Our Sustainability Strategy
We’re a leading global technology company providing clients from all sectors of the economy with virtual twin experiences to catalyze sustainable innovation in the virtual world to benefit the physical world.
Dassault Systèmes Sustainability Objectives
Sustainability is at the heart of Dassault Systèmes’ mission.
We implement our sustainability strategy through three priority actions, each of which has been assigned measurable objectives for 2025 or 2027: committing to environmentally sustainable operations, designing solutions that enable our customers to reduce their environmental footprint, and developing human capital with respect to diversity and ethics.
- Reduce our Footprint
- Support our Customers
- Develop our Human Capital
We’re committed to environmentally sustainable operations that optimize our environmental footprint according to the recommendations of the Paris Agreement, reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and encouraging our suppliers to engage in a similar approach.
Our objectives
- 35% reduction in scopes 1 & 2 GHG emissions by 2027 (read the press release, Dassault Systèmes Commits for Sustainability: Science-Based Targets Approved and Net Zero Emissions Timeline Set)
- 20% reduction in scope 3 GHG emissions by 2027 (business travel and employees’ commute)
- Carbon neutrality by 2040
- 50% of our suppliers to have emissions reduction goals in line with science-based targets by 2025
We design solutions that enable our customers to reduce their environmental footprint and facilitate positive‑impact innovations.
Our objective
- 70% of revenue generated by sustainable solutions eligible to EU Taxonomy by 2027
- 40% of revenue generated by sustainable solutions aligned to EU Taxonomy by 2027
We promote gender equality, ethics & compliance and employee engagement.
Our objectives
- 40% women in our executive team by 2027
- 30% women among people managers by 2027 (read our blog post, Gender Diversity is part of Dassault Systèmes DNA)
- 78% employee pride and satisfaction rate by 2025
- 95% of employees trained on ethics and compliance by 2025 (read our Corporate Social Responsibility policy)
Sustainability Governance
Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility is central to Dassault Systèmes’ strategy and achievements. Our sustainability strategy is managed at the highest levels of corporate governance.
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors considers sustainability when reviewing and setting multi‑year strategic guidelines. We’ve appointed an independent director as Lead Director of Sustainable Development within our Board of Directors to review our ESG targets, action plans and achievements. This role is currently held by Genevieve Berger (Discover her biography)
Additionally, each committee of the Board of Directors has sustainability objectives related to their missions.
For example:
- the Scientific Committee reviews the evolution of our sustainability solutions portfolio and analyses the potential technological breakthroughs impacting the market
- the Audit Committee reviews new ESG reporting requirements and related matters,
- the Compensation and Selection Committee reviews the performance criteria, including the ESG indicator, for the annual variable compensation of the executive officers.
The members of these three Board of Directors committees meet at two annual sessions, one dedicated to sustainability and the other to risk prevention and management within the company, including ESG risks.
Executive Operating Committee
Our Executive Operating Committee includes a dedicated member responsible for our sustainability strategic roadmap in terms of product development to help customers become more sustainable (handprint) and manage our company’s environmental footprint. This role is held by Florence Verzelen, Executive Vice-President, Industry, Marketing & Sustainability.
Operational Actors
The Sustainability Steering Committee brings together the executive managers of Dassault Systèmes’ key functions four times a year to discuss action plans and progress in support of our sustainable development strategy.
Our Chief Sustainability Officer is this committee’s secretary, and is responsible for leading Dassault Systèmes’ sustainable development strategy around three pillars:
- Expertise - "supporting exemplary footprint", which commits to the highest standard of Sustainability ambitions, orchestrates environmental reporting operations, the management of extra-financial ratings and the animation of the network of ESG contributors,
- Ecosystem - "developing networks", which builds relations/partnerships with internal, institutional, academic, analyst, and integrator partners on sustainable development issues to raise the voice of Dassault Systèmes as an enabler for Sustainability.
- Engagement - "enabling customer transitions", which engages with existing and new customers to imagine new solutions and business models to enable and accelerate their sustainable transformations, particularly in line with the sustainable development factors retained by the EU Taxonomy.
Philippine De T'Serclaes has been our CSO since 2022; read more about her nomination.
Finally, in 2021, our Finance Department created a Sustainable Finance and Procurement Unit charged ensuring the reliability of the reporting process and non‑financial information, the calculation of indicators relating to the EU Taxonomy and the risk assessment on the basis of climate scenarios.
Dassault Systèmes’ Corporate Model
RESOURCES & CAPITAL
| Intellectual Capital | Human Capital | Social Capital | Financial Capital | Natural Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|
13 technology portfolios serving the full innovation cycle 40+ years accumulated industry knowledge €1,288M R&D investment (+5%) 839 protected innovations
| 25,000 employees 41% working in R&D 5 women among 13 members of the Executive team 26% women among People managers
| 14,000+ people in commercial partners ecosystem 200+ scientific & research partners 10,000+ people in technology & marketplace partners’ ecosystem
See chapter 1.4.1 | Long term & stable shareholders structure €1,459M net cash position A stable S&P credit rating
| 91% share of renewable electricity 47.9% share of suppliers (in CO2 emissions) with a science-based emissions reduction target (50% by 2025) -45% CO2 emissions related to business travel and employees’ commute compared to 2019 |
BUSINESS MODEL
Our purpose
Provide businesses and people with 3DEXPERIENCE universes to imagine sustainable innovations capable of harmonizing product, nature and life.
2040 horizon
Leveraging the power of science-based 3D UNIV+RSES, Dassault Systèmes wants to be the catalyst and enabler of the Generative Economy and mirror the generative method of life
3D UNIV+RSES integrate modeling, simulation, real-world data and artificial intelligence technologies to ensure the life cycle of products while protecting the intellectual property of Dassault Systèmes customers.
Strategy
To achieve its corporate purpose, Dassault Systèmes focuses on Human Industry Experiences.
Serving 3 key sectors
• Manufacturing Industries
• Life Sciences & Healthcare
• Infrastructure & Cities
11 geos
Driving Dassault Systèmes development in 159 countries.
A diverse client base
370,000+ customers ranging from entrepreneurs to multinationals, in 12 industries.
OUR USES
| Intellectual Capital & Customer Relationships | Human Capital (Employees) | Social Capital (Society) | Financial Capital (Shareholders) | Natural Capital (Environment) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
69.8% revenue eligible to EU Taxonomy 25+ years average length collaboration with our 20 main clients
| 99% employees trained 78.4% employees pride and satisfaction rate 98% of employees under permanent contract 1,400+ internship and apprenticeship offers posted 2,600+ job offers filled in 2024, 95% under permanent contract
See chapters 2.2.3 | €279,9M IFRS income tax expense (18.9% ETR) 51 community interest projects supported by La Fondation Dassault Systèmes 10M+ students using 3DEXPERIENCE Edu solutions 97% employees trained on ethics & compliance | €1.28 EPS diluted (Earnings per share diluted non-IFRS) Dividen policy 30% net earnings distributed (IFRS)
| -9% total CO2 emissions compared to 2019 85% of workforce worldwide located in an ISO-certified site for its energy management 83% share of renewable energy supplies
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What we do
We provide virtual twin experiences that allow our clients to leverage the virtual world to create innovative experiences in the real world. As a purpose-driven company and a sustainable innovation leader, our aim is to develop new ways of creating, working and living to address the major challenges facing the world today.
Ethics & Compliance
Pursuing ethical and sustainable growth is a fundamental value and one of the pillars of our Corporate Social Responsibility principles.
ESG practices
We not only provide customers with sustainable technology solutions – we also strive to be a sustainable technology company ourselves. We are committed to having best-in-class environmental, social and corporate governance practices to serve our customers, partners and employees in service of a better world.