Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental Sustainability
• Sustainable Manufacturing
• Sustainable Design

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced packaging volume by favoring sealed trays instead of pouches
• Reduced the number of components in packaging
• Exploring faster degrading plastics
• Optimizing logistics to reduce energy consumption
• Using more easily recyclable plastics (renewable polyethylene and PET)
• Implementing closed-loop recycling schemes
• Adopting clean renewable energy sources
• Investigating materials and additives to reduce energy required for processing
• Using bio-based materials to offset carbon emissions during processing

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Tension between recycling/reuse and the single-use disposable culture for patient and healthcare worker safety
• High waste and energy consumption in the healthcare sector
• Approximately 90% of medical device waste consists of disposable, one-time-use products
• Safety standards often prevent reduction of disposable components
• High cost of product sterilization and reprocessing
• Environmental unsustainability of some sterilization methods (glutaraldehyde and ethylene oxide)
• Challenges in using biodegradable materials (need for catalysts, batch-to-batch variation)

Mitigation Strategies

• Implementing recycling initiatives
• Optimizing manufacturing processes (reduced water and energy use, logistics optimization, reduced polluting chemicals)
• Sustainable design principles (considering product lifecycle, material selection, energy efficiency, environmental impact, recycling)
• Adopting less toxic sterilization methods (hydrogen plasma)
• Designing minimum disposable units within reusable shells
• Focusing on creating simple, repeatable interfaces between disposable and reusable components
• Improving ease of disassembly for recycling
• Optimizing device size and packaging to reduce waste and transport impact
• Harmonizing raw materials and production methods to save cost and waste

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Packaging with reduced volume and components
• Use of faster degrading plastics
• Use of more easily recyclable plastics

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed