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Advancing sustainability
Addressing this dual challenge requires both, innovation and joint action. We focus on helping healthcare providers reach more patients worldwide and scale access to high-quality care, while lowering environmental burden and strengthening the resilience of health systems.

Environmental sustainability
We help healthcare providers reduce emissions, material use, waste, and total cost of ownership – while strengthening operational resilience. We do this by decarbonizing across our value chain and embedding circularity and ecodesign into our products, to enable:
- lower consumption of energy and critical resources
- lower carbon emissions across the product lifecycle
- extended lifetime of our products to preserve equipment value
- greater workflow efficiency to reduce waste and optimize total cost of ownership
Our near- and long-term greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, officially validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) are aligned to the Net Zero 1.5°C pathway outlined in the Paris Agreement. Our progress is driven by close collaboration with our diverse set of suppliers, helping to reduce emissions and to strengthen supply chain resilience for our customers.

Healthcare access
Healthcare access for patients everywhere starts with a healthcare system that’s accessible, patient-centered, and built for the future. Improving access to healthcare is a collaborative effort. Patients, physicians, and local institutions are uniquely positioned to identify and tackle the most pressing challenges within their communities.
When technology and innovation are thoughtfully implemented, they become powerful tools to transform lives and deliver meaningful outcomes. We help you reach more patients through
- scaling innovation and AI to enable more accessible, affordable and timely care for all
- strengthening healthcare workforce capabilities to enable them to use imaging and therapy technologies effectively
- partnering for impact to accelerate innovation adoption and transform health systems for greater value
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Our sustainability impact and latest report
As a leading medical technology company, we are committed to advancing sustainability in healthcare while addressing today’s key challenges.
Discover our Sustainability Report which is integrated into our latest Annual Report, that has been prepared in accordance with the regulatory framework of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).