Sustainability

Environmental Policy

Spectrum Medical recognises the importance of ensuring alignment with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals through balancing the three pillars of sustainability - the economy, society and the environment. The most pertinent Sustainable Development Goals are 3, 8, 12 and 13:

Spectrum Medical is committed to the continual improvement of our Environmental Management System (EMS), in alignment with the international standard, ISO 14001:2015.

This EMS to provide due consideration to both the environmental risks and opportunities inherent in providing innovative, technological products and services in the Medical Device sector.

Spectrum Medical commit to:

• preventing pollution and harm to the environment.
• adopting good environmental management practice.
• complying with applicable legal obligations.
• continually improving our environmental performance by setting environmental objectives.
• continually improving our EMS to support the strategic direction of the company.

Environmental Progress

A summary of our decarbonisation, in line with PPN06/21, can be found within our Carbon Reduction Plan.

Additional highlights include:

• Certified to ISO14001 for UK operations.
  
• Commissioned state-of-the-art UK Headquarters including:
  • >350 of Photovoltaic Panels at UK Headquarters, EPC Rating 6 (A).
  • LED lighting with presence detection with daylight dimming.
  • >10 electric vehicle charging ports.
  • On site Cardboard Compacting.
  • Segregated Recycling waste.
• Assigned dedicated resource to sustainability to champion progress.