Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Human Rights
• Labor Standards
• Environment and Climate
• Anti-Corruption

Environmental Achievements

• Signed an agreement for the installation of solar panels on the roof of our factory in Penang, Malaysia, with an estimated electricity production of 1,500 MWh per year.
• Upgraded machinery at our Xiamen factory in China to optimize energy consumption, resulting in energy savings of 280 MWh.
• Installed new oil-free compressed air compressors in our Malaysian factory, reducing energy consumption by more than 20%.
• Launched the PVC-free product aScope BronchoSampler™.

Social Achievements

• Improved our whistleblower hotline.
• Increased focus on safety and employee training.
• Implemented a general employee share scheme for 2018/19.
• Worked to increase the proportion of women in management.

Governance Achievements

• Updated Code of Conduct, emphasizing human rights and labor rights.
• Targeted training in business ethics and anti-corruption for sales teams in selected high-risk areas.
• Ongoing monitoring of changes in anti-corruption legislation and implementation of applicable rules.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Price pressure in certain product areas.
• Marketing of low-cost copy products.
• Risk of non-compliance with human rights and labor rights in global operations and supply chain.
• Negative environmental impacts from production and sourcing of raw materials.
• Increased focus on sustainability and environmental impact from production and use of medical equipment.

Mitigation Strategies

• Production in own factories in China and Malaysia and cooperation with a partner with production in India to maintain and increase profit margins.
• Efficient supply chain to manage commercial and regulatory risks.
• Clinical documentation and health economic studies to position products so that price is not the decisive sales parameter.
• Focus on sales via group purchasing organizations (GPOs).
• Updated Code of Conduct for suppliers and employees.
• Improved whistleblower hotline.
• Systematically reducing environmental impact in own factories and encouraging suppliers to do the same.
• New targets for 50% green energy in 2025 and phasing in new sustainable plastic technologies.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Updated Code of Conduct for suppliers.
• Focus on ethical sourcing and responsible use of raw materials.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being)
• Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy)
• Goal 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)
• Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production)

Ambu contributes to these goals through its products and sustainability initiatives.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• aScope BronchoSampler™ (PVC-free)

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Product governance
• Environment & climate
• Social capital
• Business ethics & compliance

Environmental Achievements

• Increased renewable electricity share from 4.2% to 26.1% in Xiamen, China
• 12% decrease in total Scope 1 and 2 emissions compared to 2020/21
• Internally recycled 404 tonnes of plastics in Xiamen and Noblesville
• 8% decrease in total water consumption despite increased production and new facility

Social Achievements

• High scores in employee engagement survey for 'Freedom of opinion', 'Recognition', 'Management support', 'Workforce diversity', and 'Feeling valued'
• 42% female managers among all managers and in the Executive Leadership Team; 39% female white-collar managers

Governance Achievements

• Completed Code of Conduct training for 98.8% of white-collar and indirect blue-collar employees
• 12 out of 13 Whistleblower Hotline reports investigated

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• High employee turnover (above target)
• Difficulties in recycling plastic medical devices due to infection risk
• Challenges in mechanical recycling of aScope™ 4 Broncho
• High percentage of Scope 3 emissions (95% of total)
• Code of Conduct signage for business partners below target (92.6%)

Mitigation Strategies

• Developing local actions to address high turnover based on country-specific reasons
• Exploring options for recycling plastic materials through a pilot project in Germany and partnership with Plastic Bank
• Working on establishing closer collaborations with key suppliers to reduce Scope 3 emissions
• Initiating efforts to increase the rate of Code of Conduct signage for business partners

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Responsible Supplier Program
• Code of Conduct for Business Partners

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SBTi, TCFD

Certifications: ISO 13485, MDSAP, EU MDR, UKCA, ISO 9001 (Xiamen site)

Third-party Assurance: EY Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskab

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 3
• SDG 5
• SDG 7
• SDG 8
• SDG 12
• SDG 13

Ambu's products contribute to SDG 3; company growth supports SDG 8; energy efficiency activities support SDG 7 and 13; monitoring and reducing consumption supports SDG 12; commitment to UN WEPs supports SDG 5

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environment
• Labor & Human Rights
• Ethics
• Sustainable Procurement

Environmental Achievements

• Recall procedure in place
• Dedicated feedback channel on health & safety issues of products
• Products designed for easy dismantling and easy recyclability
• Improvement of energy efficiency through technology or equipment upgrades
• Training of employees on energy conservation/climate actions
• Reduction of carbon emissions in transportation
• Energy and/or carbon audit
• Measures to reduce packaging materials
• Actions for labeling, storing, handling and transporting hazardous substances
• Reduction of material consumption through process optimization
• Use of eco-friendly or bio-based input materials
• Environmental emergency measures in place
• Training employees to safely handle and manage hazardous substances
• External partnerships or collection programs established to reuse and recycle major waste streams
• Actions or training to raise employee awareness on waste reduction & sorting
• Reduction of internal wastes through material reuse, recovery or repurpose
• Internal sorting & disposal of waste according to waste streams
• Other actions to reduce energy consumption/GHG emissions
• Other actions to manage water efficiency or wastewater discharge
• Use of alternative, less hazardous substances in operations
• Use of recovered input materials
• Marks all EEE products with the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol and a producer identification mark / producer registration details
• Reduction of water consumption through innovative equipments, methods or technologies
• Measures to ensure single-use of products for which reutilization can present health hazards
• Collection and disposal of hazardous health waste
• Company has joined a Producer Compliance Scheme or has an approved individual waste management plan
• Traceability system implemented for all products (e.g. single packaging)
• Purchase and/or generation of renewable energy
• Other actions to manage waste
• Other actions to manage direct environmental impacts generated from the end-of-life of the products
• Regular noise measuring campaign (site boundary noise measurements undertaken)
• Work processes or technologies implemented to mitigate noise

Social Achievements

• Employee satisfaction survey
• Health care coverage of employees in place
• Actions to promote wage equality in the workplace
• Grievance mechanism on discrimination and/or harassment issues
• Actions to prevent discrimination during recruitment phase
• Employee stock ownership plan (not restricted to executive level)
• Impact assessments identifying potential child labor, forced labor and/or human trafficking
• Family Friendly programs (FFPs) implemented (e.g. parental or care leaves, childcare services or allowances)
• Monitoring of internal controls and effectiveness of actions taken to prevent child labor, forced labor and/or human trafficking
• Awareness training regarding diversity, discrimination, and/or harassment
• Employee health and safety emergency action plan
• Equipment safety inspections or audits
• Skills development program tailored to employee needs
• Flexible organization of work (eg. remote work, flexi-time)
• Training of employees on health and safety risks and best working practices
• Employee health & safety risk assessment
• Grievance mechanism on child labor, forced labor and/or human trafficking issues
• Actions to control hazardous substance exposure
• Regular assessment of individual performance
• Individual development and career plan for all employees
• Actions to promote internal mobility

Governance Achievements

• Specific approval procedure for sensitive transactions (e.g. gifts, travel)
• Corruption risk assessments performed
• Anti-corruption due diligence program on third parties in place
• Implementation of a records retention schedule
• Information security risk assessments performed
• Whistleblower procedure for stakeholders to report information security concerns
• Awareness training to prevent information security breaches
• Information security due diligence program on third parties in place
• Other actions to ensure information security
• Whistleblower procedure for stakeholders to report corruption and bribery
• Measures for gaining stakeholder consent regarding the processing, sharing and retention of confidential information
• Anti-competitive practices risk assessments performed
• Awareness training performed to prevent corruption
• Audits of control procedures to prevent corruption
• Audits of control procedures to prevent information security breaches
• Incident response procedure (IRP) to manage breaches of confidential information
• Whistleblower procedure for stakeholders to report anti-competitive practices
• Measures to protect third party data from unauthorized access or disclosure
• Awareness training performed to prevent anticompetitive practices
• Investigation or traceability system of the supply chain (smelters, trades, mines) on conflict minerals due diligence (e.g. third party on site audit in place)
• Regular supplier assessment (e.g. questionnaire) on environmental or social practices
• Sustainability risk analysis (i.e. prior to supplier assessments or audits)
• Training of buyers on social and environmental issues within the supply chain
• Selected suppliers required to fill Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT)/other customized conflict mineral-related questionnaire
• On-site audits of suppliers on environmental or social issues
• Supplier sustainability code of conduct in place
• Capacity building of suppliers on environmental or social issues (e.g. corrective actions, training)

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Low priority Inconclusive documentation for policies on air pollution
• No information on ISO 14001/EMAS certification
• No supporting documents on the coverage of environmental actions or certification throughout company operations
• No formal alignment with a sustainability reporting standard (e.g. in accordance with GRI, SASB)
• No information on reporting on total weight of air pollutants
• No information on reporting on total amount of water recycled and reused
• The 360° Watch has identified at least one significant controversy, fine or penalty regarding environmental issues in the last five years
• The 360° Watch has identified at least one significant adverse report regarding customer health & safety
• No quantitative target on labor and human rights issues
• Labor and human rights management system certification covers less than 26% of the assessed scope
• Supporting documents show a low level of coverage of labor and human rights actions or certification throughout company operations
• Insufficient reporting on labor and human rights issues
• No formal alignment with a sustainability reporting standard (e.g. in accordance with GRI, SASB)
• No information on average hours of training per employee
• Inconclusive documentation for policies on supplier social practices
• Basic sustainable procurement policies: lacks details on specific issues
• Inconclusive documentation for policies on supplier environmental issues
• Claims endorsement of specific international or industry sector initiatives on conflict minerals issues, but information could not be verified
• No conclusive documentation on the integration of social or environmental clauses into supplier contracts
• Declares a percentage of suppliers for which conflict minerals information is available (e.g. CMRT) but no supporting documentation
• Insufficient reporting on sustainable procurement issues
• No formal alignment with a sustainability reporting standard (e.g. in accordance with GRI, SASB)
• Declares sourcing tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold and/or their derivatives only from recycled sources but no supporting documentation

Mitigation Strategies

• Addressing the identified challenges through improved documentation, reporting, and implementation of relevant policies and certifications.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier sustainability code of conduct in place
• Investigation or traceability system of the supply chain (smelters, trades, mines) on conflict minerals due diligence (e.g. third party on site audit in place)
• Regular supplier assessment (e.g. questionnaire) on environmental or social practices
• Sustainability risk analysis (i.e. prior to supplier assessments or audits)
• Training of buyers on social and environmental issues within the supply chain
• Selected suppliers required to fill Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT)/other customized conflict mineral-related questionnaire
• On-site audits of suppliers on environmental or social issues
• Capacity building of suppliers on environmental or social issues (e.g. corrective actions, training)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities