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DSM-Firmenich

dsm-firmenich

DSM-Firmenich is a Swiss-Dutch company specializing in nutrition, health, and beauty products.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Tom Berendsen (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Jan 2026 · Omnibus VI

Meeting with Hans Ingels (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

12 Jan 2026 · The DSM-Firmenich perspective on the role of vitamins in Europe’s food security

Meeting with Sander Smit (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Dec 2025 · Omnibus VI

Meeting with Salvatore De Meo (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

4 Dec 2025 · Cosmetics

Meeting with Mariateresa Vivaldini (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Nov 2025 · Meeting conoscitivo

Meeting with Esther De Lange (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen)

21 Aug 2025 · Emission reduction in agriculture

DSM-Firmenich urges EU to include food sector in Biotech Act

11 Jun 2025
Topic — The European Commission is consulting on measures to create an enabling environment for biotechnology.
Message — The company recommends including food and industrial biotechnology in the Act to support innovation. They call for a shift toward product-centric regulation for microorganisms and streamlined authorization processes. The EU should also increase research funding and venture capital access for biomanufacturing.123
Why — These changes would reduce regulatory delays and help maintain their competitive market position.4
Impact — The agricultural food sector may face increased competition and higher prices for raw materials.5
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Meeting with Bas Eickhout (Member of the European Parliament)

22 May 2025 · emission footprint agriculture

DSM-Firmenich Urges EU Support for Vulnerable Drug Ingredient Makers

27 Feb 2025
Topic — The consultation addresses supply chain vulnerabilities and reduces Europe’s dependency on imported medicines.
Message — DSM-Firmenich recommends targeted funding and tax incentives to bolster domestic drug ingredient manufacturing. They propose assessing supply chain vulnerabilities and reforming pricing models to ensure long-term producer profitability.123
Why — These subsidies would offset high compliance costs and improve the firm's global competitiveness.45
Impact — Public health budgets may face higher costs if procurement prioritizes resilience over cheap imports.6
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Meeting with Stine Bosse (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Feb 2025 · European life sciences and biotech policy

Meeting with Klaus Berend (Director Health and Food Safety) and

30 Jan 2025 · Exchange on the future of the European biotech and biomanufacturing sector.

Meeting with Stefan Köhler (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Jan 2025 · Politischer Austausch

Meeting with Nelly Bruno (Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova) and BASF SE and International Fragrance Association

30 Sept 2024 · DISCUSSION ON REASEARCH AND INNOVATION IN FRAGRNACE INDUSTRY

Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

19 Mar 2024 · Possible side-event with the CEO alliance

Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner)

19 Mar 2024 · Renewable energy and infrastructure

Meeting with Jérémy Decerle (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Mar 2023 · Souveraineté alimentaire, transition agroécologique et emballages

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Koninklijke Philips

12 Sept 2022 · Sustainability reporting

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

16 Apr 2022 · Methane Regulation

Meeting with Pär Holmgren (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Sept 2021 · Methane strategy (staff level)

Meeting with Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius), Carmen Preising (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius) and

14 Jul 2021 · Handover joint letter Micro-Algae coalition for sustainable fisheries

Response to Conversion to a Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN)

2 Jul 2021

DSM welcomes the effort to collect additional information for a fact-based analysis of the sustainability performance of European farming systems and to enable monitoring of progress to happen. To secure the possible use of the data collected for GHG emissions modelling, it would matter to capture, in the future FSDN, farming parameters which are known to influence GHG emissions. In the case of animal production, we’d suggest for example, animal productivity, feeding schemes, feed characteristics and manure handling systems. A set of such parameters can probably be collected from the PEF Agri modelling requirements as currently being developed in the transition period of the PEF/OEF framework.
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Response to Feed additives - revision of EU rules

25 Jan 2021

Based on extensive user experience of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 DSM Nutritional Products Ltd supports the initiative to modernise the legislative framework in order to address new developments and needs that have emerged over the past 20 years. The Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy have indirectly highlighted the key contributions of feed additives as part of sustainable farming and the importance for bringing innovative products and applications onto the market to strengthen and promote EU best farming practices. Feed additives, as part of animal feed, for instance reduce emissions, help tackle antimicrobial resistance, improve making efficient use of natural resources, reduce food loss and waste, improve the lifetime performance of farm animals and reduce our reliance on marine resources. Revising the legislation based on the objectives under part B is the opportunity for an EU legislative framework that will enable an integrated, predictable approach along the value chain and that will encourage scientific innovation not only for 2050 climate and environment targets but also beyond that. The proposed actions from the evaluation need to be addressed with a policy package that ensures a positive impact for a sustainable, safe and fair feed chain (and wider agri-food sector) and at the same time ensures the competitiveness of EU producers. The following topics are key elements and in addition to the proposed actions in order to contribute to the expected positive impact of the modernisation of the legislative framework: Facilitating sustainable farming and scientific innovation: the impact of the ‘definition’ is mentioned in part C but should also be reviewed and taken up as a standalone point in part B. In order to reflect the Green Deal and Farm to Fork targets, a revised legislative framework is needed. It should reflect the concept of modern animal nutrition and allow operators to develop new actions without a rigid classification system. Any envisaged policy intervention shall maintain the safety for the animal/consumer/environment in the whole feed chain and allow an evaluation focused on risk rather than efficacy and performance. The quality of claims regarding the efficacy and performance of feed additives falls under the Directive 2006/114/EC concerning misleading and comparative advertising, ensuring that users are not mislead and thereby permits uncoupling efficacy from the safety and quality assessment. Extension of authorisation period: to deliver the expected reduction on administrative burden an extension or waiver based on the risk-profile will be pragmatic without compromising safety. From a scientific perspective the need for a fixed time frame should be re-viewed. Additives not linked to an authorisation holder: granting exclusive rights can incentivise product and application development. However, a fix term exclusivity to the applicant will not provide a solution to ensuring a renewal (and thereby continuous availability) after the granted authorisation period has expired. The risk-based approach which includes a waiver for authorisation periods for identified products should be a solution. Circulation of feed additives only for export: the possibility to circulate feed additives at EU level will have a positive impact and will be critical for the supply chain of European operators whilst traceability is maintained and import requirements fulfilled. Claims: the expected impact can be achieved by allowing claims in line with the Feed Marketing approach that includes a Code of Practice for an informed and level-playing market. DSM fully supports streamlining the regulatory procedures and the authorisation process to reduce unnecessary administrative burden, which will facilitate the availability of innovative products and applications and benefit the feed chain stakeholders.
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Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

13 Jan 2021 · Discussion on feed additives

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and Shell Companies and

13 Jan 2021 · Roundtable on the Green Deal, organised by the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition, with the participation of the Dutch Prime Minister and other Dutch Government Ministers.

Response to Sustainable Products Initiative

16 Nov 2020

We at DSM thank the European Commission for the chance to comment on the inception impact assessment of the Sustainable Products Initiative (SPI), which is an important next step to enhance Europe’s market for high-quality secondary raw materials and circular products. As the new Circular Economy Action Plan rightly points out, the performance of frontrunners must become the market benchmark and standard. DSM sees many ways of how the SPI can help in that regard. Firstly, we believe that increasing transparency of ingredients in products across the value chain is crucial for circularity. If done correctly, this will drive consumer and purchasing choice through the value chain, prevent dogmas on the safety of recycled content in new products and support recyclers. Impacts and benefits should be fact-based and internationally acknowledged. Secondly, the SPI should support the creation of a well-functioning secondary raw materials market in which there is enough availability of high quality recycled material (both recycled and bio-based content). Moving away from (virgin) fossil resources towards bio-based and secondary resources is essential for achieving a circular economy. Using secondary raw-materials as feedstock for products instead of fossil-based materials can also reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while increasing innovation opportunities and economic growth. Lastly, the SPI should support the development of sustainable recycling technologies, which will increase the availability of recycled content for products. To achieve this potential, an effort is needed to align business needs, research agendas and policy making around common definitions and a common vision.
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Response to EU Methane Strategy

5 Aug 2020

With a targeted and supportive framework, agriculture can play a key role in the fight against climate change and help achieve the EU 2030 and 2050 greenhouse gas reduction commitments via a.o. enteric methane abatement, carbon sequestration, manure management and efficiency improvements. One option to reduce enteric methane emissions from ruminants significantly, at the source, is via nutritional interventions. There are nutritional solutions to reduce enteric methane emissions currently in the EU feed additive registration process. Importantly, the abatement of methane through an animal nutrition approach can be a business model for farmers. Agriculture is a key economic sector in the EU, producing one of the main necessities of life: food. It also has a number of key societal benefits and environmental responsibilities. As outlined in the Roadmap for the EU Methane Strategy, in the agriculture sector, there is indeed room for cooperation on developing and implementing methane mitigation technologies. To reduce enteric methane from fermentation (the largest source of methane emissions in the EU), nutritional intervention in a cow’s diet will be one of the most effective solutions. So far, different dietary solutions have shown strong and consistent methane reduction. However, to achieve a significant reduction of agricultural methane emissions, the EU needs to put in place a framework which rewards farmers and the food value chain for their efforts. A good example would be the accounting of methane reduction with carbon credits via public or private initiatives (carbon market). Reducing methane via nutritional solutions will therewith become a business opportunity for farmers. Measurement, reporting and verification of methane reduction via nutritional intervention can be done via tools that combine the different effects of nutritional ingredients on a cow’s emissions. When farmers are supported by an enabling and rewarding framework to apply methane mitigation technologies, they can make a significant contribution to the fight against climate change in an economically viable way and support in delivery of the EU 2030 and 2050 greenhouse gas reduction commitments.
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Meeting with Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

20 Apr 2020 · Sustainable food systems

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)

6 Feb 2020 · European Green Deal

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

11 Jul 2018 · Implementation of SDGs and general EU affairs

Meeting with Robert Schröder (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

19 Feb 2018 · Bio-economy,circular economy and FP9

Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

5 Feb 2018 · Circular economy

Meeting with Sarah Nelen (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

7 Mar 2017 · Circular economy

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

4 Feb 2015 · Mr. A. Nicolai, Digital Single Market