Liveable planet
We promote the protection of the environment for our own good and that of future generations.
For many years, climate change has been causing disastrous social inequalities in many communities and groups of people around the world. Therefore, faced with the climate emergency, inaction is not an option.
At Ferrer we believe that our activity as a pharmaceutical company must create more environmental value than it expends. We engage with our value chain in order to challenge the way things are always done and to lead the way towards greater sustainability. We want to ensure our planet stays liveable.
We know that we have a long way to go and many people to convince to join us on the journey. That’s why we have made a Liveable Planet a strategic priority. Under this pillar, we are designing strategies to accelerate climate action and protect our natural capital.
Accelerating climate action
We’re working to meet the ambitious objectives set out in the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), goals that bring us a little closer every day to the world we want to live in.
To make further progress towards this, in 2023 we defined the basis of our Climate Transition Plan to meet our climate targets.
At Ferrer, we believe that our activity as a pharmaceutical company must create more environmental value than it consumes. We promote environmental protection for our own benefit, but also for that of future generations.
We aim to be carbon positive by 2030 for our directly responsible carbon emissions, and carbon positive for all our direct and indirect emissions by 2050. To achieve this, we will reduce our directly responsible emissions by 50% by 2030 and our indirectly responsible emissions by 25% by 2030.
We aim for a 7% overall self-sufficiency in renewable energies in our production centres by 2030, reducing GHG emissions in industrial processes, optimising energy consumption and using 100% renewable energy, and achieving LEED certification for 100% of our production centres of more than 1,000 m2.
By 2030, we want to have 100% of our fleet be electric and thus achieve a 20% reduction in the carbon footprint associated with logistics, and a 5% reduction in business travel.
In our fight for social justice, we do not want to be alone. Thus, we aim to involve 100% of the people who interact with our company and to have them join our actions to fight climate change. Currently, we are proud to say that we are leaders in the CDP Supplier Engagement Rating.
Enhancing natural capital
Nature is the tapestry onto which life is woven. Any activity we carry out has an impact, and protecting and regenerating it is imperative to assuring the wellbeing of the people who inhabit —and will inhabit— the planet.
Faced with the climate emergency, inaction is no longer an option. Therefore, we want to mitigate climate change by promoting the circular economy and to become a Zero waste to landfill (ZWTL) organisation by 2030.
A further objective of our packaging model for 2030 is to eliminate deforestation derived from the production of our packaging through the use of materials with Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, which guarantees the sustainable management of forests, which provide the raw material for the production of these materials throughout the entire value chain.
At Ferrer, we protect our natural resources and, for this reason, we want to be the best company in implementing correct water resource management. As such, we have set ourselves the target of achieving a 25% reduction in our water footprint by 2025. In our operational centres, we aim to achieve a 5% reduction in water consumption by 2025, as well as a 25% reduction in the volume of wastewater generated from the base year 2019.
We want to reduce our impact on biodiversity by 10% by 2030. Thus, we have established policies and created monitoring tools and metrics in each of our centres to address our commitment to biodiversity and natural resources. To achieve this, we have involved our stakeholders in compliance with these protection initiatives.