DSM Publishes China Sustainability Report
Year:2009 ISSUE:23
COLUMN:M & A, BUSINESS & TRADE
Click:217    DateTime:Aug.19,2009
DSM Publishes China Sustainability Report      

Royal DSM has published its 2008 DSM China Sustainability Report. This is the second consecutive year that DSM has published the annual sustainability report in China.
   In light of DSM's 3P "People, Planet, Profit" sustainability principle, the 2008 DSM China Report presents the company's achievements in the field of sustainability in China, with a global backdrop, during the year under review. It also outlines sustainability goals for the future, and reports on ongoing stakeholder engagement initiatives, one of which aims to further increase this report's transparency. Apart from that, this report also reports DSM's activities in the context of the four global trends to which our sustainability strategy responds: Climate and Energy, Health and Wellness, Functionality and Performance and Emerging Economies.
   Planet: Four of the seven DSM China environmental targets for 2010 have already been met. The discharge of COD in waste water has been greatly reduced, to 93% of the 2005 amount, and dust to 86%. SO2 discharge, meanwhile, is 44% less than in 2005. Landfilling of non-hazardous waste has been reduced by 36%.
   Profit: DSM China continues its strong growth, increasing its 2008 full-year sales in China by about 20% to US$1.151 billion. DSM remains fully committed to continued investment in innovation and will continue to invest in growth businesses.
   People: DSM made great progress in increasing the diversity of the employee base in 2008, introducing a number of new systems designed to equip their people in China for meeting the challenges of a changing world. These new systems include a new approach to career management, new learning and development architecture and a new global internal vacancy system.
   In 2008, DSM China Campus, where the DSM China Regional Headquarters and R & D Center are located, was declared one of the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold-certified buildings in China. Meanwhile, DSM was given the Best Case Award in China's "2008 CBN Corporate Social Responsibility Ranking". These achievements mark its global leadership among chemical companies and demonstrate its efforts and achievements in sustainable development and building a transparent reporting system.
   DSM China has currently 14 production sites, one R & D center, with some 4 000 employees.