Sustainability tables

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People

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Workforce^{1 2}

20,682

21,358

23,127

22,174

20,977

Female:male ratio

31:69

30:70

29:71

28:72

% by age category

<26 years³

5

26–35 years

27

26

25

36–45 years

30

29

30

46–55 years

24

25

26

>55

14

15

14

% under-represented nationalities

Executives

29

31

30

31

Management

42

43

42

44

43

Other

51

57

58

59

% female

Executives

26

23

21

20

19

Management

33

32

30

29

28

Other

38

30

29

28

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.

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	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018

Inflow/Outflow
Total number new hires (excluding acquisitions)	2,840	2,489	1,729	2,372	3,005
Acquisitions	108	93	1,539	1,161	80

% executive hires
Under-represented nationalities	33	43	65	55	61
Female	53	57	26	32	61

% new hires by region
Netherlands	11	10	11	11	13
Rest of Europe	28	27	25	24	22
North America	21	21	19	22	25
China	12	14	15	18	16
Rest of Asia-Pacific	14	12	11	12	9
Rest of the world	14	16	19	13	15

Outflow of employees
Voluntary resignations	1,492	1,362	1,052	1,118	1,098
Total outflow (excluding divestments)	2,540	2,439	2,336	2,352	2,868
Divestments	1,084	1,912	-	-	357
Voluntary resignations (% total workforce)	7.6	6.7	4.8	5.4	5.3
Total turnover (% total workforce)	13.0	11.9	10.6	11.2	13.9

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	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018

Employee Engagement Survey
Employee Engagement (%)	77	76	76	74	76
Inclusion Index (%)	79	77	75	72	72
Participation rate (%)	89	92	92	92	87

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2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Safety (per 100 DSM employees and contractor employees)

Frequency Index of Recordable Injuries

0.28

0.22

0.24

0.28

0.33

Frequency Index of Lost Working day Cases

0.11

0.12

0.09

0.11

Process Safety Incident Rate

0.18

0.23

0.20

0.23

0.22

Occupational Health Incident Rate

0.09¹

-

¹	2022 was the first year of reporting the Occupational Health Incident Rate.

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2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Other People indicators

Development training in hours per employee

8

6

8

6

Net sales per employee (x €1,000)¹

495

445

414

421

429²

¹	Net sales per employee is for total DSM (= continuing and discontinued operations).
²	Excluding the temporary vitamin effect in 2018, see Profit in Integrated Annual Report 2019.

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Brighter Living Solutions Plus

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Brighter Living Solutions Plus sales as % of net sales^{1 2}

67

-

Brighter Living Solutions sales as % of net sales

-

64

63

62³

¹	All data presented in the Sustainability Statements are subject to the Non-financial reporting policy.
²	BLS+ is a new methodology introduced in 2022 to replace BLS.
³	Excluding the temporary vitamin effect in 2018, see Profit in Integrated Annual Report 2019.

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Planet

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Energy and greenhouse gas¹

Primary energy use (in PJ)

19.5

21.4

21.5

21.2

20.8

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

-0.4

6.0

5.7

2.3

1.4

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

1.05

1.21

1.24

1.17

1.23

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

1.31

1.46

1.43

1.38

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

0.031

0.063

0.046²

-

Electricity purchased from renewable resources (%)

78

72

60

50

41

Total purchased renewable electricity (GWh)

992

961

748

632

446

Emissions to air

Volatile Organic Compounds (x 1,000 tons)

4.6

4.1

3.2³

2.7

4.9

Nitrogen oxide (NO_x (x 1,000 tons)

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.5

Sulfur dioxide (SO₂) (x 1,000 tons)

0.01

0.02

0.06

0.09

Discharges to water and landfill

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

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

Waste recycled (in %)

91

86

85

86

83

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

10

17

15

18

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

183

195

190³

192

177

Water

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

26

24

23

22

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

111

106

108

111

114

Raw materials

Renewable raw materials (in %)

15

14

Biodiversity

Sites in or adjacent to protected areas (in %)

34

28

27

25⁴

-

Fines (in €)

4,300

141,000⁵

26,000

115,100

23,500

Non-monetary sanctions

4

5

18

2

6

Environmental incidents

48

73

79

60

71

Environmental complaints

14

39

51

58

53

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).

DSM Integrated Annual Report 2022

Global Reporting Initiative

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