Driving progress for people
We’re committed to fostering a world where people thrive and communities flourish.
We love a challenge. But we know we can’t solve the world’s problems single-handedly. To bring progress to life, we need partnerships. Partnerships all along our value chains. Across industries and sectors. From businesses and consumers to NGOs, governments, and academia.
Together with our partners, we make a positive impact for people and planet. Curious about our collaborations? Keep scrolling for some of our highlights.
Since 2007, we’ve partnered with the World Food Programme (WFP) to improve the nutritional value of products and make them more accessible. We harness our unique and complementary strengths: dsm-firmenich’s leading scientific and technological nutrition expertise and WFP’s global reach and experience supporting vulnerable communities. Today, the products we've co-created are reaching more than 38 million people every year – and now, we’re scaling up our impact even further by fortifying rice, making it more nutritious and reach even more millions of people.
The Gates Foundation shares our goal of helping women and children receive the nutrition they need for a healthy, productive life. Together, we seek to expand the impact of large-scale fortification through the Millers for Nutrition (M4N) coalition. M4N aims to improve global nutrition by supporting millers to fortify staple foods like rice, edible oil, and flour to address micronutrient deficiencies. The coalition's goal is to reach one billion people with fortified foods by 2026. And that’s not all: we’re also collaborating with the Gates Foundation on research into scent formulations that repel malaria-carrying mosquitos for use in everyday household products.
Joining forces for last-mile nutrition: that’s the essence of our partnership with World Vision International. Together, we support some of the most vulnerable communities in the Global South – with sustainable, market-based solutions that bridge the gap between public and private efforts to improve nutrition and foster local economic development.
dsm-firmenich is active participant in various WBCSD's programs, like the Agriculture and Food Pathway, with projects on healthy diets, diversified proteins and regenerative agriculture, the Climate Action imperative and the Reporting Matters initiative - all to align and develop new sustainability industry standards and positioning. Moreover, our Chief Sustainability Officer, Katharina Stenholm, is a WBCSD council member and a board member of the Agriculture and Food Pathway.
We’re a proud strategic partner of WEF and contribute to several of its groups – including the Agriculture, Food and Beverage Industry Community and the Centres for Nature and Climate, Health and Healthcare, and New Economy and Society. Plus, we’re involved in WEF’s communities, where our leaders work with their counterparts in other organizations to drive progress, together.
Nature’s impact on business continues to evolve – and in turn, our work to safeguard nature is evolving, too. We support organizations like Business for Nature to help us monitor the fast-changing landscape and respond accordingly.
We’re committed to fostering a world where people thrive and communities flourish.
We’re committed to accelerating climate action, safeguarding nature and biodiversity, and conserving our planet’s resources.
Dive into our progress for people and planet across various leading ESG benchmarks.