Our performance: Impact
Responsible Business Plan: Environment
We are committed to minimising the environmental impact of our operations by reducing the carbon footprint and natural resource demands of our own and our suppliers’ business activities.
Details of our 2015 targets in this area are included in our SHE strategy.
We have now integrated our biologics business into the environmental sustainability targets, keeping the targeted improvement levels as previously reported.
Reduce greenhouse gas footprint to 890 kilo tonnes CO2 e/yr2.
Hazardous waste reduction to 0.70 tonnes/$m sales; Non-hazardous waste reduction to 0.53 tonnes/employee2.
Water use reduction to 4.0 million m3 2.
Key suppliers in scope report environmental data (energy, waste, water) and have reduction targets (target date: end 2015) 3.
Tonnes of CO2.
Indexed waste generated.
m3 of water used.
% key suppliers reporting environmental data (energy, waste, water).
% key suppliers with reduction targets.
830 kilo tonnes.
Hazardous waste 0.81 tonnes/$m sales.
Non-hazardous waste 0.72 tonnes/employee.
3.6 million m3.
95% key suppliers reporting environmental data (energy, waste, water).
70% key suppliers with reduction targets.
The Plan above provides information about all our environmental objectives, targets and KPIs, together with a snapshot of our 2012 performance. More detailed performance data is provided within this section in the areas of:
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