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Sustainability Report 2023: Raising our commitments

Discover our key achievements of fiscal year 2023 and how we are boosting our efforts for a sustainable future.
Siemens Healthineers Sustainability Report 2023
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As a leading medical technology company, we understand the pivotal role we play in sustainably shaping the future of healthcare. With this report, we not only look back at our progress and key achievements, we also look forward. For our journey ahead, we have raised the bar on our sustainability ambition and emphasized our commitment by embedding sustainability into everything we do. We pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

Bernd Montag

Our purpose is about providing healthcare to as many people as possible. At the same time, we are looking at both the health impact of climate change, and the health sector impact on climate and resources. For us as a company, and for me personally, it is very important that we view business and sustainability as one integrated set of goals.

Bernd Montag, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Siemens Healthineers

Our Sustainability Report 2023

In our third Sustainability Report, we present our achievements in fiscal year (FY) 2023 and describe how we are living up to our purpose. It highlights our key sustainability challenges and opportunities and the many ways in which we are responding to them. Throughout the fiscal year, we focused on elevating our sustainability ambitions to the next-level, taking into account the valuable input from our stakeholders since the beginning of our sustainability journey.

Key achievements in FY 2023

To track our performance, we have defined key performance indicators across the three pillars of our sustainability commitment: Healthcare Access, Resource Preservation and Diverse and Engaged Healthineers. The results show that we're on track to achieve our targets – especially to increase patient touchpoints in underserved countries, to reduce emissions in our own operations, and to sustain our top-quartile employee engagement.

221M patient touchpoints

In FY 2023, we reached 221 million patient touchpoints in underserved countries, increasing our FY 2020 figures by 50%. We are on track to reach our target by FY 2030.

  1. Healthcare Access
27% less GHG emissions

We reduced the Scope 1 and 2 emissions in our own operations to 180 kilotonnes CO2e in FY 2023. That’s 27% less greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) since 2019.

  1. Resource Preservation

    2023 Report highlights

    The following collection of stories shows how we are already making an impact in each of our sustainability pillars. For more stories and to see all facts and figures, download our full report (pdf) 12.35 MB. 

    Reaching patients in remote China

    We strive for Healthcare Access to improve underserved patients’ lives, because where you live shouldn’t determine if you live.

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    With the right digital ecosystem from Siemens Healthineers, large numbers of patients in hard-to-reach areas can benefit from remote healthcare. Our Digital Command Center (DCC) in China was put into use in September 2022 and provides timely response and convenient services in equipment training, clinical applications, and disease diagnosis and treatment. 

    Through the DCC, doctors in primary hospitals can easily connect with application training experts and clinical experts from many top tertiary hospitals, which help improve their skills and ability. As of the end of June 2023, the DCC has nearly 500 experts and a cumulative time of more than 1.5 million minutes of service covering hospitals across China.

    The Return Center: Repair, reuse, reduce

    A healthy population requires a healthy planet. We are committed to preserving our planet’s resources in our shared journey toward sustainability.

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    Promoting circularity is one way to achieve this. By applying circular approaches and repairing more than 30,000 parts for reuse, our Medical Electronics Return Center achieved CO2 savings of approximately 11,300 tons in one year. 

    This includes more than 11,000 printed circuit board assemblies, more than 13,000 electronic components, and 6,000 computers. This equates to a new value of goods of around EUR 92 million.

    Winning results for our GREEN teams

    Our employee voices and volunteer efforts are significant in shaping our sustainability strategy and initiatives, especially on climate action and broadening access to healthcare.

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    Our GREEN (Grass Roots Eco-Friendly Employee Network) teams, for example, have achieved remarkable results in different regions, including switching to innovative transportation methods that have reduced CO2 emissions, encouraging sustainable practices in the cafeteria to minimize food waste, and implementing energy-saving initiatives. 

    The efforts of our GREEN Teams exemplify our employees’ dedication to investing in our planet and creating a more sustainable future.

    Raising our commitments

    In FY 2023, we took action to boost our efforts for a sustainable future to drive greater business and societal impact. We listened to our employees, investors, customers, and other stakeholders and raised the bar on our sustainability commitment.