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All figures are including discontinued operations unless stated otherwise, see also the Non-financial reporting policy.

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People

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

Workforce^{1 2}

21,358

23,127

22,174

20,977

21,054

Female:male ratio

30:70

29:71

28:72

27:73

% by age category

<26 years³

26–35 years

36–45 years

46–55 years

>55

% under-represented nationalities

Executives

Management

Other

% female

Executives

Management

Other

% executive hires

Under-represented nationalities

Female

% new hires by region

Netherlands

Rest of Europe

North America

China

Rest of Asia–Pacific

Rest of the world

Total number new hires (excluding acquisitions)

2,489

1,729

2,372

3,005

2,203

Acquisitions

1,539

1,161

247

Outflow of employees

Voluntary resignations

1,362

1,052

1,118

1,098

766

Total outflow (excluding divestments)

2,439

2,336

2,352

2,868

1,943

Divestments

1,912

357

Voluntary resignations (% total workforce)

6.7

4.8

5.4

5.3

4.1

Total turnover (% total workforce)

11.9

10.6

11.2

13.9

10.2

Development training in hours per employee

6⁴

Net sales per employee (x €1,000)⁵

445

414

421

429⁶

420

Safety

Frequency Index of Recordable Injuries (per 100 DSM employees and contractor employees)

0.22

0.24

0.28

0.33

0.36

¹	All data presented in the Sustainability Statements are subject to the Non-financial reporting policy.
²	For the indexes based on age, nationalities, gender, inflow and outflow, the companies that are not integrated into the HR systems (approximately 5% of the total workforce) are not taken into account.
³	We do not employ people younger than 15 under DSM contract. We require our suppliers to not use forced labor or child labor according to our Supplier Code of Conduct.
⁴	In 2018, development training hours per employee were measured using a new standard with stricter definitions. Figures of previous years cannot be recalculated according to the new definitions, which means there are no relevant figures available for previous years.
⁵	Net sales per employee is for total DSM (= continuing and discontinued operations).
⁶	Excluding the temporary vitamin effect in 2018, see Profit in Integrated Annual Report 2019.

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Brighter Living Solutions

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

Brighter Living Solutions sales as % of net sales¹

64²

62³

¹	All data presented in the Sustainability Statements are subject to the Non-financial reporting policy.
²	For a small percentage of sales (less than 0.7% of sales) classified as BLS, the environmental impact is considered ‘best in class’ together with other solutions.
³	Excluding the temporary vitamin effect in 2018, see Profit in Integrated Annual Report 2019.

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Planet

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

Energy and greenhouse gas¹

Primary energy use (in PJ)

21.4

21.5

21.2

20.8

23.6

Energy efficiency improvement (%, year-on-year)

6.0

5.7

2.3

1.4

0.7

Greenhouse gas emissions scope 1 + 2, market-based (in CO₂ equivalents x million tons)

1.21

1.24

1.17

1.23

1.50

Greenhouse gas emissions scope 1 + 2, location-based (in CO₂ equivalents x million tons)

1.46

1.43

1.38

1.57

Total biogenic CO₂ emissions from combustion of biofuels (x million tons)

0.063

0.046²

Electricity purchased from renewable resources (%)

Total purchased renewable electricity (GWh)

961

748

632

446

229

Emissions to air

Volatile Organic Compounds (x 1,000 tons)

4.1

3.2³

2.7

4.9

6.6

Nitrogen oxide (NO_x (x 1,000 tons)

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.7

Sulfur dioxide (SO₂) (x 1,000 tons)

0.01

0.02

0.06

0.09

0.28

Discharges to water and landfill

Chemical Oxygen Demand discharges to surface waters (x 1,000 tons)

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.5

Waste recycled (in %)

(Landfilling) Non-hazardous waste (x 1,000 tons)

Total process-related waste (x 1,000 tons)

195

190³

192

177

Water

Water withdrawal for non-once-through cooling (x million m³)

Total water withdrawal, including once-through cooling (x million m³)

106

108

111

114

Raw materials

Renewable raw materials (in %)

Biodiversity

Sites in or adjacent to protected areas (in %)

25⁴

Fines (in €)

141,000⁵

26,000

115,100

23,500

128,400

Non-monetary sanctions

Environmental incidents

101

Environmental complaints

¹	All data presented in the Sustainability Statements are subject to the Non-financial reporting policy.
²	The total biogenic CO₂ emissions from combustion of biofuels is available as of 2020.
³	The 2020 figure has been restated. See Planet section (Other emissions to air and Waste) for details.
⁴	In 2019, Sites in or adjacent to protected areas was measured against a stricter definition. The figures of previous years could not be recalculated against the stricter definition, which means there are no relevant figures available for previous years.
⁵	The increase in environmental fines in 2021 is due to under-performance on energy reductions at one site in the Netherlands with an addendum to the Dutch energy efficiency covenant (addendum Meerjarenafspraak Energie-efficiëntie ETS ondernemingen, MEE-convenant).

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