Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Responsible employer
• Responsible distributor and producer
• Responsible market participant

Environmental Achievements

• Conducting a shipping and logistics project to streamline transports and reduce emissions
• Actively working with suppliers to find alternative materials wherever possible

Social Achievements

• Completed employee survey
• Implementation of measures identified in last year’s employee survey
• Digitalised parts of the course selection at AddLife Academy
• New course in AddLife Academy within public procurement
• Procured common platform for IT

Governance Achievements

• AddLife has high business ethics standards and zero tolerance for discrimination.
• Update of AddLife’s code of conduct
• All new employees will receive training to learn about the code of conduct
• Continued ISO-certification of our companies

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Environmental challenges in transports and heavy consumption of disposable plastic products within health services
• Reduced travel and physical meetings due to COVID-19 pandemic
• Discrimination cases relatively doubled according to employee survey
• Delays in home care projects due to restrictions on physical meetings and on-site customer installations during the pandemic
• New EU directives for medical devices (MDR) and in vitro diagnostics products (IVDR) requiring renewed testing for CE certification

Mitigation Strategies

• Shipping and logistics project to streamline transports and reduce emissions
• Actively working with suppliers to find alternative materials
• Increased use of digital tools for work
• Proactively working against discrimination through leadership training and AddLife Academy
• Identifying new suppliers in Asia with CE-marked products meeting regulatory requirements

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Clear requirements for suppliers regarding sustainability and the environment
• Compliance with AddLife’s code of conduct
• Respect for fundamental human rights and treatment of employees in accordance with the ILO declaration

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact, ILO core conventions, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

Certifications: ISO

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 5 - Gender equality
• Goal 8 - Decent work and economic growth
• Goal 9 - Sustainable industry, innovation and infrastructure
• Goal 10 - Reduced inequalities
• Goal 12 - Responsible consumption and production
• Goal 16 - Peace, justice and strong institutions

AddLife actively works with these goals, divided into three focus areas: responsible employer, responsible distributor and producer, and responsible market participant.