Sustainability Report 2024: How we combine responsibility in medical technology, the environment and corporate culture
Taking responsibility for people, resources and the future. With our first Sustainability Report for 2024, we show how we strive to live up to this commitment.
With our first Sustainability Report 2024, we provide insight into the topics, measures and goals that shape our sustainable actions at Sutter Medizintechnik. The report covers the period from January 1 to December 31, 2024 and refers exclusively to Sutter Medizintechnik GmbH. Our subsidiaries in the USA and Hong Kong are not included in this report.
For us, sustainability means more than individual environmental measures. We consider environmental responsibility, social responsibility and responsible corporate governance together. In the report, we show how we record our environmental footprint, how we support employees, how we ensure quality and compliance and which next steps we are planning for our ESG reporting.
Why sustainability matters in medical technology
As a medical technology company, we operate in an environment shaped by high quality requirements, regulatory specifications, international supply chains and long term responsibility. Our products are used worldwide and support medical users in sensitive surgical specialties. That is why responsibility does not begin with reporting for us. It starts in development, continues through production and quality assurance and extends to employees, business partners and the environment.
For more than five decades, Sutter Medizintechnik has stood for specialised electrosurgical instruments, precision and medical progress. Our ambition is to combine medical quality “Made in Germany” with responsibility for people, society and the environment.
For us, sustainability is therefore not an additional topic. It is part of the question of how we, as a family owned company, do business over the long term, how we use resources, how we protect and support employees and how we build trust with customers, partners and users.
FAQ about the Sustainability Report 2024
Our report covers, among other things, our understanding of ESG, CO₂ emissions, energy efficiency at the Emmendingen site, sustainable mobility, social responsibility, training, occupational safety, quality, data protection, governance, the whistleblower system and the planned materiality analysis.
Among other measures, we rely on energy efficient building technology, heat pumps, a photovoltaic system with 148 kWp, certified green electricity, sustainable mobility offers and digital alternatives to printed materials.
We aim to reduce our emissions by 50 percent by 2040 compared to today. In the long term, we are striving for climate neutrality by 2050.
ESG serves as a strategic compass for us. It helps us identify risks at an early stage, manage responsibility consciously and drive innovation in a targeted way.
We strengthen social responsibility through measures including occupational health management, occupational safety, flexible working time models, equal opportunities, training, support for women in STEM professions, child sponsorships and regional sports sponsorship.
A sustainability report shows how a medical technology company records, evaluates and develops environmental, social and corporate responsibility. Our Sustainability Report 2024 covers environmental aspects, social aspects, corporate governance and progress assessment.
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