dss+ (DSS Sustainable Solutions Switzerland SA) is an independent global operations consulting firm with more than 50 years of deep technical, operational and problem-solving heritage. Headquartered in Switzerland and active across 41 countries, we partner with some of the world's most complex and high-hazard industries to achieve breakthroughs in safety, performance and sustainability that drive lasting success. Since becoming independent, we have continuously evolved our capabilities to meet the changing needs of our clients — combining rigorous on-the-ground expertise with cutting-edge methodologies and data-driven insights. Today, our team of 2,000+ professionals representing 140+ nationalities brings together engineers, coaches, academics and industry veterans united by a single commitment: to help organisations Protect, Transform and Sustain what they care for most — their people, their assets, their communities and the long-term competitiveness of their business. Our work has been recognised externally: dss+ has been named one of Switzerland's Best Managed Companies for three consecutive years, an achievement that reflects the consistency of our people, the strength of our culture and the trust our clients place in us every day.

We are a community of highly talented and experienced professionals — drawn from industry, management consulting, academia and civil society — who share an uncommon depth of commitment to our purpose. Seventy-nine percent of our people bring more than 10 years of experience to every engagement, and 44% carry more than 20 years of industry expertise. That means when we step onto a client's site, we are not outsiders looking in — we are practitioners who have stood where our clients stand and understand the pressures they face. What sets our people apart is the combination of technical rigour and human understanding they bring to every project. We are coaches as much as consultants, as comfortable facilitating a leadership workshop as we are conducting a process safety assessment or designing a decarbonisation roadmap. Our culture is built on respect, curiosity and a genuine belief that the right mindsets and behaviours — developed at every level of an organisation, from the C-suite to the shop floor — are the engine of sustainable transformation. This is not an up-or-out firm. We develop our people with the same care and intentionality we bring to developing our clients.

We work with clients across the world's most demanding industries to build a safer, higher-performing and more sustainable future — not by delivering reports and walking away, but by working side-by-side with leadership and frontline teams to implement change that sticks. Our work spans six interconnected areas of client need. We improve safety performance and risk value protection through workplace safety consulting, process safety and asset integrity, and enterprise risk management. We transform culture using proven frameworks such as the dss+ Bradley Curve™, helping leaders shape the mindsets and behaviours that drive continuous improvement. We maximise sustainability and ESG impact — from defining strategy and setting targets to energy transition, decarbonisation and integrating ESG into investment processes. We enhance operations performance through diagnostics, continuous improvement and our proprietary dss+ Humex methodology. We leverage AI for risk prevention through dss+360, enabling predictive, data-driven safety decisions. And we build capabilities through training — delivered online, in the classroom or through fully custom learning solutions. Across all of these, we focus on what matters most: the risks and opportunities with the greatest impact on people, operations and long-term resilience, always ensuring that culture change and capability development are integrated into every project.

Our purpose is as clear as it is consequential: our work saves lives, and our work helps build a sustainable world by combatting climate change and protecting the environment. That is why we exist. The industries and sectors that power our world are at a crucial inflection point. They face mounting pressure to succeed commercially while also empowering and protecting the people, ecosystems and economies they touch. Our privilege — and our responsibility — is to work with our clients to do just that. When we help an organisation improve its safety culture, we prevent injuries and fatalities. When we help a business define its decarbonisation roadmap, we contribute to a healthier planet. When we build the capabilities of leaders and teams, we create a stronger future for the next generation. This sense of purpose is foundational to our company and is lived every day by more than 2,000 professionals working across 41 countries. It is what draws our people to dss+ and what keeps our clients coming back.

Our core values are not aspirational statements — they are the standards we hold ourselves to in every interaction, every project and every decision. Safety and health comes first: we share a personal and professional commitment to protecting the safety and health of our employees, contractors, customers and the communities in which we operate. Environmental stewardship drives our approach: we find science-enabled solutions for our clients while always managing our business to protect and preserve the environment, both for today and for the future. Respect for people is non-negotiable: we treat employees and all partners with professionalism, dignity and respect, fostering an environment where people can contribute, innovate and excel. And we hold ourselves to the highest ethical behaviour: we conduct our business affairs in accordance with the highest ethical standards, striving always to be a respected corporate citizen worldwide. These values, coupled with our passion and expertise, ensure we forge a path to success for our employees, stakeholders and clients — one that we can all be proud of.

In a world where every industry is facing transition, working with the right partner makes all the difference. What makes dss+ the partner of choice for complex and high-hazard industries comes down to five things. First, our purpose: because our work saves lives and helps build a sustainable world, we bring a depth of commitment to every engagement that goes far beyond conventional consulting. Second, our people: drawn from industry, academia and civil society, our consultants are coaches and engineers who know how to make change sustainable — and 79% of them bring more than a decade of experience to the table. Third, our experience and heritage: with over 50 years of deep technical and operational expertise across the industries we serve, we have built long-lasting client relationships grounded in proven results. Fourth, our insights: we provide a 360-degree view of risk across the entire business value chain and your assets' lifecycles, so that the best information always powers action. Fifth, our approach: culture change and capability development are integrated into every project — we do not just make recommendations, we implement them, connecting the C-suite to the shop floor and empowering every level of your organisation to deliver on the strategy. We build with you, not for you, and we stay until the change is real.

Sustainability is at the core of who we are and what we do — for our clients and for ourselves. For our clients, we work from intent to impact, translating sustainability principles into practical, actionable strategies that drive real business value. Our sustainability and ESG consulting spans defining strategy and operational roadmaps, setting science-based targets, advancing energy transition and decarbonisation, integrating ESG into investment processes, measuring and communicating impact, and building the organisational capabilities needed to sustain the journey over the long term. We bring decades of on-the-ground experience, industry-specific knowledge and a deeply integrated approach that connects governance, culture and operations. For our own business, we apply the same rigour. Our Impact & ESG Resource Centre publishes our annual Impact Report along with full ESG disclosures, governance materials and reporting methodologies informed by a double materiality assessment. We hold an EcoVadis Committed Badge, uphold a published Human Rights Policy, Environment Policy and Supplier Code of Conduct, and have firmly committed to abolishing all forms of modern slavery in line with the UK Modern Slavery Act. We believe the most credible sustainability advisors are those who lead by example — and we hold ourselves to that standard every day.

At dss+, impact does not stop at the factory gate or the boardroom door. Our purpose is to help organisations protect and sustain the communities they touch — and that responsibility runs through everything we do. When we help a mining company reduce its environmental footprint, we protect the natural resources that surrounding communities depend on. When we improve safety performance in an industrial plant, we send workers home safely to their families. When we help a power utility build more resilient operations, we protect the daily lives of entire communities who rely on its services. Internally, we are a community of more than 2,000 professionals across 140+ nationalities and 41 countries — a genuinely global firm that reflects the diversity of the world we serve. We publish an annual Impact Report that measures and communicates the contribution we make through our client work and through how we operate as a business, tracking outcomes across safety, sustainability, people and governance. We recognise that our long-term success is inseparable from the health of the communities and ecosystems around us, and we take that responsibility seriously.

At dss+, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where every individual feels valued, heard and empowered. We believe that diversity of thought, background and experience drives innovation, leads to better outcomes for our clients and creates a better workplace for our people — and we know that we can only fully achieve our purpose if we attract, develop and retain talent from the broadest possible range of backgrounds. Our DEI commitments are concrete and board-reviewed. We are working to ensure that 100% of employees and all senior leaders and managers receive DEI-focused training. We are committed to increasing the representation of women across all levels of the organisation by 50%, undertaking annual compensation disparity analyses, implementing unbiased hiring processes and strengthening our DEI governance framework across all geographies. We support the formation of Safe Spaces for employees and empower our DEI champions to drive accountability at every level. Our DEI commitment extends beyond our walls: when we deploy consulting teams across a wide range of industries, geographies and cultures, we intentionally construct diverse teams, because we know our clients benefit from the breadth of perspective that difference brings. Internally and externally, we are dedicated to creating lasting impact and holding ourselves accountable for the progress we make.