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Vision & Strategy

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be defined as the voluntary consideration by companies of social and environmental concerns into their commercial activities and their relations with stakeholders. ​ As a global player in pharmaceutical solutions and specialty ingredients, SEQENS is committed to making corporate social responsibility a priority.​
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Vision
SEQENS CSR approach, embedded in the Group’s strategy, consists in ensuring the long-term sustainability of our activities and also of the customers we work with. It is built around 4 pillars and 13 commitments.
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Climate

Climate Change and Environment
  • Pursuing the decarbonization of our activities
  • Preserving natural resources, especially water and raw materials
  • Reducing our environmental impact, in particular waste, effluents and air emissions
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People and Communities

People and Communities
  • Ensuring the safety and the health of our employees
  • Implementing best practices to attract and retain employees
  • Committing to diversity and professional equity
  • Maintaining and promoting our historical commitments to associations
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Safety

Safety, Quality and Sustainable Innovation
  • Preventing major accidents and ensuring the safety of our processes
  • Ensuring the quality and safety of our products
  • Promoting eco-design and sustainable value creation through innovation
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Integrity

Operational Integrity
  • Conducting business in an ethical manner
  • Ensuring CSR excellence within the Group
  • Strengthening responsible purchasing of raw materials and services
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SEQENS CSR Strategy

CSR Targets on Climate Change and Environment

-45%
2011-2025

Carbon intensity: (CO2 emissions on scopes 1+2 per ton of manufactured product)

Result 2023 : -6%
-10%
2021-2025

Energy: Energy intensity (energy consumption per ton of manufactured product)

Result 2023: +27%
50%
2021-2025

Renewable and recovered energy

Result 2023: 46%
-20%
2021-2025

Water: Water intensity (water consumption per ton of manufactured product)

Result 2023: +24%
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CSR Targets on People and Communities

65%
Target 2025

Quality of life at work: Trust Index score, calculated and verified by the Great Place To Work (GPTW)

Result 2021: 61/100
90%
2 Target 2025

Pay equity: Gender equality index

Result 2023: 87/100
70%
Target 2025

Training: Percentage of employees trained at least once during the year

Result 2023: 93%
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CSR Targets on Operational Integrity

100%
Target 2025

Ethics training: Percentage of employees trained in the SEQENS Code of Ethics

Result 2023: 44%
90%
Target 2025

EcoVadis: Percentage of our operational sites with a Gold or Platinum medal

Result 2023: 85%
60%
Target 2025

Responsible purchasing : Cover 60% of the amount of purchases by a CSR performance evaluation by 2025 (via Ecovadis)

Result 2023: 49%
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CSR targets on Safety, Quality and Sustainable Innovation

90%
Annually

Annual process safety program completion rate

Result 2022: 83%
-20%
2021-2025

Quality system: Reduction in justified customer complaints

Result 2023: +11%
100%
Target 2025

Sustainable innovation: Evaluate 100% of our new proprietary products according to CSR criteria

Result: still on going

United Nation Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 commitments established by the UN in 2015 and are part of the 2030 Agenda which is a universal program for sustainable development.

These SDGs cover all the issues of sustainable development such as climate, biodiversity, energy, water but also poverty, gender equality, economic prosperity or peace, agriculture, education …

SEQENS CSR strategy addresses 13 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and is pursuing its continuous improvement efforts.

United Nation Sustainable Development Goals
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Climate Change and Environment
  • SDG 6: Improve the quality of our effluents
  • SDG 7: Develop renewable energies and industrial energy recovery (waste heat, biogas, etc.)
  • MDG 13: Continue to decarbonize our activities, Reduce our energy consumption
  • MDGs 14 and 15: Prevent environmental pollution (water, soil or air pollution)
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Poeple and Communities
  • MDG 3: Reduce the number of work-related accidents, Ensure the safety and health of employees
  • SDG 3: Develop and manufacture pharmaceutical assets to treat consumers
  • MDG 3: Support health associations
  • MDG 4: Train our people
  • MDG 5: Ensure diversity and inclusion
  • MDG 8: Improve working conditions and the quality of life at work for employees
  • MDG 10: Ensure gender equality, especially between men and women
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Safety, Quality and Sustainable Innovation
  • SDG 3: Ensure product quality and safety for the consumer
  • SDG 9: Continue to innovate to provide products with low environmental and social impact
  • ODD 12: Relocation to France?
  • SDG 13: Measure the carbon footprint of our products
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Responsible Business Conduct
  • SDG 8: Ensure working conditions in our supply chain
  • SDG 16: Ensure ethical rules (corruption, tax evasion, fraud, anti-competitive practices, etc.)