Corporate Citizenship Report

Protecting the Environment

Corporate Citizenship Report Improving Communities Creating Opportunities Protecting the Environment Caring for Associates

Overview

Recycling and Waste Management

Water Conservation

Energy Use and Carbon Footprint

While participation varies by country, all our offices strive to do their part in the world to promote environmental stewardship.

Recycling and Waste Management

United States

Operating a solid waste diversion program, including recycling of vinyl, sheeting, vinyl tubing, trays, plastic bags and waste, cardboard/paper and wood waste, which diverts approximately 80 percent of waste annually from landfills, including:

1.65 million pounds of plastic
596,000 pounds of cardboard and paper
217,000 pounds of wood

Recycling more than 22,000 pounds of machine parts annually
Recycling more than 7,800 pounds of used IT assets annually

India

Reusing or recycling 100 percent of PVC waste and other wastes through State Pollution Control Board–approved agencies

Vietnam

Recycling 636,000 pounds of plastic
Recycling 367,000 pounds of cardboard and paper
Recycling 123,000 pounds of wood

Northern Ireland

In May 2017, Terumo BCT’s Larne operations received the gold standard Industrial Symbiosis Award from Industrial Synergies Northern Ireland (ISS) for demonstrating an exemplary commitment to industrial symbiosis. Industrial symbiosis is an association between industrial facilities in which wastes or byproducts of one become raw materials for another. The award was presented at the Industrial Symbiosis—Business and the Environment Conference.

Terumo BCT has worked with ISS since 2012 and has been involved in four synergies to date resulting in cost savings, waste diversion from landfill and much more. One example of our commitment to industrial symbiosis was providing obsolete PCosa, a cleaning agent used in our water treatment plant that was not used anymore, to a chemical cleaning company. Obsolete foil bags, old print foil and a large amount of polystyrene totaling eight pallets worth of materials were passed to a charity training company for use in insulation.

Currently, Terumo BCT Larne recycles 96 percent of its waste and is targeting a 100 percent recycling rate by 2020.

Water Conservation

Redirecting steam produced in the manufacturing process to heat work spaces at our Larne, Northern Ireland facility
Installing a 1.25-million-liter rain water harvesting system at our manufacturing plant in India
From FY 2014 to FY 2017, our operations in India reduced water consumption by 40.79 percent, which was accomplished by:

Improving water recycling
Eliminating unnecessary processes and improving other procedures
Adding sensor taps in critical areas and replacing the on/off taps with push type taps
Replacing leaky water lines

Recycling wastewater at our Vietnam manufacturing plant for irrigation of the onsite gardens

Energy Use and Carbon Footprint

Increasing energy efficiency at our Larne, Northern Ireland facility by replacing an old, inefficient cooling tower, which reduced electrical consumption by 31,500 kilowatts per hour
Decreasing energy usage from the previous year by 225,120 kilowatts per hour at our Larne, Northern Ireland facility by reducing the number of air changes per hour when the clean room is not producing product
Generating biogas from food waste to fuel the cafeteria cooking stoves at our facility in India
Providing all Lakewood, Colorado associates with a free EcoPass to encourage use of public transportation to commute to and from work
Installing solar panels at our Vietnam manufacturing facility canteen for hot water, which reduced liquid propane gas consumption by 20 percent
Improving efficiencies at our India operations, including equipment upgrades, monitoring energy consumption, improving efficiency of the compressed air system and optimizing the HVAC system temperature from FY 2014 to FY 2017 has resulted in the following accomplishments:

Reduced the consumption of furnace oil for their steam boilers by 20 percent
Reduced electricity consumption by 15.85 percent

Our Zaventem, Belgium office has also gone green—with the addition of four green parking spots at the entrance to our Europe, Middle East and Africa regional headquarters reserved for electric vehicles. In 2017, we installed two Nexxtender Advance Dual Pole units, allowing up to four vehicles the possibility to charge. Terumo BCT is also exploring how we can expand our electric car fleet.

Koen Beernaert, Finance Director, was one of the first associates to use the new electric charging parking spots for his BMW 530e Plug-In Hybrid car. He shares,

The choice for a hybrid car was made based upon the total cost of ownership where I made a conscious decision to drive more electric as it is eco-friendly and cheaper. The charging poles at the office and the discipline to charge at home allow me to drive 50 percent of the commute electric.

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