263

 

12.9%

 

3,620

China

 

1,253

 

12.7%

 

2,280

 

13.1%

 

0

 

0%

 

1,131

 

55.4%

 

4,664

Rest of Asia

 

1,215

 

12.4%

 

1,886

 

10.8%

 

0

 

0%

 

379

 

18.6%

 

3,480

Total headcount

 

9,834

 

100.0%

 

17,422

 

100.0%

 

3

 

100.0%

 

2,042

 

100.0%

 

29,301
Additional workforce diversity metrics

 

 

Female

 

Male

 

Not disclosed/
Unknown

 

2023
Total

% by age category1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<26 years

 

2.8%

 

3.4%

 

0%

 

6%

26–35 years

 

10.4%

 

15.3%

 

0.01%

 

26%

36–45 years

 

11.3%

 

19.3%

 

0%

 

31%

46–55 years

 

8.1%

 

16.2%

 

0%

 

24%

>55 years

 

3.5%

 

9.6%

 

0%

 

13%

Unknown2

 

0.0%

 

0.1%

 

0%

 

0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% by nationality1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese

 

4.8%

 

8.4%

 

0%

 

13%

American

 

4.7%

 

7.9%

 

0.01%

 

13%

French

 

4.0%

 

8.2%

 

0%

 

12%

Brazilian

 

2.8%

 

5.1%

 

0%

 

8%

German

 

1.6%

 

4.5%

 

0%

 

6%

Dutch

 

2.2%

 

3.5%

 

0%

 

6%

Indian

 

1.5%

 

3.7%

 

0%

 

5%

Swiss

 

1.4%

 

3.6%

 

0%

 

5%

British

 

0.8%

 

2.0%

 

0%

 

3%

Mexican

 

0.9%

 

1.6%

 

0%

 

3%

Other2

 

11.4%

 

15.2%

 

0%

 

27%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% female by seniority1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executives

 

34.4%

 

65.6%

 

0%

 

2%

Management

 

37.4%

 

62.6%

 

0%

 

11%

Other2

 

36.0%

 

64.0%

 

0.01%

 

87%

1

Due to the merger, some of the definitions, methods and procedures may be based on definitions, methods and procedures defined prior to the merger.

2

Non-Integrated Acquisitions are excluded from the breakdowns.
Inflow and outflow

 

 

Female

 

Male

 

Not disclosed/
Unknown

 

2023
Total

Inflow1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total number of new hires (excluding acquisitions)

 

547

 

1,011

 

2

 

1,560

Acquisitions

 

45

 

44

 

0

 

89

Total inflow

 

592

 

1,055

 

2

 

1,649

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% new hires by region

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netherlands

 

0.6%

 

1.2%

 

0.0%

 

1.7%

Switzerland

 

2.8%

 

6.3%

 

0.0%

 

9.0%

Rest of EMEA

 

9.3%

 

17.3%

 

0.0%

 

26.6%

North America

 

9.0%

 

18.8%

 

0.1%

 

27.9%

Latin America

 

5.2%

 

9.0%

 

0.0%

 

14.2%

China

 

1.7%

 

4.4%

 

0.0%

 

6.0%

Rest of Asia

 

6.6%

 

7.8%

 

0.0%

 

14.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outflow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voluntary resignations

 

349

 

708

 

0

 

1,057

Total outflow (excluding divestments)

 

548

 

1,360

 

2

 

1,910

Divestments

 

24

 

42

 

0

 

66

Total outflow

 

572

 

1,402

 

2

 

1,976

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voluntary resignations (%)

 

3.2%

 

3.8%

 

 

 

3.6%

Total turnover (%)

 

5.3%

 

7.6%

 

 

 

6.7%

1

Inflow and outflow are only reported as of the first full month following the date of the merger.

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