Getinge 2022 Annual Report
Getinge 2022 Annual Report
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Sustainability at Getinge
Introduction
As a global medtech company, Getinge's impact is inherently a
social one - to improve and save people's lives. The company relies
on innovation, science and technology to address some of society's
most challenging healthcare issues such as heart-lung diseases and
healthcare acquired infections. A growing and ageing population
is putting increased pressure on financial, human and natural
resources in healthcare and the medtech industry. The need to do
more with less resources and to create a more sustainable health-
care system is greater than ever.
Getinge supports healthcare professionals, scientists and
pharmaceutical producers in combating cardiovascular diseases,
minimizing the spread of healthcare associated infections and
developing sustainable solutions for healthcare systems. The four
strategic pillars that have guided Getinge in its work with sus-
tainable development are quality culture, passionate employees,
business ethics and responsible leadership and environmental &
social engagement.
Quality culture
Patient safety is the company's primary focus and Getinge strives
to ensure that a culture of quality permeates every aspect of the
company's work. A key element in ensuring this culture is training.
Material topics related to this pillar are: patient safety and product
quality. The aim is to continuously strengthen the quality culture
to increase customer satisfaction, improve patient and user safety,
reduce business risks and nurture a learning organization.
Passionate Employees
Getinge aims to create a dynamic organization of passionate
employees that continue to develop the company. Getinge works
actively to create the conditions for a healthy and safe environment
and pushes for learning and future development. The company
works continuously to improve diversity and ensure inclusion and
equity. Material topics related to this pillar are: human capital,
health & safety, diversity, equity and inclusion, employee engage-
ment and competence development.
Business ethics and responsible leadership
Getinge works continuously to ensure that its business activities
are conducted in an ethical and responsible manner in all internal
and external contexts. The purpose of the ethics and compliance
work is to ensure that the decisions taken are well informed,
balanced and can withhold scrutiny also in the future. At Getinge,
responsible leadership means being passionate about doing
the right thing, daring to raise concerns when something is not
right and dealing with issues in a respectful and transparent way.
Responsible leadership is all about taking responsibility together
and thinking about the consequences from decisions and actions
here and now. Material topics related to this pillar are: business
ethics (including anti-corruption and data privacy), human rights
and responsible sourcing.
Environment & social engagement
Getinge wants to contribute to sustainable healthcare through
increased environmental and social responsibility that has a
positive impact on society. Getinge has committed to the Science
Based Target initiative and during the year submitted the targets
for validation as well as set a net zero emissions target for 2050.
The company also continues to work on important partnerships
such as the educational program Pratham Sweden, The foundation
for Queen Silvia Children's hospital and WaterAid. The material
topics related to this pillar are greenhouse gas emissions and
climate, product environmental impact and circularity, including
waste & recycling.
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