Powerful advocacy for a brighter future
DSM associations and partnerships cover a wide range of leading organizations, associations, and individuals, and put us firmly at the heart of the debate.
Associations and partnerships
DSM is involved with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the China Business Council for Sustainable Development, the United Nations World Food Programme, the World Economic Forum, BioVision, The United Nations Global Compact, and Leaders for Nature.
Chemical industry advocacy
We are also involved in a number of industry associations. These include ICCA (the International Council of Chemical Associations), ACC (the American Chemistry Council), CEFIC (the European Chemical Industry Council), VNCI (the Dutch Association for the Chemical Industry), EuropaBio, and BIO (the American Biotechnology Industry Organization).
WFP round tables
In 2009 we organized WFP round tables in London and Washington. Participants included the United Nations’ World Food Programme as well as representatives from NGOs, the science community and the media. At the Micronutrient Forum 2009, in Beijing, we initiated and signed a private sector declaration calling for action to fight hidden hunger. We took a further step in the fight against hidden hunger by participating in the Amsterdam Initiative on Malnutrition (AIM), a Dutch public-private partnership launched in 2009 with the aim of eliminating malnutrition among 100 million people in Africa by 2015. The initiative is led by the Dutch Foreign Ministry and focuses on improving the nutritional situation of 100 million people in six African countries. In 2010, DSM participated in the first AIM activities, which targeted the fortification of school milk in Kenya. For 2011, we’re planning further initiatives in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Ghana.
The Clinton Global Initiative
Project Laser Beam, initially announced in 2009 at the Clinton Global Initiative, is a cross-sectoral program designed to create a sustainable model for fighting malnutrition in conjunction with international partners such as WFP, GAIN, Unilever and Kraft Foods. To date, an initial situational assessment in Indonesia has been completed while the Bangladesh project has entered its second phase with the development of a proposal for Ready to Use Supplementary Foods. 2011 will see the rollout of the first tranche of projects in these two focus countries including nutrition education, supplementary food distribution and community building activities.
In 2010, a number of DSM employees supported the United Nations’ World Food Programme in developing and conducting field trials of nutritional innovations that we co-developed with WFP.
