Our commitment to ESG

ESG

The healthcare sector is responsible for about 4,4% of greenhouse gas emissions and 5 million tons of waste worldwide each year. Although healthcare is meant to improve health, the current significant impact on the environment creates a paradox. 

As a leading distributor of medical solutions in Europe, Duomed plays an important role between production and consumption. Our unique position gives us the opportunity to make the healthcare market more sustainable. We are committed to taking responsible business action to break this healthcare paradox and create the healthier and more sustainable world we all want.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Since March 2023, Duomed Group is a proud member of the United Nations Global Compact, aligning our operations and strategy with their 10 universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Within our 3 ESG pillars below, we contribute to 7 topics of their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

For the assessment and management of our sustainability practices, we plan to work with the EcoVadis platform. EcoVadis will help us manage ESG risk and compliance, meet our corporate sustainability goals, and drive impact at scale by guiding the sustainability performance improvement of our company.

We are proud to have attained EcoVadis certification for Duomed France Endoscopie (Gold), Duomed France Solutions (Bronze) and Duomed Scandinavia (Gold) and aim for certification for Duomed Group by 2024.

ESG Pillars

Duomed Scandinavia

In the Scandinavian market there is a focus on minimizing packaging, certified and recyclable materials, eliminating and phasing out unwanted substances in products as well as on sustainable solutions in relation to transportation and manufacturing of products.

At Duomed Scandinavia, we strongly believe in working together with our customers and suppliers to make a difference to benefit us all. We work hard to track and reduce our own carbon footprint and waste. We undertake actions and have goals identified in terms of our infrastructure, fleet, warehouse and logistics, waste management and product range.

Duomed-Scandinavia-supports-Pant-for-Pant

We also want to give something back to our community. That's how our partnership with Pant-for-Pant, a non-profit bottle collection organization, came about. Any profit they generate by the donated cans and bottles, Pant-for-Pant will use to support the association Hus Forbi. This way, vulnerable citizens are being given the opportunity to put homelessness behind them and create a new everyday life with a real job. We are happy to support this wonderful project and we keep on collecting!

Aside to our own efforts, we also work closely together with our suppliers to find new and innovative solutions to reduce and find more sustainable packaging and product materials. We encourage our partners to put sustainability high on the agenda, we promote ISO 14001 and FSC certification* (some are already certified) and ECO-label and encourage them to set goals for how they will reduce their carbon footprint and contribute to a circular economy model.

EcoVadis Certification - Duomed Scandinavia

We are therefore very pleased that our sustainability efforts have been awarded the EcoVadis Gold Medal, placing Duomed Scandinavia among the top 5% of all companies rated by EcoVadis!

Together, let's commit to doing the right thing and making a difference, while learning where we can improve and do even better.

*Internationally recognized standard for environmental management systems.

Get in touch

Do you have additional questions or would like to provide feedback? We believe in continuously learning and growing as well as listening to our customers and partners' challenges and needs. 

Do not hesitate to contact us by clicking the button below, we are more than happy to address your questions and discuss how we can contribute to your ESG goals.