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.

Included scope 3 categories: Category 1: Purchased goods and services, Category 2: Capital goods, Category 3: Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in scope 1 or 2, Category 4: Upstream transportation and distribution, Category 5: Waste in operations, Category 6: Business travel, Category 7: Employee commuting, Category 9: Downstream transportation and distribution, Category 11: Use of sold products, Category 12: End-of-life treatment. Excluded scope 3 categories: Category 8: Upstream leased assets, Category 10: Processing of sold products, Category 13: Downstream leased assets, Category 14: Franchises, Category 15: Investments.