DSM maintains leadership in Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

Global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company Royal DSM is again one of the frontrunners in the chemical industry sector in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. Since 2004 it has been at the top three times and has held the worldwide sustainability leader position in the chemicals sector six times.

“We are very proud to once again be amongst the leaders in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. Sustainability is not only about compliance or corporate social responsibility. It has become a business driver based on our core values. Throughout DSM sustainability is integrated in how we do business. Our products and solutions positively contribute to the world's current and future challenges,” said CEO and chairman Feike Sijbesma.
 
The share of ECO+ products in DSM's running business portfolio increased to 42% in the first half of 2012 compared to 39% the same period a year before. This is in line with the company's efforts to expand ECO+ products in its portfolio and demonstrates that ECO+ products are increasingly well received by customers. As the leading producer of nutritional ingredients, including vitamins and micronutrients, DSM provides nutrition solutions to close vitamin intake gaps, improve lives and lower health care costs. It has become a leader in healthy nutritional ingredients, such as nutritional lipids like DHA/Omega-3 fatty acids. There is substantial scientific evidence that nutritional lipids provide significant health benefits and support brain, eye, and cardiovascular health throughout life.