We've joined Haleon (formerly GSK Consumer Healthcare), Procter & Gamble, Colgate, and TePe as founding partners with FDI to promote sustainability in dentistry amongst practitioners, patients, and throughout the supply chain.
By uniting key peers from the wider life sciences sector, FDI, and our customers, this partnership will create a new wave of sustainable action within dentistry and set an ambitious benchmark. On a practical level, it will equip dentists and their teams with the tools and resources to improve sustainability in their dental practices while informing the public of the role they can play in ensuring a sustainable future for dentistry, both through improved oral health and by making informed decisions.
A key milestone was reached in March 2022, as the Consensus Statement on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare was finalized! A comprehensive document that identifies current behaviors and proposes strategies aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the dental industry. The Consensus Statement is the outcome of a multi-stakeholder collaboration – above-mentioned key partners, representatives from various dental associations around the world, analyzed, completed, and documented by the dedicated Task Force of FDI. It resulted in a Pledge to deliver Sustainable Oral Health which inviting dental professionals to show their support environmental sustainability within oral healthcare. Additionally, an interactive Sustainability in Dentistry toolkit was created to help dentists and their teams discover concrete actions to take in order to reduce the environmental impact of the dental practice. Join us and take action for a more sustainable dentistry by signing FDI's Sustainability Pledge and discover the interactive toolkit to take part in the sustainability challenges.
