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OUR STRATEGY

Accelerating research, development and innovation efforts 

Water is irreplaceable. Our future depends on managing it well, adapting to climate change and ensuring its quality. Our vision is to drive this agenda and significantly impact the sustainable development of our planet – through innovation, partnerships and our ability to model and forecast future scenarios.
Our strategy DHI+, launched in 2021, aims to realise this vision and outlines three overall objectives, which drive our actions and priorities across the business.
  • Together with our clients and partners, increase our impact on the SDGs with specific focus on SDG 6, 7, 9, 13 and 14
  • Increase our ability to invest in research, development and innovation by growing revenue and increasing profitability
  • Create an attractive workplace with high employee engagement by actively facilitating and enabling personal and professional development and global collaboration
These objectives are achieved through three phases; ‘Connecting’, ‘Innovating’ and ‘Impacting’, each of them with defined initiatives and actions to support progress. In 2024, we continued making progress in the Innovating phase and focused our actions on further strengthening DHI's RD&I ambitions, efforts and capabilities. We developed the new long-term RD&I strategy and established a global RD&I Centre. Moreover, we attracted more external RD&I funding and increased the number of active RD&I projects. In 2024, DHI was involved in more than 60 active research projects.
To prepare for the third and final phase of the DHI+ strategy, we completed adjustments to our organisational structure and interfaces towards the end of 2024. This restructuring aimed at sharpening our strategic focus, reducing complexity and reducing costs, and it included moving from four global business units to three to enhance focus on where DHI makes the biggest impact in the market. Furthermore, we strengthened focus on software engineering and product development in a restructuring of our Technology & Innovation unit. This move included advancing the ecosystem of our MIKE Powered by DHI software suite as well as integrating AI into our technology offerings.
In the Impacting phase, we will use our collective strengths through projects, science and research, our technologies and solutions, and via partnerships, to influence and enhance water environments across the globe. We will accelerate developments in the transition to renewable energy, reduction of CO2 emissions and biodiversity restoration and we will take significant steps to build societal resilience against climate-related challenges. This includes positive impact on global water efficiency and recycling, coastal protection, resilience against flooding and drought as well as water management.
DHI+ is a growth strategy that integrates sustainability into business objectives and is built on the ambition to accelerate the realisation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Six clear commitments are integrated into DHI+ and its action plans:
 
  • Accelerate the realisation of the UN SDGs and make measurable impact, enabling a sustainable future for water
  • Invest in research and development, and advance new knowledge, methods and technologies for the benefit of our clients and society
  • Focus our efforts on selected business segments where we, together with our clients and partners, have the biggest impact
  • Continue to enhance our technology edge and deliver robust and differentiated business advice on the basis of superior scientific domain knowledge, modelling skills and continuous innovation
  • Unite the organisation and maximise the potential of our global competencies and skills
  • Increase ability to invest in innovation through growth in revenue and profit