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Climate Change

Global Energy Management System

To ensure we meet our energy reduction and carbon neutrality commitments, we use a Global Energy Management System (GEMS) established in collaboration with the National University of Ireland, Galway. The system focuses on minimising energy use, converting to renewable energy sources instead of fossil fuels and compensating with carbon-offset projects where needed. 

To achieve these goals, we established the following targets:

  • 50% renewable electricity by 2021. We surpassed this goal by achieving 73%.
  • 100% renewable electricity by 2024
  • 90% renewable energy by 2027
  • Carbon-neutral manufacturing operations by 2030
     

The GEMS process complements local energy management efforts with performance indicators and is implemented by a global energy team with representatives from each of our manufacturing sites.

Graph representing : 67% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions since 2009

68% reduction in GHG emissions since 2009 (Scope 1 and 2)¹

¹Inclusive of all manufacturing and key distribution sites only

Graph representing: 46% of Boston Scientific real estate is green – representing +3.8 million square feet

46% of Boston Scientific real estate is independently certified for energy efficiency by industry-leading bodies such as LEED for design and ISO 50001:2018 for building operations, representing 4+ million square feet


LEED facilities

Distributing products in EMEA

Our medical devices are dispatched to hospitals in EMEA and around the world from our key distribution centre at Kerkrade, the Netherlands. All of the site’s electrical power is sourced from European wind farms and purchased carbon compensated natural gas, resulting in significant decarbonisation of the energy use at the site. We are proud to be recognised as leaders in sustainable logistics since 2018 by Lean & Green, Europe’s leading programme in this area.

sustainable manufacturing practices

Sustainable manufacturing practices

Our manufacturing sites located in Clonmel, Cork and Galway, Ireland achieved ISO 50001:2018 energy management certification in 2019. This is a key milestone in Boston Scientific’s journey to carbon neutrality and ensures continual improvement in energy efficiency in our operations.

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is an internationally recognised certification programme for the environmental performance and sustainable design of buildings. Boston Scientific has 16 LEED-certified facilities around the globe, including our Clonmel and Kerkrade facilities in EMEA.