Our Approach to Sustainability

Our commitment to sustainability shapes the products and services that we deliver to our customers and their patients, ensuring a positive impact on people and the planet. Across our global network, we focus on strengthening governance, reducing our environmental footprint, and enhancing our engagement with the communities and people who support our business.

We have grouped our sustainability initiatives around material themes and selected the seven key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are most relevant to our business. The 17 SDGs of the United Nations (UN) comprise a global blueprint to achieve a sustainable future for humanity.

This section of our Annual Report provides a short overview of our progress and key achievements relating to our seven selected SDGs in 2024. It is supported by the 2024 Sustainability Report, which offers more information and insight into our sustainability commitments and performance indicators.

Our Ambitions, Progress and Achievements

SDG	Ambition	Progress and Achievements
	Good Health and Well-being To support our customers and their patients to deliver their treatments. To provide safe workplaces, caring for well-being and the health of the planet.	Increased EcoVadis Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating by six points, improving our Silver Medal status. Enhanced reporting, including adaptation to the EU ESG reporting requirements and climate change risk assessment. Conducted the Lonza Promoter Score (LPS) survey for the fifth consecutive year to measure customer engagement, receiving more than 1,900 responses.
	Quality Education To establish an internal learning system to support employee engagement and professional development.	Launched the Learn@Lonza Learning Experience Platform to enhance engagement and support by providing access to a wide range of internal and external content. Rolled out the Employee Development Journey (EDJ) initiative, promoting the importance of regular development discussions. Customized learning paths were created for people managers to support focused colleague conversations. Enhanced visibility of impactful initiatives, including the creation of Capability and Career Guides.
	Gender Equality To ensure equal opportunity for all employees, regardless of gender.	Continued work on the global gender equality roadmap, and removing gender-related obstacles in the workplace to ensure each person is assessed fairly based on merit. Developed Leadership Toolkit on gender equality – a practical guide for leaders to understand, implement, and sustain gender equality initiatives. Joined Advance Switzerland (a leading business association for gender equality in Switzerland) and PMI’s WeConnect to partner and network with other businesses in support of gender equality. Piloting software to review and enhance language in advertising and website content, ensuring greater inclusivity.
	Clean Water and Sanitation To reduce water consumption intensity by 50% by 2030 and continuously assess water risks in our network.	Executing a number of industrial water reduction projects, delivering absolute reduction in water consumption compared to previous year. Making regular updates and improvements to the site network’s water balance, enabling a focus on water consumption, discharge quantity and quality, and identifying improvement opportunities.
	Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure To construct and invest in sustainable facilities designed for a low carbon and resource efficient future.	Estimation of the future carbon footprint of each investment project and assessment of how additional measures could reduce it. “Sustainability by Design” standards implemented to support energy reduction for key utilities (e.g. heating, ventilation, air conditioning and water quality systems). Compliance review of projects with Sustainable Design standard.
	Responsible Consumption and Production To engage our supply chain through responsible sourcing, improving its sustainability performance.	Completed our first online Responsible Supplier Event with more than 1,100 participants. Continued evaluation of suppliers' sustainability performance, now covering 80% of our spend. Won the “Sustainability for the Future” category at the Procurement Success Awards for our Responsible Sourcing program.
	Climate Action To decrease the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint over the next decade and achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.	Near-term targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Half of our electricity is procured from renewable sources; supported by the start of photovoltaic production in Spain under Virtual Power Purchasing Agreements, covering all EU and Swiss sites. Signed multiple renewable energy certificate (REC) agreements in the United States, which will cover over 90% of our electricity consumption in the region.

Personal Perspective

Andreas Bohrer

Group General Counsel

Sustainability is about long-term value creation. We engage in responsible conduct to meet the commitments of our shareholders, customers, employees and other stakeholders. To drive accountability and measurable impact, we embed sustainable practices into our business strategy and define clear delivery targets in our remuneration policies.

Personal Perspective

Andreas Bohrer

Group General Counsel

Sustainability is about long-term value creation. We engage in responsible conduct to meet the commitments of our shareholders, customers, employees and other stakeholders. To drive accountability and measurable impact, we embed sustainable practices into our business strategy and define clear delivery targets in our remuneration policies.