Sustainability
AddLife and sustainability
AddLife's business model in relation to sustainability
AddLife’s vision is to improve people's lives by being a leading and value-creating partner in Life Science. AddLife creates value by offering high-quality products and services that enhance healthcare, elderly care, and research. Through the Group’s product and service offerings, AddLife also supports customers in reducing their environmental impact, including reducing packaging material, products with lower carbon footprints, and reuse initiatives.
AddLife’s sustainability work is based on three central factors:
- Employee engagement – AddLife focuses on healthy work environments, competence development, and an inclusive corporate culture.
- Product quality and safety – AddLife’s products are strictly regulated and must meet high safety requirements to ensure a positive impact on people's lives.
- Sustainability in the supply chain – AddLife strives to ensure that the Group’s suppliers meet sustainability requirements and social standards.
AddLife's sustainability strategy
AddLife’s sustainability report describes the business operations and value chain from a sustainability perspective. The sustainability strategy mirrors our key sustainability issues: our positive contribution to the Life Science sector, the well-being and development of our employees, and our work with supply chain management.
Sustainable health solutions
AddLife creates competitive advantages by offering high-quality products and value-creating services, combined with environmentally smart solutions. This is a unique opportunity to support a sustainable transition together with the Group’s partners and develop solutions that can also positively impact business operations.
Sustainable culture
AddLife’s employees' engagement is key to the Group’s success. AddLife strives to create an inclusive organization for its talented and engaged colleagues, characterized by diversity. To achieve this, the Group focuses on issues related to corporate culture, employee satisfaction, diversity, and inclusion.
Sustainable supply chain
AddLife is committed to environmental and social issues throughout the supply chain. This work involves evaluating, communicating with, and influencing AddLife’s suppliers, as well as identifying new market-leading alternatives. AddLife’s role in the value chain provides the Group with an opportunity to develop solutions together with its partners to take responsibility for the Group’s overall impact.
Governance
Responsibility of governance, supervisory, and management bodies
AddLife promotes a high standard of business conduct through governance by the Board of Directors and Group Management. The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for corporate governance, sustainability strategy, and monitoring of business conduct issues. It decides annually on updates to the Code of Conduct, which is a central part of the work on business conduct and supplier responsibility.
The Group Management is responsible for ensuring that business conduct guidelines are followed within all subsidiaries. During 2023, several subsidiaries joined the group-wide whistleblower channel, enabling employees to report suspected corruption or other breaches of the Code of Conduct anonymously. The Board monitors reported cases and ensures that action is taken where necessary.
All employees, including at management level, undergo annual training in business conduct principles via AddLife Academy. By the end of 2024, 92 percent of employees had completed the training. The Board and Group Management also receive regular updates on legislative changes and new business conduct requirements.
AddLife has zero tolerance for corruption and works actively to ensure that business conduct guidelines are followed in both internal processes and the supply chain.
News from our subsidiaries
Yesterday, AddLife took part in a significant initiative alongside Repower, Region Uppsala, and Akademiska sjukhuset in Uppsala. The project aimed to support active Ukrainian military medics by helping them prevent complex psychological disorders, regain strength, and restore motivation for continued service.
Today we join the celebration of the International Day of Forests, remembering the state of our Bosques MBA SURGICAL EMPOWERMENT project. Since 2022, in collaboration with Bosquia, we have developed an initiative that has allowed us to plant: 🌲 500 trees in 2022 in Niembro (Asturias). 🌲 600 trees in 2023 in Miraflores (Madrid) and Maçanet de la Selva (Girona). 🌲 400 trees in 2024 in Vouzela (Viseu, Portugal). In addition to environmental compensation, this project reinforces the corporate commitment to sustainability and promotes collaborative work between our teams and their families.
During the day, MBA Portugal planted 400 native species trees, reaffirming our commitment to sustainable development and biodiversity.
Biomedica Medizinprodukte GmbH has achieved an ISO37001 – Anti-Bribery Management System certification by QualityAustria