List of abbreviations
ADR | American Depositary Receipts |
AFM | The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets |
API | Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients |
APM | Alternative performance measures |
BRA | Business Risk Assessment |
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 |
FIFO | First in, first out |
FTE | Full-time equivalent |
FX | Foreign exchange |
GHG | Greenhouse gas |
GHGE | Greenhouse-gas emissions |
GMM | Genetically Modified Micro-organisms |
GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
IAS | International Accounting Standards |
IASB | International Accounting Standards Board |
IFRIC | International Financial Reporting Interpretation Committee |
IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
ILO | International Labour Organization |
IP | Intellectual Property |
IPO | Initial Public Offering |
LCA | Life Cycle Assessment |
LoR | Letter of Representation |
LTI | Long-Term Incentive |
LWC | Lost Workday Case |
NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
NPS | Net Promoter Score |
OCI | Other Comprehensive Income |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
PA | Polyamide |
PDN | Stichting Pensioenfonds DSM Nederland |
PPA | Purchase Price Allocation |
PRA | Process Risk Assessment |
PSI | Process Safety Incident |
PV | Photovoltaic |
R&D | Research & Development |
REACH | Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals |
ROCE | Return on Capital Employed |
SAR | Share Appreciation Rights |
SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
SHE | Safety, Health and Environment |
SPF | Sun Protection Factor |
SSP | Supplier Sustainability Program |
STI | Short-Term Incentive |
SUN | Scaling Up Nutrition Movement |
TCFD | Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures |
TDC | Total Direct Compensation |
TSR | Total Shareholder Return |
UN | United Nations |
UNGC | United Nations Global Compact |
VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
WBCSD | World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
WEF | World Economic Forum |
WFP | United Nations World Food Programme |