Sustainable Medical Technology

We align companies and products in the medical technology sector with current environmental regulations and new sustainability requirements.

Driven by increasingly comprehensive regulations, as well as social upheavals, sustainable business practices are receiving growing attention in the medical technology sector. Are you receiving more and more customer inquiries about the ecological and social impacts and corporate policies? Do you need a solid data basis for the impacts of your products throughout their entire lifecycle? Or do you feel burdened by the increasing sustainability regulations? Our cross-functional sustainability team can certainly provide support:

We assess the environmental impacts and social compatibility of your products throughout their entire lifecycle and develop measures to reduce negative effects:

  • Information sessions on topics such as circular economy and reuse of medical products
  • Benchmarking the ecological impacts of products according to Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) according to ISO 14040/44
  • Implementation of sustainable product development with appropriate requirements management and application of eco-design through project management, process implementation, and training
  • Project and service development in the context of sustainable business models and technologies
  • Supplier management with risk analyses, transparency models, and supplier audits

We provide clarity in the increasingly dense jungle of sustainability regulations and ensure your compliance:

  • Information sessions on applicable and emerging environmental regulations such as CSRD, CSDDD / LkSG, Eco Design Regulation, Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, and much more
  • Ensuring your material compliance according to current regulations (e.g., RoHS, REACH) as well as implementing a material compliance strategy with associated processes
  • GAP analyses and risk analyses for emerging regulations
  • Implementation of sustainability reporting processes (e.g., according to CSRD)
  • Support with double materiality analysis and stakeholder analysis

We support you in certification according to environmental standards by developing appropriate strategies and integrating processes and software:

  • Development and integration of a sustainability strategy
  • Support in certification with recognized sustainability seals (e.g., EcoVadis)
  • Integration and internal auditing of sustainability management systems according to ISO 14001
  • Support in selecting and implementing appropriate software for reporting and carbon accounting
  • Conducting a cost-benefit analysis for sustainability measures
  • Support in internal sustainability communication and corresponding knowledge building