Dutjahn Sandalwood Oils (DSO) is a sandalwood oil distillation company backed by Dutjahn Custodians, Kutkabbuba Aboriginal Corporation and the founders of WA Sandalwood Plantations, Keith Drage and Ron Mulder. The business has secured a 10 year supply agreement with the Government of Western Australia (Forest Products Commission). Its Kalgoorlie processing facility is expected to produce 3,000kgs of oil in 2018 and forecast to earn more than $40m in export dollars.
In 2018, Dutjahn won the Emerging Exporter Award at the Australian Trade and Investment Commission's Australian Exporter of the Year awards.
In July 2019 Dutjahn was awarded the Equator Prize by the United Nations, which recognises community and indigenous efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Later in December, Dutjahn won the Small Business Award at the Australian Trade and Investment Commission's Australian Exporter of the Year awards.
