List of abbreviations
ADR | American Depositary Receipts |
AFM | The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets |
API | Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients |
APM | Alternative performance measures |
CDP | The new name for the Carbon Disclosure Project |
CEFIC | Conseil Européen des Fédérations de l'Industrie Chimique (European Chemical Industry Council) |
CGU | Cash Generating Unit |
COA | Corporate Operational Audit department |
CoBC | Code of Business Conduct |
COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
CPLC | Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition |
CRA | Corporate Risk Assessment |
CRP | Corporate Research Program |
CSD | Corporate Strategy Dialogue |
CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
DHA | Docosahexaenoic Acid |
DNP | DSM Nutritional Products |
DSGC | Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition |
DSP | DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals |
EBA | Emerging Business Area |
EBIT | Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (Operating Profit) |
EBITDA | Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization |
EEI | Energy Efficiency Improvement |
EPA | Eicosapentaenoic Acid |
EPS | Earnings per share |
EVP | Executive Vice President |
FIFO | First in, first out |
FTE | Full-time equivalent |
FVTPL | Fair value through profit and loss |
FVOCI | Fair value other comprehensive income |
GHG | Greenhouse gas |
GHGE | Greenhouse gas emissions |
GMO | Genetically Modified Organisms |
GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
IAS | International Accounting Standards |
IASB | International Accounting Standards Board |
ICF | Internal Control Framework |
IFRIC | International Financial Reporting Interpretation Committee |
ILO | International Labour Organization |
IP | Intellectual Property |
LCA | Life Cycle Assessment |
LoR | Letter of Representation |
LTI | Long-Term Incentive |
LWC | Lost Workday Case |
NCI | Non-controlling interests |
NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
NPS | Net Promoter Score |
OCI | Other Comprehensive Income |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PDN | Stichting Pensioenfonds DSM Nederland |
PPA | Purchase Price Allocation |
PRA | Process Risk Assessment |
PSI | Process Safety Incident |
PV | Photovoltaic |
R&D | Research & Development |
ROCE | Return on Capital Employed |
SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
SHE | Safety, Health and Environment |
SHIBOR | Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate |
SPP | Sustainable Procurement Program |
STI | Short-Term Incentive |
SUN | Scaling Up Nutrition Movement |
TCFD | Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures |
TSR | Total Shareholder Return |
UN | United Nations |
VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
WBCSD | World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
WEF | World Economic Forum |
WFP | United Nations World Food Programme |