Telix Pharmaceuticals
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2023)
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental
- Social
- Governance
Environmental Achievements
- Decommissioned and removed two legacy cyclotrons at the Seneffe facility, with decontamination completed except for two cyclotron vaults.
- Submitted the first of its five-yearly mandatory inventory of "nuclear passive" reports to authorities.
Social Achievements
- Achieved a 90% completion rate and an 86% engagement score in an employee engagement survey.
- 100% of objectives related to sustainable workforce practices (hiring, onboarding, training, and retention) were achieved.
Governance Achievements
- Expanded the remit of the Audit and Risk Committee to include oversight of ESG and sustainability matters.
- Developed a comprehensive materiality assessment to establish highly material topics for strategy development and reporting.
Climate Goals & Targets
Medium-term Goals:
- Develop a Group-wide Environmental Policy, strategy and goals within the next two years, including a three-year climate related issues strategy.
Short-term Goals:
- Achieve not less than 30% female representation on the Board by December 2022.
Environmental Challenges
- Rapid growth of the workforce requiring focus on recruiting and developing top talent.
- Need to develop a Group-wide Environmental Policy, strategy, and goals, including a three-year climate-related issues strategy.
Mitigation Strategies
- Established a cross-functional leadership team for each operating region to ensure autonomous operation.
- Committed to developing a Group-wide Environmental Policy, strategy, and goals within the next two years.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Developing a Supplier Code of Conduct in 2022 addressing sustainability issues.
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Purpose
- People
- Principles
- Performance
- Planet
Environmental Achievements
- Developed a recycling program for Illuccix® kit components, including radioactive lead shield and germanium-68 column.
- Initiated data capture and recording to understand environmental footprint and inform future science-based targets.
Social Achievements
- Launched a bursary scheme with RMIT University to support nuclear medicine students in rural and regional areas.
- Launched Resilience First Aid program to promote mental and emotional wellbeing.
- Global employees participated in fundraising events for prostate cancer, raising over $27,000.
Governance Achievements
- Established policies and procedures, including a Code of Conduct, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy, and Whistleblower Protection Policy.
- All employees required to undertake compliance training.
- Published inaugural Modern Slavery Statement for the 2022 financial year.
Climate Goals & Targets
Medium-term Goals:
- Developing methodologies that consider the potential impact of extreme weather events on business, strategy and financial planning (2024-2025).
Short-term Goals:
- Screening climate impacts across operations on a risk-assessed basis and defining a methodology to ensure climate risks are integrated into business planning (2024-2025).
Environmental Challenges
- Uncertainty over future environmental policy and fiscal landscape.
- Increased operational costs in the supply chain.
- Increased frequency of extreme weather and climate-related natural disasters.
- Long-term changes in climate.
Mitigation Strategies
- Maintaining awareness of current and emerging policy across areas of operation.
- Continuously developing understanding of critical supply chain and value chain.
- Investing in at-risk Group sites and managing inventory levels.
- Addressing identified risks in business continuity plans.
- Conducting climate risk assessments in site evaluation criteria for investment in new operations.
- Adaptation planning, including building or purchasing climate-resilient infrastructure.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Supplier Code of Conduct
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Flooding
- Storms
- Long-term changes in precipitation
- Extreme variability in weather patterns
- Rising mean temperatures
- Rising sea levels
Transition Risks
- Increased pricing of GHG emissions
- Enhanced emissions-reporting obligations
- Mandates on and regulation of existing products and services
- Increased exposure to litigation
- Changes in cost base and changes in technology
- Changing customer behaviour
- Uncertainty in market signals
- Increased cost of raw materials
Opportunities
- Developing products with lower emissions ratings
- More efficient buildings reducing costs
- Improved facilities management leading to lower costs
- Use of lower-emission sources of energy reducing costs
- More efficient production and distribution processes reducing costs
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: TCFD, ISSB's IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards – Disclosure of Climate-related Financial Information