Environment, health, and safety

We are committed to acting in a sustainable and responsible manner by keeping our environmental impact to a minimum, reducing waste, and handling it in a safe and responsible way. We operate in a highly regulated sector and are subject to numerous laws and regulations pertaining to impact on the environment, well-being of employees, safety, and management of laboratory waste, which also is audited. The effectiveness of our Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) efforts is anchored in the shared responsibility of our staff in ensuring a safe, healthy and environmentally friendly work environment: every employee is responsible for protecting people and environment, in and around his or her workplace.

We currently have a limited impact on the environment, as at present, we have no production sites, we own no buildings, and our administrative facilities have only minor environmental liabilities such as waste handling and emissions from fume hoods. Nonetheless, we aim to reduce our environmental impact further by recycling and replacing paper for digital means altogether. We maintain safety monitoring records, in compliance with applicable legislation. We treat our dangerous waste in accordance with local laws, and we ensure that training of employees takes place on all handling of hazardous materials, laboratory and other safety aspects, and other relevant policies for conducting our business.

We also take reasonable and practical initiatives to eliminate accidents and ill health and to provide a safe work environment and processes. Our goal is to have work form part of a satisfying life, which is to the benefit of both the individual and the organization.