Sustainability

Our Approach to Sustainability

Our purpose to enable a healthier world shapes the products and services that we deliver to our customers and their patients, and our approach to sustainability. Sustainability is a strategic priority for our business and we strive to create long-term value – environmentally, socially and economically.

Evolving from an early producer of hydroelectricity and chemical products into one of the world’s largest healthcare manufacturing organizations serving the pharmaceutical, biotech and nutrition markets, Lonza has a long-standing commitment to safety and sustainability. Across our global network, we create value by enhancing social engagement, strengthening our governance, and reducing our environmental footprint.

Our Focus Areas

As outlined in our Sustainability Policy, we focus on three key areas, to drive significant progress on our sustainability agenda, enabling a healthier world and a more sustainable future.

Environment

We are committed to continually reduce our emissions, energy, water and material intensity for a more sustainable future.

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People and Society

Creating an inclusive and safe environment for our diverse workforce and engaging in communities where we operate are central to our sustainability agenda.

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Compliance and Integrity

Legal compliance, integrity and ethical conduct are the foundations in every place we operate.

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Sustainability Report

To learn more about Lonza’s sustainability approach and performance, see the Sustainability Report 2023.

Our Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

We grouped our sustainability initiatives around material themes and selected key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs comprise the global blueprint of the United Nations (UN) to achieve a better and sustainable future for humanity. We have selected seven of the 17 UN SDGs that are most relevant to our business. Each of our priority SDGs has been directly assigned to an Executive Committee member who – in turn – is supported by a Program Manager to initiate and execute an effective cross-functional program built around each goal. Since 2022, executive compensation and global performance-based rewards have been aligned with our SDGs and related metrics.

Good Health and Wellbeing

We enable a healthier world by working with our customers to overcome some of the greatest challenges in patient treatment. We aim to achieve this with products, services and cutting-edge technologies that can help to save, extend and enhance lives. The safety of our employees has always been a top priority for us and a healthy and safe workforce contributes to our success.

Climate Action

Based on scientific evidence, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contribute to global warming. This affects the climate globally, impacts the planet, health and wellbeing. To enable a healthier world, we must take decisive steps to reduce our own GHG emissions over the next decade and ultimately aim for net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.

Gender Equality

We gain and maintain our competitive advantage and strength by having a diverse global employee community, which embraces the value and benefit of differences in characteristic, preference, perspective and belief.

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

We continuously invest in innovation while further improving our operational excellence. We are also creating vital, game-changing technologies, including gene editing systems and automated therapy manufacturing systems. We aim to embed sustainability into our organic growth and footprint expansion by design.

Responsible Consumption and Production

We continue to reduce our impact on the environment and have programs to limit our material consumption and waste generation. We aspire to source materials from responsible suppliers that meet strict compliance standards and have actions in place to reduce their emissions, waste, natural resources in line with our expectations, in addition to a climate action plan which supports Lonza’s Scope 3 emissions reduction plan.

Clean Water and Sanitation

Access to clean, plentiful and potable water is a basic human need and critical to ensure the quality of our products. We need to protect the water ecosystem to ensure that they are not contaminated by pharmaceutical substances or other pollutants.

Quality Education

We recognize that our people are the cornerstone of our success and we want to see them grow. As we develop innovations in pharma, biotech and nutrition, we aim to increase partnerships and our contribution to the scientific community.