A sustainable offer
EcoDesign
EcoDesign is a core part of Getinge’s sustainability efforts. It enables us to take the environmental impact over a product’s entire life cycle into account; from extraction of raw materials to production, distribution and use, all the way to recycling and disposal. We have also created a process for presenting the product’s environmental impact in a simple and useful way.
Supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals
The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) point out the direction for our efforts. We have identified the goals that are the most relevant for our operations. Goal #3 “Good health and wellbeing” is directly connected with our products and solutions, but there is also a focus on goal #8 “Decent work and economic growth,” goal #12 “Responsible production and consumption” and goal #4 “Quality education.
Designing products for a sustainable health care
Through the EcoDesign principles, our products’ environmental impact over the product life cycle is taken into account: from extraction of raw materials to production, distribution and use, all the way to recycling and disposal.
This approach is becoming increasingly more important as the market requirements were changing towards product environmental aspects in purchasing by acute care hospitals, laboratories and larger industries.
Shaping the sterile workflows of tomorrow
The GSS610H Steam Sterilizer is an excellent example of how Getinge integrates sustainability in the product development. The sterilizer is designed to process a high volume of instruments in a short time – and since process time and media consumption is optimized for each load, the sterilizer also reduces the environmental impact.
Solutions that enable discoveries of new vaccines by providing sterile environments and transfer solutions
As drug manufacturers race against the clock to find a cure to the coronavirus, it’s crucial that they can test and prepare the vaccines without risking contamination, as well as transfer sterile components for the production process in a safe way. A complete solution for this is offered from Getinge’s Life Science hub in French city Vendôme.
Solution for safe preparations and sterile transfer of medicines
Sometimes in life we or our loved ones find ourselves in need of medicine. But rarely do we think about how the medicine got there safely, or what it took to prepare it without risking contamination. Listen to Julien Mansuy from one of Getinge’s Life Science hubs to find out what it takes.