Our Sustainability Policy sets the direction within climate change mitigation and adaptation for all Demant entities and is publicly available on Demant’s website. To steer the organisation towards the achievement of our climate targets, the Policy describes roles, responsibilities and actions to tackle GHG emissions in our own operations and value chain:

• Avoiding the use of unnecessary energy and increasing energy efficiency in our operations
• Substituting internal combustion vehicles with electric vehicles
• Using renewable electricity in own operations
• Focusing on the scope 3 categories where the impact is biggest.

The Policy also lays down the Group’s expectations for relevant business-critical locations regarding the adaptation to climate change-related natural disasters.

The Scope 3 GHG emissions are categorized as follows:

• Purchased goods and services and capital goods: 421,480 tonnes CO2e
• Fuel and energy-related services: 7,253 tonnes CO2e
• Transportation: 26,491 tonnes CO2e
• Waste in operations: 1,971 tonnes CO2e
• Business travel: 2,741 tonnes CO2e
• Employee commuting: 28 tonnes CO2e
• Use of sold products: 3,972 tonnes CO2e
• End of life treatment: 167 tonnes CO2e