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.

Demant employs two different methodologies for scope 3 accounting: one tailored for the Diagnostics business area and another for the Hearing Aids and Hearing Care business areas. Both methodologies align with the scope 3 GHG Protocol standard and follow a combined approach, using hybrid- and spend-based methods for the GHG emissions calculations.