Sustainable Science takes DSM to the top

ACES Awards for top Green Companies in Asia

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 17 October
2018 – More than 15 years of integrating science, business
strategy and sustainability was recognized today as Royal DSM, a global science-based
company active in nutrition, health and sustainable living, was awarded the Top
Green Companies in Asia Award at the 2018 Asia Corporate Excellence &
Sustainability (ACES) Awards.

Pieter Nuboer, Vice President, Animal Nutrition and Health, and President, DSM Nutritional Products, Asia Pacific receives the Top Green Companies in Asia award

“We are a science based company that is purpose
led, seeking ways to qualitatively change the lives of people for the better,“said
Pieter Nuboer, Vice President, Animal Nutrition and Health, and President, DSM
Nutritional Products, Asia Pacific. “Bringing sustainable applications of science
to consumers at large is at the heart of our purpose and is truly embedded in
our DNA. As we continue to grow our impact in Asia, this recognition is
particularly welcome.”

The company’s
commitment to sustainable practice has been acknowledged globally for many years. It has ranked among global leaders in the materials
industry group of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the past 15 years and
held the number one position in the sector eight times.

To promote good nutrition among
its employees, DSM serves lunch meals that include fortified rice kernels
enhanced with essential micronutrients to its workers at its Malaysia Premix
Plant. In Singapore, these fortified rice kernels are distributed by DSM
through social enterprise 45RICE, to address nutritional challenges of migrant
workers.

In other activity the company has joined Singapore’s
#beatplasticpollution campaign to raise awareness of plastic waste.
The company also participated in the Healthy Ageing APAC Summit 2018, with its
executives speaking on age-related
diseases caused by malnutrition.

DSM — Bright Science. Brighter Living.™

Royal DSM is a
purpose-led global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living.
DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances
to create sustainable value for all stakeholders. DSM delivers innovative
business solutions for human nutrition, animal nutrition, personal care and
aroma, medical devices, green products and applications, and new mobility and
connectivity. DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of
about €10 billion with approximately 23,000 employees. The company is
listed on Euronext Amsterdam. 

More information can be found at www.dsm.com.