Corporate governance
Find out about corporate governance at DSM, including the roles of the Managing Board, Executive Committee, Supervisory Board and General Meeting of Shareholders, as well as how DSM applies the Dutch corporate governance code and organizes its governance frameworks.
Code of Business Conduct
The DSM Code of Business Conduct ('the Code') serves as an umbrella for several other DSM regulations and forms the basis for our company's ethical business behavior. Our corporate strategy builds on this foundation. All DSM employees are expected to follow the Code, which is available in seven languages. The full text also appears on the company website. The Managing Board holds DSM's unit management accountable for compliance.
Risk management
The Managing Board is accountable for the management of all risks associated with our company's strategy and activities. To this end, appropriate risk management and internal control systems are in place. The responsibility for identifying and managing risks lies with DSM's individual units.
The units are supported by the Group Risk Management (GRM) department and are regularly assessed by the Corporate Operational Audit (COA) department. Both GRM and COA report directly to the CFO, and COA has direct access to the CEO as well as to the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board.
A full description of our risk management and internal control system and process, together with a description of the identified risks, is available on the company website.
What still went wrong in 2018
We are always trying to improve, but sometimes things still go wrong. Here we share the most significant incidents of 2018 across all three dimensions of People, Planet and Profit. This includes health, safety, environment, and security incidents as well as what we have learned from business that has not developed as planned.
Information about the DSM share
Ordinary shares in Koninklijke DSM N.V. are listed on the Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam (Netherlands) (Stock code 00982, ISIN code NL0000009827). Options on ordinary DSM shares are traded on the European Option Exchange in Amsterdam (Euronext.liffe). In the US, a sponsored unlisted American Depositary Receipts (ADR) program is offered by Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas (DR ISIN US7802491081), with four ADRs representing the value of one ordinary DSM share.
Statements of the Managing Board
The Managing Board is responsible for the design and operation of the internal risk management and control systems. In discharging this responsibility, the Managing Board has made a systematic assessment of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the internal control and risk management systems.
Independent auditor's report
Read the Independent auditor's report to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the Supervisory Board as prepared by DSM's external audiror, KPMG.
Assurance report of the independent auditor
Read the Independent auditor's assurance report to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the Supervisory Board as prepared by DSM's external audiror, KPMG.