Accelerating the sustainability transition is a collective effort. To truly bring progress to life, we need partners across our value chain, including businesses, consumers, NGOs, governments, and academia. Together, we strive to make a positive impact on both People and Planet. Below is a selection of our key engagements.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
As a member of the WBSCD, we participate in various working groups and initiatives, and our Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) is both a WBCSD Council member and a Board member of the Agri-Food pathway.
In 2025, WBCSD published its updated Guidance on Avoided Emissions, which we contributed to and piloted. Moreover, we actively participated in WBCSD’s steering committee for Sustainable Portfolio Steering, guiding the methodology and launch. This initiative is developing a sector-agnostic standardized methodology to assess sustainability risks and opportunities and steer product and service portfolios toward sustainable solutions. The next steps include piloting the approach, refining the building blocks, and preparing for external consultation.
We are also engaged in the Healthy and Sustainable Diets workstream, which in early 2025 published the ‘Accelerating Food and Nutrition Security through Food Fortification’ private sector playbook, to which we contributed. Lastly, colleagues have participated in both the WBCSD Leap Program, which is empowering female leaders to drive the future of sustainability, and the WBCSD Leadership program, which is providing sustainability professionals with the tools and skills to make an impact. By participating in these yearly training programs, we are building an impactful alumni network of sustainability leaders.
World Economic Forum (WEF)
We are a strategic partner of the WEF and actively participated in both virtual and in-person events throughout 2025, such as the Annual Meeting in Davos in January and the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China. We are also a member of the Agriculture, Food and Beverage industry community and participate in initiatives such as WEF’s Centers for Nature and Climate, Health and Healthcare, New Economy and Society and Fourth Industrial Revolution.
We are part of the C-suite communities that bring together leaders in the same position across organizations to collaborate and drive progress on key issues, such as the Chief Sustainability Officers Community and the Chief Health Officers Community. Our CEO is a member of the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, an active leadership community within the Center for Nature and Climate which is committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
We are a longstanding participant of UNGC and are committed to its Ten Principles, integrating sustainability and ethical business practices into our strategy, culture, and day-to-day operations. Through our annual Communication on Progress submission, we publicly demonstrate measurable progress in embedding these principles throughout our operations and value chain. Our engagement reflects a long-term commitment to human rights and transparent reporting. We are members of the UNGC Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein and are a Sponsor of UNGC’s Social Sustainability work on Human Rights, Labour & Decent Work and Gender Equity.
Throughout 2025, we attended UNGC meetings to help shape the Living Wage Forward Faster Target Two program and took up speaking roles at UNGC events such as the Private Sector Forum at the World Social Summit on November 5, 2025 in Doha and the Business and Human Rights Forum on November 26, 2025 in Geneva (Switzerland). During quarterly meetings with other sponsors of the Social Sustainability work stream, we contributed to UNGC’s plans for Labour Rights & Decent Work planning.
Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley (SFNV)
SFNV is a purpose-driven, nationwide, not-for-profit association founded in 2020 that strengthens Switzerland’s position as a leading food nation. As a founding partner and long-standing member of SFNV’s Executive Committee, dsm-firmenich played an active role in shaping the organization’s strategic direction and ecosystem impact.
Our involvement in 2025 included delivering a keynote speech at the ETH Food Day and contributing an expert interview to the Swiss FoodTech Ecosystem Report 2025. Moreover, the company connected with scaling Swiss startups and innovators from across the globe at SFNV’s flagship events developed a thought leadership article for SFNV’s community of over 20,000 Swiss and international food innovators, engaged in a roundtable session exploring the future of food and nutrition with other SFNV partners, and advanced the development of the Nutrition Compass project.
European Round Table for Industry (ERT)
dsm-firmenich is a member of the ERT, a group focused on creating a strong, open, and competitive Europe by promoting sustainable growth, jobs, and prosperity for all. ERT members include CEOs and Chairs from around 60 of Europe’s largest companies in the industrial and technological sector.
In 2025, through its advocacy on industrial competitiveness, R&D and energy affordability, ERT reinforced the importance of creating a favorable regulatory and investment environment in Europe.
Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition (DSGC)
The DSGC is a CEO-led coalition of eight multinationals which aims to drive sustainable growth business models that combine economic profitability with environmental and social progress. The coalition of CEOs uses their leadership for the development toward a future-proof world and sustainable growth. The DSGC stimulates activities and international cooperation in value chains and between sectors to help achieve the SDGs.
In 2025, the DSGC worked on several themes, including Scope 3 emission reduction, clean demand creation, and CSRD/CSDDD implementation. For these themes, several conversations with ministries and other relevant stakeholders were hosted by the DSGC. Additionally, the DSGC advocated a set of recommendations for the national parliamentary elections in October 2025 in the Netherlands by sending a letter to all party program committees.
Later, in November 2025, a letter was sent to the informateur, the person who leads discussions regarding the Dutch cabinet formation. Finally, the DSGC organized a meeting with EU Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, discussing, among other things, the energy transition, green demand creation and the EU internal market.