Environmentally friendly products: HARTMANN develops intelligent product design and sustainable packaging HARTMANN works continuously to improve the sustainability of its products. In the process, the Company focuses on intelligent product design, sustainable materials, optimized packaging, and the avoidance of waste. Sustainable materials The Company uses cardboard packaging made from recycled fibers in many areas. At sites with a large amount of woodbased materials, HARTMANN has implemented appropriate supply chain certifications, such as FSC® Chain-of-Custody certification (FSC® C131245). Cellulose and other pulp fibers account for the largest share of rawmaterials used by HARTMANN. The Company sources the pulp for incontinence products mainly from certified forests in North America and Scandinavia. All pulp is bleached without any chlorine gas. This reduces the amount of absorbable organic halogens (AOX) in wastewater. The subsidiaries have also implemented numerous sustainability measures with regard to raw materials and ingredients. The shower products and hand soaps produced by KNEIPP consist of 98% biodegradable ingredients. In addition, KNEIPP is continuously optimizing its packaging concepts, relying among other things on natural paper alternatives without fresh wood fibers. By the end of the year, these will be used for all outer packaging. From the end of the coming year, all packaging is to be fully recyclable, and by 2025 KNEIPP aims to replace all plastic packaging, including recycled plastics, with more sustainable alternatives. The initial successes of this strategy are already quantifiable: Compared to 2018, KNEIPP cut the plastics in its packaging by a good quarter last year. KOB offers latex-free cohesive fixation bandages as well as compression and support bandages with a high natural fiber content. The company also predominantly uses folding cartons and shipping boxes made of 100% recycled material, as well as occasional packaging made of certified, renewable raw materials. CMC manufactures biodegradable cotton swabs with environmentally friendly paper shafts and packaging, offers cotton pads in PE bags with recycled content, and packages the majority of its retail medical products in paper packaging. Waste avoidance and material savings HARTMANN is pushing ahead with various measures to conserve materials and avoid waste. In the Infection Management segment, for example, the Company continuously reviews and optimizes the use of materials and packaging concepts. In the case of surgical drapes, changes in design ensure optimized material use and thus improved transport, storage, and sterilization conditions. In the production of disinfection wipes Mikrobac® Tissues, HARTMANN has already been relying on the use of a concentrate in manufacturing since 2017, which leads to savings of more than 80% in transportation costs. In addition, HARTMANN has succeeded in reducing the empty volume of the 750-ml bottle of the disinfectant Bacillol® 30 Sensitive Foam by 30 cm3 , thus reducing material expenses. In the Incontinence Management segment, HARTMANN also reduced the packaging volume and thus the space required for road transport and storage with optimized products. The optimization of packaging for MoliCare® Bed Mats was successfully launched on the market in 2020 and ensured a savings of 20,000 pallets in the storage and transportation capacities required for this last year alone. HARTMANN will extend this optimization program to other incontinence ranges in the future. Further information on sustainability at HARTMANN can be found in the Sustainability Report 2021 and at hartmann.de/ sustainability. Starting from the end of the coming year, all KNEIPP packaging is planned to be completely recyclable. ADDITIONAL UPDATES 9 Inform first quarter 2022 | Additional updates
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