Ambu strives to minimise the impact of our products throughout their life cycle and to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, manufacturing waste and hazardous material.
Circularity
Ambu's single-use endoscopes and other products have an environmental impact throughout their life cycle – from raw material extraction until they are disposed of after use.
You can find information about how we endeavour to reduce the impact of our products throughout their life cycle in our description of our circular approach to products and packaging.
At Ambu, we strive to reduce the impact of our products by researching and investing in:
- The use of renewable materials, such as bio-based feedstock for plastic
- Solutions for take-back and recycling
Ambitions and targets for circularity
We strive to minimise the environmental impact of our products wherever possible throughout their life cycle, in order to contribute to the circular economy. We have set a number of goals to be completed by 2025 that will help us achieve these targets:
- Bioplastics in all currently marketed endoscopes handles by end of 2024
- Primary packaging for high volume products made from bioplastics
- Recycling offering in all our focus markets
Explore our progress on our environment, social and governance priorities in our latest Annual Report.
Scope 1 consists of emissions from sources controlled by the company.
Scope 2 is energy purchased from external sources.
Scope 3 is comprised of the emissions of the company’s suppliers and customers.
Scope 3 emissions comprise the majority
Similar to many other companies, the majority of our emissions fall into the Scope 3 category, which lies outside our own operations, occurring throughout the entire value chain.
This means that in order to reach our emission reduction goals and approach net-zero emissions, Ambu is reliant on our many suppliers.
Close collaboration with suppliers is key
As a result, we are establishing even closer trustful collaborations with our key suppliers, specifically within purchased goods and services, so that we can drive our emissions down and meet our goals. Explore more information about our Responsible Supplier Program
Beyond our Supplier engagement, we have a three step strategy to reduce our GHG emissions:
- Minimize greenhouse gas emissions from production sites through energy efficiency measures.
- Purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
- Establish Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).
Ambitions and targets for net zero emissions
Commit to operating responsibly and approaching net-zero emissions in collaboration with suppliers and other partners.
Ambu has committed to the following validated science-based targets:
- An absolute 75% reduction of scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by financial year 2029/30 from a base year of financial year 2020/21
- Suppliers accounting for 82% of our purchased goods and services emissions* will have science-based targets by financial year 2026/27
- Ambu has voluntarily set 2045** as target year to achieve net-zero emissions.
* equivalent to approximately 68% of total scope 3 emissions
**long-term net-zero target is not validated by SBTi
Explore our progress on our environment, social and governance priorities in our latest Annual Report.
Energy Consumption
As part of our strategy to approach net-zero emissions, our production sites and headquarters work rigorously to identify and act on opportunities to reduce emissions through energy efficiency measures.
Through energy monitoring and audits, our sites are gaining a better understanding of where the biggest energy consumption is taking place. Furthermore, we are increasingly sharing learnings across our sites to help each other bring down local energy consumption and emissions.
Ambitions and targets for energy consumption
We aim to reduce total energy consumption and increase energy efficiency as well as the share of renewable energy in our operations.
You can explore our progress on our environment, social and governance priorities in our latest Annual Report.
Manufacturing waste and hazardous materials
At Ambu, we believe that waste has the potential to become a resource once an appropriate method has been found. By measuring waste amounts, each production site gains a better understanding of its waste streams and upcycling opportunities.
While we cannot totally avoid creating waste at our sites, we are working hard to ensure that as much waste as possible is used to create value further down the value chain.
Our sites are sorting more and more waste into different fractions in order to increase the amount that is recycled. Through partnerships and local initiatives, we are working on ways to increase the amounts of waste that can be reused or converted into either energy, fertilizers or components of new materials.
Ambitions and targets for handling manufacturing waste and hazardous materials
Reduce waste where possible and recycle according to the waste hierarchy, in order to minimize use of virgin resources and thereby reduce our impact on the environment and climate.
Explore our progress on our environment, social and governance priorities in our latest Annual Report.
