Environment

We have always treated the environmental aspects of our activities sensitively. We have chosen to focus on key ways our facilities, products and services impact the environment.

As a sustainable company, we prioritize continuous improvement. This means we constantly review our processes to minimize the waste of resources. The result is a smaller environmental impact, with more efficient processes, better finances, a better customer offering and a contribution to society in terms of sustainable development.

The Global Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

We have signed up to the 17 UN Global Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Based on the expectations of ua as a state-owned company, our mission, our connection to the UN Global Compact and Fossil Free Sweden initiatives, as well as our stakeholders’ expectations and ambitions, we have chosen to prioritize six of the goals:

• Good health and well-being (Goal 3)
• Clean water and sanitation (Goal 6)
• Affordable and clean energy (Goal 7)
• Decent work and economic growth (Goal 8)
• Responsible consuption and production (Goal 12)
• Climate action (Goal 13)
  

Based on these, we have formulated four long-term goals for sustainable growth and profitability to achieve by 2030:

1. Develop and provide a quality-assured and medically purposeful range of individualized extemporaneous drugs (Goal 3)
2. Create growth with increased productivity and be an attractive employer that continually develops our employees’ skills in an equitable environment that promotes diversity (Goal 8)
3. Reduce the use of fossil fuel-based energy sources and logistics services, and minimize resource use and emissions in our production (Goals 12, 13)
4. Actively ensure that employees and suppliers follow the APL Ethical Guidelines and Code of Conduct and actively protect human rights, with zero tolerance for corruption and bribery (Goal 8).