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Our sustainability strategy

Our sustainability strategy, “BEYOND: Taking Action for a Brighter World”, focuses on reducing our environmental footprint, improving oral health and continence care globally, creating an equitable, inclusive, and respectful culture, and also establishing processes that set a foundation of integrity, transparency, and responsibility at all levels of our business. These actions support a more sustainable and healthy business as we continue to serve our stakeholders including patients, customers, employees and shareholders.

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Our three pillars of sustainability

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Healthy Planet

We are working to mitigate the environmental impacts of our operations by reducing our carbon footprint, decreasing our waste generation, conserving resources and water, and reusing or recycling materials where feasible.

Action areas:

  • Strive to make all our packaging recyclable by 2030.
  • Working to reach Net Zero carbon emissions (Scopes 1-3) by 2050.

Achievements:

  • Reduced total waste reduction by ≥ 15% ahead of 2025 timeframe.
  • Reduced our combined Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions intensity by ≥ 15% ahead of 2025 timeframe.
  • Reduced our water withdrawal intensity for manufacturing/warehouse operations by > 15% ahead of the 2025 timeframe.
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Healthy Smiles

We work to improve oral and continence health globally by increasing quality of and access to, the best possible treatment and care to patients and local communities in need – which ultimately creates happy and healthy smiles. We support and empower our colleagues to create a workforce that respects and values global diversity and equitable treatment for all employees and is supported by an inclusive culture that encourages continuous learning and a relentless focus on our customers.

Action areas:

  • Achieve 25 million smiles by 2025.
  • Strive to achieve global gender parity by 2030.

Achievements:

  • Achieved total average gender pay parity across our global workforce ahead of 2025 timeframe.
  • Achieved top decile injury and illness prevention avoidance ahead of 2025 timeframe.
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Healthy Business

We create a healthy business through trusted and responsible relationships with our stakeholders. By establishing efficient, equitable, transparent, compliant, and safe practices we are able to drive long-term, sustainable growth across the business.

Action areas:

  • Continue to uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance.
  • Maintain our unwavering commitment to delivering safe and effective products that support healthy outcomes, in alignment with our Quality Policy.
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Gaining external recognition of our sustainability actions

Named on of the "World's and America's Greenest Companies 2025" and part of “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diveristy 2024” by Newsweek.

Global Good Bronze Award 2024 for community engagement partnership with Smile Train.

Silver Dolphin Cannes Corporate Media & TV Award for the "Journey of Smiles" documentary created in partnership with Smile Train. 

One of Sustainalytics' 2024 Top-Rated Companies in healthcare for ESG and ranking in the Top 4% in Healthcare and Top 8% in the Global Universe.

Partnerships with local and global organizations

As we continue to champion sustainability, we are inspired to go BEYOND and drive meaningful change – as a company and a partner. Working together with Non-Governmental Organizations (“NGOs”), academic institutions, and community groups, we provide customized treatments, equipment, newly developed clinical protocols, dedicated educational material, and in-person support as part of our commitment to enhancing the quality of, and access to, healthcare for those in underserved communities around the world.

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