Senzime is committed to reducing its environmental impact, and in 2022, initiated extensive work on identifying environmental impact end to end in our value chain. This stage identified key issues, risks and opportunities. For 2023, our aim is to reduce energy consumption, emissions and waste and to start to measure and set targets for our climate footprint.
For 2023, our aim is to reduce energy consumption, emissions and waste and to start to measure and set targets for our climate footprint. One important step in this work is the implementation of an environmental management system (EMS), which will help us work systematically on these issues. We were ISO 14001 certified in April 2023. Measurable environmental goals within the scope of certification and based on the materiality assessment conducted in the fall of 2022 will be set in the first half of 2023.
Environmental aspects and a life-cycle management approach are important to the development process. We are endeavoring to reduce packaging, optimize transportation, and use sustainable materials. We have already optimized the packaging of TetraGraph and TetraSens, which have reduced transportation volumes by 50 percent for TetraGraph and approximately 30 percent for TetraSens.
To reduce the environmental impact of shipping processes, we reviewed the waste management of goods packaging. This cut our use of cardboard by 40 percent and eliminated plastic from the packaging we use for shipping.
We will take more initiatives in 2023, setting targets for waste management, shipping, transportation, and packaging.
Senzime is a health care equipment provider but relies on external suppliers for the manufacture of monitors and disposables. Senzime needs to ensure that all components and constituent materials satisfy the RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) Directive, which is designed to reduce risks to people’s health and the environment by replacing and limiting hazardous chemical compounds in electrical and electronic equipment. Senzime avoids animal testing unless required by law or regulatory processes. Other important directives and regulations impacting our manufacturing processes are the Global Packaging, WEEE and Battery Directives.
Senzime aims to purchase from suppliers that are local or located close to manufacture, which helps reduce transportation and delivery lead-times. We select suppliers and collaborative partners carefully, evaluating them yearly.
Our evaluation focuses on metrics capturing finance, delivery precision, performance, quality, and sustainability. Insourcing TetraGraph’s manufacturing has had a positive impact on our environmental footprint.
As a global company with direct sales in Germany and the US, plus close partnerships with distributors in other key markets, Senzime is dependent on transportation, and its partners’ commitment to reducing environmental impact. The initial analysis of Senzime’s EMS implementation identified several areas of opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact.
Further mapping will be conducted in 2023, including an analysis of transportation and shipping routines, to set a target for reducing CO2 emissions.