We have adapted our purpose to the needs of our customers and stakeholders: “Iconic solutions for your health and wellness”, being health and wellness the center of our business model, as a Company we are committed to take care of our environment and preserve natural resources, through continuous improvement in all our processes, the search for new technology that mitigates our environmental impact, and at the same time permeate an environmental culture throughout our value chain..
Our Operation
- We are one of the world's leading companies in the pharmaceutical and personal care products industry, with a fast-growing international presence. We have implemented several initiatives to improve our performance in waste generation and treatment, water management and the measurement of our carbon footprint, in order to take actions to mitigate climate change.
For the past three years, we prioritized the integration of sustainability into our business model, as reflected in our Sustainability Model, which has the three central pillars of environment, society and responsible business. The good interaction and integration between the different areas of business, operation and sustainability is what has allowed the success of our operation in all the countries where we are present.
We also promote the integration of sustainable practices in all our operations and seek to invest in projects with positive social and environmental impacts. In addition, in our business decisions we take environmental management and our relationship with the communities, as well as the rest of our stakeholders, very much into account. - Since the design of our manufacturing plant in Mexico, we have implemented sustainable infrastructure and technology models that will allow us to have cleaner, safer and more environmentally friendly industrial processes. As a result, in 2022 we will be the first pharmaceutical company in the Americas to meet the standards required to obtain EDGE certification.
Our Industrial Complex in Mexico received EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) certification, awarded to industries that design and integrate solutions to mitigate negative impacts on the environment, specifically water and energy.
Our Waste Management
Sustainable Innovation and Responsible Products.
- We have integrated circular economy and sustainable design principles into our product innovation in order to reduce our environmental impact by integrating recycled and recyclable materials into our packaging and containers. This will allow us to reduce the amount of virgin materials used in manufacturing and cooperate with the proper management of post-consumer waste.
Some of the initiatives we have in order to reaffirm our commitment with sustainable innovation and responsible products are the following:
México - We are founding members of the Grupo Empresarial en Economía Circular (GEECI) of CANIPEC.
- Thanks to our participation in 2022, in different editions of Plastianguis, we have managed to collect more than 190 tons of plastic waste, equivalent to more than 297 tons of CO2 eq avoided.
- We promote environmental care through the safe containment of expired medicines, through our alliance with SINGREM, a non-profit civil association that facilitates compliance with the environmental regulatory framework (LGEEPA and LGPGIR).
Argentina - We obtained the "Recyclable Polyethylene" certificate granted by ECOPLAS, a non-profit civil association specialized in plastics and environment, in charge of promoting sustainable development of plastics in a circular economy to contribute to the protection of the environment and the quality of life of society.
- We adhere to the largest Circular Economy Network in Argentina, in which we are committed to promote short, medium and long term actions aimed at developing and enhancing the circularity of materials.
Chile - We complied with the annual declaration required by the REP (Extended Producer Responsibility) Law, in which we reported the amount of household and non-household waste (cardboard, paper, wood, plastics, glass and metals) sent to the market during 2021.
Colombia - We implemented controlled incineration processes for hazardous waste, avoiding the generation of 20.3 tons of CO2 between 2021 and 2022.
- We work with Punto Azul, which is an initiative of the pharmaceutical industry to manage the Post-consumption of Expired Medicines Program.
Our Water Management
- Water is an indispensable resource in our industrial process, so we are aware of the importance of responsible water management. In this line and in compliance with our Environmental Policy, we measure and evaluate our environmental performance seeking sustainable water consumption.
It is important to mention that we obtain water from subway sources through an extraction process that is properly authorized by the Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA). Our Safety, Health and Environment team is responsible for periodically monitoring the water consumed in our Industrial Complex in Mexico, which is used for production areas and basic services.
The increase in our water consumption (from 2021 to 2022) is due to the growth of our production capacity, specifically of the Suerox line.
Our Energy Management
- We are committed to significantly reduce energy consumption through energy efficiency programs and the implementation of technologies with a lower environmental impact at our new manufacturing plant in Mexico.
For us, electricity consumption is one of the most significant categories due to its relationship with climate change. Our efforts in this area have focused on the implementation of energy efficiency projects. - We replaced the conventional lighting network with LED lighting systems and installed motion sensors.
- We have a cogeneration plant, which in the future will allow us to use the heat resulting from the fuel burning process to produce energy and supply it, together with electricity, to cover up to 50% of the operational energy demand.
- By 2025, we are seeking to implement a 50% share of renewable energy sources in the energy matrix of our manufacturing operations in Mexico. This will enable us to become self-sufficient and progressively reduce our dependence on the national electricity grid.
Carbon Footprint
- At Genomma Lab we believe that measuring is the first step to improve. For this reason, we are working on calculating our operational carbon footprint, which is essential to understand our impacts, as well as being a measure for the protection of the environment and the mitigation of climate change.
- SCOPE 1: DIRECT GHG EMISSIONS: Emissions related to Genomma Lab's direct operations are included, i.e. emissions from sources (stationary, mobile, process and fugitive), which are owned or controlled by the company.
- SCOPE 2: INDIRECT GHG EMISSIONS: Considers indirect emissions related to the generation of electricity that is purchased and consumed at the company's facilities. Purchased electricity is defined as electricity that is purchased, or brought within the Genomma Lab organizational boundary.
- SCOPE 3: INDIRECT GHG EMISSIONS: Indirect emissions that are generated beyond Genomma Lab's direct operations and electricity consumption, i.e. in the rest of our value chain.
- Check our methodology in the following link:
Our Logistics
- Product transportation is one of our core activities, which also means it is one of our greatest opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of our operation. We will continuously improve the planning of our logistics operations by focusing on energy efficiency, route optimization, circular economy, through collaboration with our logistics suppliers.
Our logistics transportation and all our logistics providers are members of SEMARNAT's Programa de Transporte Limpio in Mexico, which has obtained the recognition for Excellent Environmental Performance, granted by SEMARNAT, thanks to our participation in the Programa de Transporte Limpio.
In addition, our logistics providers in some of the countries in which we have operations also participate in national clean transportation programs.
Argentina - Transporte Inteligente
Colombia - Operador Logístico con programa de control de emisiones (Solística)
EE.UU. - SmartWay
Climate Strategy
- We are committed with contributing to a sustainable future. For this reason, we have launched our 2025 Sustainability Strategy with climate change actions as one of the main pillars. Therefore, specific actions have been established to tackle our contribution to climate change. As part of this commitment, and in order to have a better understating of the significance of climate opportunities and risks for our company, we have developed climate change risks and opportunities analysis for 2020 and 2021.
- This report includes relevant information from the Climate Risk and Opportunities Assessment that has been performed during 2021, for which disclosure recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures are considered and organized in order of the TCFD’s four key areas: governance of climate-related risks, strategy for identifying climate-related risks and opportunities, risk management, and metrics and targets.
Climate Scenario Analysis
- This report includes relevant information from the Evaluation of Climate Scenarios: Physical and Transition Risks for Genomma Lab operations, which has been carried out for the period 2021-2022.
Our Culture
- For us, it is very important that all our employees get involved and contribute to the care of the environment through our corporate volunteering. It is essential that the entire Genomma Lab team contributes to the care and preservation of the environment, from participation in our corporate volunteering to the creation of projects focused on reducing environmental impact.
As part of our "GEN Contigo" volunteer days, we organize different activities to benefit allied institutions and associations, many of which are focused on mitigating our environmental impact, for example: - Environmental cleanups in Argentina and USA
- Reforestations in Mexico and Brazil
- Environmental education workshops
- Creation and development of urban gardens
In addition, through our "SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS" program, we seek to recognize employees or teams that propose different initiatives that help us to achieve our goal of being a company committed to sustainability.