Environment
ENVIROMENT
Our commitment to the environment
As part of our awareness of the environmental impact across our value chain and the urgent need to take action, we focus on measuring our performance and taking steps to minimise our impact, contributing to the global objectives for the planet.
Proof of this is the ISO 14001 environmental management certification our Lamiako (Leioa, Bizkaia) plant has held since 2019. Improvements are added to our environmental management plan each year as a result of continuous improvement. Our next goal is to extend this certification to our new Derio (Bizkaia) plant.
ISO 14001 – Lamiako
Climate change and energy efficiency
Our main impacts in 2023
Scope 1 emissions
4,965 Tonnes
of CO2eq
Scope 2 emissions
2.615 Tonnes
of CO2eq
Electricity
25,550 GWh
of electricity
Natural gas
10,290 GWh
of natural gas
What we do to reduce it
Self-generated electricity
203,096 kWh of self-generated electricity.
Renewable Electricity
We've reduced our Group’s Scope 2 emissions by 48% compared to 2021, as all or part of the electricity used by our subsidiaries in Spain and Portugal comes from certified renewable sources.
Scope 2
We've reduced our Group’s Scope 2 emissions by 48% compared to 2021, as all or part of the electricity used by our subsidiaries in Spain and Portugal comes from certified renewable sources.
Electricity Production
We generate our own electricity at the Farm Faes facilities and we’re expanding solar panel installations at the new Derio plant.
What are we working to improve?
- We are actively implementing strategies to reduce emissions and identify new ways to minimise our impact on climate change.
- We’re working on measuring major sources of Scope 3 emissions.
- We developed the Group’s future greenhouse gas emission reduction plan.
Water use
Consumed Water
166,471 m3
What are we working to improve?
- We monitor water consumption at the plants.
- We reuse reject water at the Guatemala plant.
We have already managed to reduce water consumption by 12% in the last two years.
Waste management and the circular economy
Non-hazardous waste
828
Tonnes of non-hazardous waste
Hazardous waste
828
Tonnes of hazardous waste
Recovered waste
85% of our waste has been recovered*. This is a significant improvement over the 75% in 2021.
Carbon footprint
A notable new agreement has been reached by Faes Farma Portugal with waste management partners to reuse medicine waste returned from the market instead of incinerating it. Furthermore, the carbon footprint generated by transport has been reduced, as waste is now transported to Spain rather than Belgium.
Extended Responsibility
We meet our domestic packaging responsibilities in Spain and Portugal through the following collective extended producer responsibility systems: ECOEMBES, SIGRE, VALORMED and Ponto Verde.
What are we working to improve?
- We’re assessing domestic, commercial, and industrial packaging released into the Spanish market to pinpoint areas for improvement, focusing on circularity.
- We’ve initiated a pilot eco-design project focusing on packaging for select cosmetic, medical, and food products. The aim is to assess the technical and economic feasibility of implementing eco-design enhancements.
- We’ve shared our eco-design best practices guide with marketing material suppliers in Spain.
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