Climate Change Data

Marinomed Biotech AG

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021)

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Renewable Energy Share:98%
Total Energy Consumption:248 MWh/year
Water Consumption:1,175 m³/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Good health and well-being
  • Partnerships for the goals
  • Gender equality
  • Quality education
  • Sustainable business practices
  • Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • Decent work and economic growth

Environmental Achievements

  • Removal of sealed surface and added greening to company property
  • Thermal renovation of existing buildings
  • Environmentally friendly new building and usage of renewable energies
  • Fleet almost fully electric
  • 98% of energy from renewable sources in 2021

Social Achievements

  • Sales of Carragelose products increased by 20%
  • New partnerships for global availability of Carragelose products
  • Efficacy of Carragelose proven against SARS-CoV-2 variants
  • Employee growth of 16%
  • Strengthened investor relations
  • First place in the BCG Gender Diversity Index
  • First partnership for Budesolv
  • R&D advances in indications with high medical need

Governance Achievements

  • Expansion of quality and training management
  • Re-evaluation of principles of the Corporate Governance Codex
  • Increased evaluation of sustainable corporate goals
  • First place in the Gender Diversity Index Austria 2021

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve carbon neutrality by 2030
  • Create a healthy working environment for employees, keep the staff turnover rate <10%
  • Development of all employees, maintain high levels of diversity
  • Recruit skilled professionals to drive our growth trajectory
  • Continue supporting continuing education and professional development
  • Adopt a zero-incident strategy by carrying out regular safety training with a minimum target of < 1 accident per year
  • Respect and regularly monitor human rights and responsibility throughout the entire supply chain.
  • Have no compliance infringements
Short-term Goals:
  • Develop products containing less API
  • Use sustainable raw materials
  • Maintain high quality standards
  • No increase in resource consumption per employee
  • Use more renewable energy generated in-house
  • Expand photovoltaic system
  • Further expand green mobility
  • Promote environmentally friendly supply chains

Environmental Challenges

  • Data for KPIs only available since fiscal year 2021 due to new headquarters
  • Lack of access to data for previous office location at University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
Mitigation Strategies
  • Comprehensive materiality analysis to identify substantive contributions to sustainable development
  • Analysis and expansion of key performance indicators (KPIs)

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Regular evaluations of partners, including audits examining quality, ethical, social, and sustainability aspects
  • Preference for partners in the EU to minimize transport distances
  • Codes of conduct with sales partners to counteract money laundering, corruption, and financing terrorism

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, UN SDGs

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 3

Focus on improving health and well-being

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Carragelose (from red algae)
  • Marinosolv technology (escin and glycyrrhizin)

Awards & Recognition

  • First place in the Gender Diversity Index Austria 2021