Immunovia AB (publ)
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021)
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Public Welfare
- Sustainable Products and Processes
- Sustainable Workplace
Environmental Achievements
- Minimized environmental impact of energy consumption and transport through restricted travel and prioritized digital meetings. Travel was basically zero in 2021 due to the pandemic.
Social Achievements
- No occupational injuries reported in 2021.
- Implementation of a whistleblower system (Trumpet) in 2021.
- Ranked 37th out of 339 listed companies on Allbright’s green stock exchange list for gender equality in 2021.
Governance Achievements
- No cases of corruption detected during the year.
- Continuous management and treatment of business ethics and anti-corruption, regulated in Immunovia’s Code of Conduct.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Company’s tests may not be covered by national guidelines for treatment or cost compensation programs.
- Competitive market environment.
- Government regulations and potential risks of not getting necessary permits for test sales.
- Risks of not receiving cooperation and license agreements with different countries’ reimbursement systems.
- Risk that product development may not meet market and/or quality requirements.
- Risks linked to intellectual property rights.
- Risk of not receiving accreditation according to ISO 15189.
- Risk of not receiving necessary product registrations.
- Risk that key people leave the organization.
- Work environment risks.
- Risk of not having access to the right skills.
Mitigation Strategies
- Active work to get tests covered by national and medicinal organizational guidelines for testing in high-risk groups through communication, research, and Key Opinion Leaders.
- Ongoing external monitoring of competitors and technology.
- Work to obtain permits and approvals from relevant authorities.
- Cooperation agreements with key partners for insight into different countries’ reimbursement systems.
- Structured and goal-oriented work in product development, information exchange with marketing and quality departments.
- Encouraging staff to register patents and continuous management of applications and monitoring of existing patents by a patent agency.
- Focus on regulatory requirements and quality system development with internal and external resources.
- Targeted work with regulatory requirements for obtaining necessary registrations using internal and external resources.
- Creating a good, interesting and challenging workplace to retain key employees.
- Active work for a good work environment with preventive activities like annual health profiles, health insurance, and ergonomic reviews.
- Being an attractive employer providing market-based and competitive remuneration.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Supplier evaluations are conducted to ensure quality-assured products.