DSM-Firmenich AG (DSFIR.AS)

Overall impact
A (88)

Commentary

Royal DSM is a leader for overall positive impact. With an 'A' rating of 87.8 for overall impact (98th percentile compared to all companies), Royal DSM ranks 2nd out of 37 industry peers, behind Novozymes, and ahead of Minerals Technologies, GelTech Solutions, Trecora Resources and 32 others. On top material causes for Royal DSM's industry (Chemicals), Royal DSM performs well in Sustainable Use of Water (95.6 score), Clean Water Access (95.8), Sanitation Access (95.9) and 9 other causes where it received an 'A' score and performs poorly in Child and Maternal Health (24.9 score), Child and Maternal Health (27.3) and Child and Maternal Health (18.0).
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Company
Founded
1850
Employees
26,301
Sector
Materials
Industry
Chemicals
Sub-industry
Specialty Chemicals
SASB industry
Chemicals
Headquarters
Switzerland
Share classes
DSFIR.AS
RDSMY
Description
DSM-Firmenich AG provides nutrition, health, and beauty solutions in Switzerland, the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, North America, Latin America, China, and rest of Asia. The company operates through four segments: Perfumery & Beauty; Taste, Texture & Health; Health, Nutrition & Care; and Animal Nutrition & Health. The Perfumery & Beauty creates scents using natural, synthetic, and biotech ingredients. The Taste, Texture & Health segment provides food and beverages solutions, including flavors, natural extracts, and sugar reduction; and food enzymes, hydrocolloids, cultures, natural colorants, nutritional ingredients, and plant-based proteins. The Health, Nutrition & Care segment provides solutions for the early life nutrition, dietary supplement, pharmaceutical, medical nutrition, biomedical materials, and nutrition improvement markets. This segment also offers vitamins, nutritional lipids, minerals, carotenoids, botanical nutraceuticals, digestive enzymes, postbiotics, probiotics and prebiotics, and active pharmaceutical ingredients; biomedical solutions; and premix, market-ready, and personalized nutrition solutions, as well as expert services in regulatory affairs and nutrition. The Animal Nutrition & Health segment offers animal proteins, vitamins, performance solutions, and data-driven precision services. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in Kaiseraugst, Switzerland.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for DSM-Firmenich AG, based on its industry sub-industry Specialty Chemicals. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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