Carbon Footprint Reduction - Sustainable Strategy

Biosensors International strives to reduce its waste through the implementation of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives, such as energy saving and recycling processes.

Biosensors International has adopted a systematic approach with the implementation of an environmental management system that aims to contribute to environmental sustainability. As a result, three sites are now ISO 14001:2015 certified: the manufacturing site located in Singapore (certified in August 2018), the European warehouse in the Netherlands and the European headquarter offices in Switzerland (both certified in March 2019). Such environmental management system supports Biosensors International's commitment to contribute to protect the environment and respond to changing environmental conditions in balance with socio-economic needs.

We are committed to:

Build awareness in our company as well as other persons working under our company’s control in relation to our Environmental Management System and environmental performance, in order to enhance knowledge and promote behavior to achieve continual improvement
Identify and having access to compliance obligations and understand how they apply to our company to ensure fulfilment of our compliance obligations
Generate appropriate operational controls in order to protect the environment, including prevention of pollution: promoting the use of sustainable resources, striving for recycling, and maximizing the use of primary sources of energy
Towards this end, our key objectives include:
- Continuously improving the efficiency and sustainability of our business activities and products using a life cycle perspective, resulting in the lowering of greenhouse gas emissions and water use wherever feasible
- Minimizing the generation of hazardous and non-hazardous waste and recycling wastes wherever feasible
- Reuse, recycle, composting materials and conserve energy wherever feasible.

Our key 2025 objectives are:

In Singapore:

Achieve overall objectives hit rate by more than 80%
Initiate programs to support BIG decarbonization roadmap, minimum one program/initiative
Eliminate use of papers through extension of use of electronic platform for QEMS processes
Reduce paper use by 3% in QA/RA depts
Track and make progress on the e-IFU project to build a ready platform for operation roll out.
Reduce drug waste by decreasing its retention at incoming
Replace fluorescent light tubes by LED lighting at the level 3 offices
Identify and source a chiller replacement model to reduce energy consumption by at least 10%
Reduce chemical use by 5 % per stent manufactured
Extent implementation of eDHR for minimum one production line
Replace all inkjet printers in order to reduce cartridge wastes
Achieve REACH compliance for all new product projects
Recycle at least 35% of shipping cartons used in finished goods shipments
Identify and source alternative shipping cartons and foam materials with higher recyclable content

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