Our commitment to sustainability
Creating new possibilities in a world of limited resources
Our commitments
Improving healthcare access for all
We are committed to tackling the greatest challenges in healthcare today: fighting the most threatening diseases, accelerating diagnoses and effective outcomes, increasing access to affordable healthcare, and addressing capacity and capability gaps in the healthcare workforce. Our focus for Healthcare Access is to pioneer breakthroughs that make healthcare accessible and affordable for patients everywhere. We also contribute to addressing the workforce skills gap by providing education and training to healthcare professionals, empowering them to deliver high-quality care even in remote settings.
Preserving our planet’s resources
We see environmental sustainability in healthcare as a major imperative today because human health is inextricably linked to the health of the planet. We take action toward the United Nations’ call to limit global warming to 1.5°C and work together with our suppliers and customers to reduce our collective emissions along the value chain. By driving decarbonization, reducing consumption of material resources, and promoting circularity in our products and processes, we pave the way to net zero by 2050.
Engaging our diverse Healthineers
Our 72,000+ diverse and engaged employees are united by our purpose and work to bring sustainable transformations to the healthcare industry. Guided by our values, they bring our purpose to life. We are committed to providing opportunities for developing our employees and cultivating an inclusive workplace that attracts and engages the best talent.
We are making strong progress towards our 2030 ambition for sustainability – embedding our commitments in key decisions across the company, and engaging our people to create impact for patients, communities and the planet.
Shikha Pillai, Head of the Sustainability Office, Siemens Healthineers
Our impact today
Driving breakthroughs and empowering workforce
We are expanding patient impact with our technologies and solutions, aiming to democratize healthcare for patients everywhere. Healthcare access also requires us to help ease the burden on healthcare professionals and support workforce skilling. Our education and training services promote learning and capacity building.
Every action to preserve resources counts
We commit to actively driving decarbonization and preserving resources across the value chain. We also promote reducing, reusing, and recycling primary materials, minimizing waste and rethinking our processes along the value chain together with our customers and suppliers.
Every Healthineer matters
Our power as a company is in our workforce: Our 72,000+ diverse and engaged Healthineers are united to solve healthcare challenges, today and in the future. In bringing together a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, we enrich our collective knowledge, become more innovative, and grow more economically resilient.
Our targets for tomorrow
Partnering to accelerate impact across our sustainability pillars
Unlocking the full potential of our employees to amplify our impact
Our Healthineers Volunteering Program enables our 72,000+ Healthineers to contribute across our sustainability commitments—in improving healthcare access for all, preserving resources for the planet, and building diverse and inclusive communities. We also encourage employees to form communities within the organization and lead initiatives that have transformative potential and accelerate outcomes connected to our sustainability goals. These Employee Networks and Resource Groups (ERGs) create and hold important spaces where our people find belonging, build awareness, connect with development opportunities, and contribute to shared goals.
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