Sustainability
Sustainability
We are committed to being net-zero by 2045
At Eakin Healthcare, we’re well on our way to becoming a more sustainable business. We are committed to being net-zero by 2045, with an interim target for our scope 1 and 2 emissions to be carbon neutral by 2030.
As a people focused business Eakin Healthcare is excited by our sustainability commitments, our desire to manufacture products that enhance patients’ lives in a sustainable manner is central to our ethos. We believe sustainability and its role in the long-term benefit of society will by its very nature add to the long-term benefit of our business.
Padraic Dempsey
Chief Executive Officer
Commitment
Eakin Healthcare is committed to sustainability with a focus on continually improving our environmental performance, creating social value as we progress. Our ambition is to reach net zero by 2045.
Strategy & Roadmap
With the full support of our board of directors and Management Forum, we have created a four pillar Sustainability Strategy of Planet, Product, People and Integrity. We are working to an approved long-term environmental investment plan to reduce our carbon footprint. The next two years will see us focus on reductions in Energy, Waste and Packaging. The health, safety and wellbeing of our people is of paramount importance to us as an organisation. We carefully considered how we engage with our colleagues to support their wellbeing and ensure that we are a diverse and inclusive employer with equal access to employment, skills development and job progression opportunities. We are also extremely conscious of being a good corporate citizen and will continue to consider how we interact with the communities around us and our stakeholders.
Partnership
We will work in partnership with customers and suppliers to reduce the impact of our product on the planet in line with the net zero ambitions of the UK, EU and major health systems across the world. (E.g. Greener NHS)
Resource
We have a dedicated Sustainability team within Eakin Healthcare who work in partnership with internal and external together stakeholders to facilitate the execution of our plan & measurement of our progress.
Transparency
We will publish progress of our carbon reduction plan on our website, using globally recognised reporting frameworks and approved KPIs and targets.
Sustainability shout outs
from the last 12 months
We have measured Eakin Healthcare emissions in scope 1, 2 and 3 for our baseline year April ’21-Mar ’22.
8 of our UK locations have switched to renewable energy contracts in the past 12 months = 26% of our grid electricity use.
We are increasing our self-generation of electricity. 10% of power needs last year came from solar panels with investment committed to increasing this.
We are targeting the elimination of single-use plastics in all of our offices and canteens from March 2023.
We are rolling out harmonised waste management and recycling processes across our manufacturing sites from March 2023 with clear and consistent communications in response to employee feedback.
Through BELONG, our employee engagement forum, all colleagues are now able to participate in company-wide environmental activities such as litter picks, enviro challenges etc.
On track with Progress:
Measuring our Carbon Footprint
Strong early progress on direct emissions
Emissions Chart
Measurements in Tonnes of Carbon
FY22 (baseline) | FY23 | |
|---|---|---|
Scope 1 | 262.05 | 450.61 |
Scope 2 | 968.05 | 342.11 |
Scope 3 | 23,439.37 | 25,742.58 |
Total | 24,669.47 | 26,535.30 |
We’re chasing continuous progress (not perfection) and can be so proud of our momentum.
It’s exciting to see how environmental sustainability is embedding across our organisation, people working together is proving key to uncovering opportunities and executing solutions right across Eakin.
Janet Fairlie-Vogt
Chief Development Officer
