THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC
“ When we talk about environmental sustainability versus the broader sustainability strategy – which also has social components and governance components – I think we ’ re really taking the lead on how we operationalise and guide our businesses in how to achieve these aspirations ,” Alyssa says . “ We ’ re doing that well in the environmental space and are using that momentum and learning to cascade into the other social and governance components .”
Supply chain sustainability solutions As Thermo Fisher offers end-to-end solutions from lab products to clinical trials to contract manufacturing , “ it is imperative we partner with our customers to design sustainability solutions that are both impactful and achievable ,” Matthew says .
“ To develop solutions , we need to ensure that we ’ re working upstream with our suppliers to understand what opportunities exist and how we can bring them forward to our customers to help them with their sustainability goals .”
The most appropriate sustainability solution for each customer may be different . For some , a key decarbonisation lever could be implementing renewable energy into clinical trials , while for others it could be a product using biobased resin instead of fossil-based resin .
Thermo Fisher works with companies at various stages in their sustainability journey .
“ We have customers that are very mature around how they think about
“ AS A COMPANY DEDICATED TO ENABLING OUR CUSTOMERS ’ SUCCESS , WE ’ RE EQUALLY COMMITTED TO ENABLING OUR CUSTOMERS ’ SUCCESS WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES ”
ALYSSA CADDLE DIRECTOR PROCUREMENT SUSTAINABILITY , THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC
sustainability , and they ’ re very advanced and they ’ re also very realistic about what ’ s achievable and what can be done ,” Chris says . “ Then you have customers that are new , sometimes we have to explain that we can ’ t reach the aspirational goals at the pace they expect , but we educate as part of our process . We are as transparent with our customers as we are with our suppliers and our own internal groups . And that ’ s a commitment we all must make .”
Being a complex global company comes with a diverse web of supply partners spread around the world with a wide range of regulations and reporting requirements . For many companies – including Thermo Fisher – the value chain accounts for more than 90 % of emissions .
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