Sustainability
The mission, vision, and values of Medix Biochemica guide us to the continuous development of sustainability in our daily work. We believe that we can always improve our performance in sustainability.
We care for the people and the world around us
We dare to be the environmental leaders of our industry
We deliver Medix Biochemica as a responsible and ethical company
The core themes of our sustainability are environmentally sustainable ways of manufacturing diagnostic raw materials and responsibility for our employees and suppliers. We aim to improve in our selected themes through concrete actions, such as:
- Reducing our carbon footprint
We sort and recycle material needed in manufacturing processes of our first-class products. We have a program to sort and recycle paper, carton, metal, glass, biowaste, plastics, energy waste, biohazards, hazardous chemicals, electronics, batteries, and fluorescent tubes, among others. We are continuously seeking ways to use more sustainable packaging and shipping materials and transportation methods.
- Employee actions
We continuously measure the well-being and engagement of our colleagues, and we believe that happy employees contribute to health and sustainability of our environment. We are focusing on delivering excellent safety performance and expanding our commitment to inclusion and diversity in all our locations worldwide.
You can download our sustainability approach: Sustainability at Medix Biochemica 2023
The overall framework for our sustainability goals stem from the United Nations 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs): THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development (un.org) which call for action and support companies’ efforts to achieve more sustainable future for everyone. Among these SDG’s, Medix Biochemica can contribute the most to the following ones:
Sustainability assessments
EcoVadis
We are pleased to continue our sustainability journey at Medix Biochemica. This year, Medix Biochemica joined the EcoVadis sustainability rating system and scored Bronze Medal with the first response, outscoring 72 % of all companies rated by the system. Our top performing sustainability assessment themes were environment, labor & human rights, and ethics. The rating validates and demonstrates our commitment to sustainability and most importantly, it shows us where we can improve. Over the past few years, we have further increased our focus on corporate social responsibility and efforts to be more environmentally responsible. Download our EcoVadis Certificate. |
Responsible Care
Medix Biochemica has been a member of the Responsible Care® program for Chemical Industry in Finland since 2017 and reported sustainability metrics since 2016. To prepare for CSRD, the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, Medix Biochemica has already counted scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions, planned the counting of scope 3 emissions in 2023 and will be publishing our first sustainability report later 2023, well in advance of the required timelines.
Packaging materials
At Medix Biochemica, we’re actively looking for more sustainable packaging materials to ship our products to our customers across the globe. For more information about our packaking material types, please contact medix@medixbiochemica.com.