The activities outlined in the following pages represent some of the practical ways we are bringing our program to life. Each story shows how we are translating commitments into action, demonstrating how sustainability is embedded across our operations, value chains, decision-making, and culture.
Every story is categorized into one of four areas, each grouped along the value chain:
Upstream value chain: Activities that focus on responsible sourcing and sustainability practices across our suppliers and partners
Own operations: Activities that address our sustainability impacts through efficient, responsible, and safe business practices
Downstream value chain: Activities that support customers through sustainable products and services that deliver positive long-term impacts
Future foundation: Activities that show how we are building capabilities, systems, and partnerships to support our long-term sustainability progress and targets
Business Partners enable excellence and efficiency, by partnering with the Group and the Business Units, helping them to deliver on their ambitions, serve their customers. In addition, the Business Partners will drive excellence with shared centers of expertise, to bring differentiated capabilities to our company.
HR
Human Resources
Loss of Primary Containment (LOPC)
Loss of Primary Containment is an unplanned or uncontrolled release of material from the container that is in direct contact with the material.
MMS
Multiple Micronutrient Supplement
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Process Safety Incidents
The PSI rate is the number of Process Safety Incidents per 100 dsm-firmenich employees and contractor employees in the past 12 months.
PSI rate = 100 * (# of PSIs (past 12 months) / average effective manpower (past 12 months))
Safety, Health and Environment (SHE)
Our policy is to maintain business activities and produce products that do not adversely affect safety or health, and that fit with the concept of sustainable development. The company does this by setting the following objectives: to provide an injury-free and incident-free workplace; to prevent all work-related disabilities or health problems; to control and minimize the risks associated with our products for their whole life cycle and to choose production processes and products such that the use of raw materials and energy is minimized; to evaluate and improve our practices, processes and products continuously in order to make them safe and acceptable to its employees, the customers, the public and the environment.
Scope 3
Scope 3 emissions are all indirect emissions (not included in scope 2) that occur in the value chain of the reporting company, including both upstream and downstream emissions.
