Galderma
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:347.2 thousand tons CO2e (Scope 1 & 2)
Scope 1 Emissions:7.6 thousand tons CO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:5.5 thousand tons CO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:332.1 thousand tons CO2e
Renewable Energy Share:100% in all manufacturing plants
Waste Generated:4501 tons
ESG Focus Areas
- Compliance and Corporate Governance
- Medical education and training
- Product Quality & Safety
- Health & Safety
- Serving communities: local engagement
- Sustainable production: transportation
- Scientific knowledge
- Talent development
- Sustainable products: packaging
- Employee engagement & labor practices
- Sustainable production: greenhouse gases
- Product innovation
- Sustainable products: formulation
- Awareness & Advocacy
- Responsible sourcing
- Product availability and access
- Diversity and inclusion
- Sustainable production: water and waste
- Service and solution innovation
- Support for investigator-initiated trials
- Serving communities: philanthropy
- Sustainable production: biodiversity
Environmental Achievements
- Achieved 100% renewable electricity in all four manufacturing plants
- Recorded a >10% reduction in water withdrawal intensity since 2019
- Achieved and maintained 0 tons of waste to landfill from operations
Social Achievements
- Trained more than 130,000 HCPs and held more than 11,000 events in 2023 (40% and 30% growth respectively compared to the previous year)
- Reached more than 25,000 dermatologists and HCPs through GSSF activities
- Gathered data from over 10,000 patients in a published study profiling sensitive skin
Governance Achievements
- Established a dedicated Board of Directors sub-committee, an executive-level ESG oversight mechanism (ESG Council), and a cross-functional ESG working group
- Linked executive compensation to the achievement of ESG ambition
- Aligned ESG strategy with TCFD recommendations
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Carbon neutrality in manufacturing plants
Medium-term Goals:
- Gradually reduce Scope 1 & 2 emissions in our manufacturing plants
- Reduce water and waste intensity by 20% by 2030 versus a 2022 baseline
- Engage, educate and train over 250,000 HCPs annually
Short-term Goals:
- Achieve 100% renewable electricity in all manufacturing plants (achieved in 2023)
Environmental Challenges
- Heightened operating costs and liability risks due to reinforced climate laws and regulations
- Sustained reduced supply of raw materials due to structural changes in suppliers’ production means/strategies
- Increased cost of key raw materials/inputs driven by supply chain disruptions and/or rapid shifts in consumer demand
- Increased impairment linked to damages to sites and business interruptions due to severe weather events
- Higher operating costs and/or lost sales due to severe weather events
- Increased operating costs driven by higher energy needs to ensure business continuity during chronic weather events
- Increased capital expenditure to improve efficiency of manufacturing process to ensure business continuity during chronic weather events
Mitigation Strategies
- ESG governance in place to create transparency around existing and emerging regulations and endorse action plans and associated investments to ensure compliance
- ESG governance in place to create transparency around stakeholders’ expectations and endorse action plans and associated investments to ensure we meet these expectations
- Strengthening business continuity plans at manufacturing plants
- Reviewing raw materials to further de-risk supply
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: at least 80% of spend that can be influenced by procurement function
Responsible Procurement
- Code of Ethics
- Supplier Code
- Responsible-sourcing initiative monitoring social and environmental performance across four pillars (Health & Safety, Labor Standards, Business Integrity and the Environment)
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Extreme weather events (heavy precipitation, severe storms, fire weather, hydrological drought, extreme heat, coastal flood)
- Damages to sites and business interruptions due to severe weather events
Transition Risks
- Heightened operating costs and liability risks due to reinforced climate laws and regulations
- Increased capital expenditures to meet country-specific decarbonization targets
- Sustained reduced supply of raw materials due to structural changes in suppliers’ production means/strategies
- Increased cost of key raw materials/inputs driven by supply chain disruptions and/or rapid shifts in consumer demand
- Reduced access to capital/financing opportunities due to misalignment with stakeholders’ expectations in terms of climate performance
- Lower sales caused by misalignment with customers’ expectations in terms of sustainability performance
Opportunities
- Reduced operating costs given higher efficiency and lower resource consumption in manufacturing process
- Reduced operating costs given lower reliance on expensive carbon-intensive energy-generation methods
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: TCFD
Certifications: ISO 14001