As a leading technology company serving clients from all sectors of the economy, we have the power to catalyze radically more sustainable transformations in the processes that shape the physical world, through our virtual universes.
Our Sustainability Compass guides us, while our governance processes maintain a high level of accountability within our organization on the topic of Sustainability.
Our strategy has 3 pillars: EXPERIENCE the change, HARMONIZE the portfolio, and COLLABORATE with stakeholders. Click below on each pillar to learn more about our 2025 targets.
We strive to “walk the talk” and embed sustainability in everything we do.
*Scopes 1, 2, and 3 excluding purchased goods and use of goods sold
We focus not only on providing the tools, but also the inspiration for our customers to innovate sustainably.
We aim to work in partnership with customers, employees, and other stakeholders.
Sustainability issues are core to Dassault Systèmes' strategy and are managed at the highest level of corporate governance.
Toshiko Mori
Dassault Systèmes has designated a lead Director responsible for Sustainability and for annual oversight of the topic.
Florence Verzelen
The company’s Executive Vice-President, Industry, Marketing & Sustainability is responsible for ensuring the seamless integration of Sustainability within all key strategic decisions of the company
The Sustainability Department is responsible for the definition and implementation of our Sustainability strategy: sustainable solutions, operations and collaboration.
The Sustainability Department brings together the leaders of all key business functions on a quarterly basis, to discuss progress on transversal issues.
The central Sustainability team coordinates a community of sustainability contacts across business functions, geographies, brands, and industries.
The Environmental Management teams ensure follow-up and feedback on environmental footprint reporting and action plans.
Intellectual Capital | Human Capital | Social Capital | Financial Capital | Natural Capital |
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12 technology portfolios serving the full innovation cycle 40 years of accumulated industry knowledge €949M R&D investment (+1.5%) +700 families of patents See chapter 1.4.2 |
20,496 people from 135 countries 41% working in the R&D 38.8% Women in the Executive team 21.2% Women among People Managers |
+15,000 people in commercial partners ecosystem (VARs & CSI) +150 scientific & research partners +8,700 technology & market place partners See chapter 1.4.1 |
Long term & stable shareholders structure +55% subscription for the first employee shareholding plan 0.8x Adjusted Net Debt/IFRS EBITDAO A- stable S&P credit rating |
66,996 MWh of energy (of which 90% electricity) 75.2% of renewable electricity (corresponding to 67.7% of our total energy consumption 28,076 tCO2 -eq in purchase of capital goods |
To provide business & people with 3DEXPERIENCE universes to imagine sustainable innovation capable of harmonizing Product, Nature & Life.
Manufacturing Industries
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Infrastructure & Cities
Human Industry Experiences
Dassault Systèmes is a Science based company helping our partners & clients to transform all industries with sustainability and human centricity as cornerstones.
Delivering roles, processes & solutions on public/private cloud or on premise, via license or subscription, and accompanied by consulting and services.
12 GEOs drive the development of our business in 180+ countries
+300K customers ranging from entrepreneurs to multinationals in 11 industries.
Intellectual Capital & Customer Relationships |
Human Capital (Employees) |
Social Capital (Society) |
Financial Capital (Shareholders) |
Natural Capital (Environment) |
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50% of revenue eligible to EU taxonomy 25 years average length collaboration with our 20 main clients |
91% employees trained 80% employees pride and satisfaction 99% of employees under permanent contract 1,400 students trained (internships...) +3,800 job offers filled in 2021, +96% under permanent contract |
€230M in income tax expenses (22,9% ETR) 60 new projects supported via La Fondation Dassault Systèmes 6.8M students using 3DEXPERIENCE Edu solutions 830 stakeholders engaged in sustainability +98% of employees trained on ethics & compliance |
€0.95 earnings per share (non - IFRS) Dividen policy 30% net earnings distributed See chapter 1.7 |
Carbon neutrality by 2040 -8% CO2 emissions (all scopes combined) 23% of our suppliers have an SBTi "targets set" status regarding CO2 emissions (52% by 2025) 69% of certified workplaces (vs 53% in 2020) See chapter 2.5 |
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