Reduced environmental footprint
Our vision of becoming climate neutral by 2045 translates into actionable measures across the countries we are in.
Our vision of becoming climate neutral by 2045 translates into actionable measures across the countries we are in.
Climate change is one of the most critical issues threatening the well-being of our planet. We must all take transformative action to slow down climate change. With the ultimate intention to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement, we have set our climate targets and defined our roadmap for reducing our emissions, all aligned with the Science Based Target initiative. We have also decided that Wellspect will go all the way to become climate-neutral by 2045.
Svenn Poulsen
Group Vice President, Wellspect HealthCare
Our vision of becoming climate neutral by 2045 is supported by scientifically based targets that build on the Science Target Based Initiative (STBi) Net Zero standard. Our main target is the reduction of our entire operation’s environmental footprint. We have established cross-functional groups to achieve the sustainability targets in various areas, including waste management, energy consumption, and chemicals.
We map and monitor our carbon footprint across emission scopes to continuously improve processes, lower emissions and improve data quality.
We work with reduction of waste in the whole value chain. Our work includes redesign of packaging to minimize waste and scrap as well as waste recycling activities.
Our manufacturing sites in Turkey and Sweden, use solely electricity from renewable sources. This includes renewable electricity with a guarantee of origin as well as self-generated electricity from solar power.
We are optimizing core manufacturing processes to reduce the amounts of chemicals used in our products and to replace them with alternatives that are less harmful to living organisms.
In 2021, 33% of our manufacturing waste was sent for material recovery.
100% of the electricity used at our manufacturing sites come from renewable sources.
By optimizing our sterilization process, we reduced the amount of the ethylene oxide chemical used in the process by 24%.
Our carbon emissions increased with 1% per sold product in 2021. Prolonged implementation times delayed the reduction effect.
We have identified where our opportunities and objectives are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our work on reducing our environmental footprint is aligned with the following goals:
In our pursuit of sustainability across our value chain, we drive innovation throughout our company and its business processes.
Our commitment to reducing our environmental footprint is based on being mindful of nature’s limited resources. It directly ties into responsible consumption and production.