Since the launch of its sustainability strategy "BEYOND:
Taking Action for a Brighter World"
in 2021, Dentsply Sirona has worked diligently to advance
sustainability within the company as well as throughout the
industry. Dentsply Sirona's latest sustainability report is renewed
evidence of the great dedication the company and its employees
bring to the table every day.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 15,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dentsply Sirona, the world's
largest manufacturer of professional dental products and
technologies and a leading provider of continence care solutions,
published its 2023 Sustainability Report over the past weekend
during DS World Las Vegas. This annual clinical education event for
dental professionals was the perfect platform for unveiling the
company's sustainability achievements and commitments, allowing
attendees to engage with Dentsply Sirona's vision for a more
sustainable future.
The report shows strong overall progress against its goals for
the fourth year in a row as well as several goals met ahead of
their 2025 timeframe. Guided by its sustainability strategy
"BEYOND: Taking Action for a Brighter
World", Dentsply Sirona has achieved positive impact along
its three pillars: Healthy Planet (environmental goals), Healthy
Smiles (social goals) and Healthy Business (governance goals).
Highlights from the 2023 Sustainability Report include but
are not limited to:
- Significant reduction of Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions
intensity by 47% compared with the baseline measurement from
2019.1 Goal achieved ahead of original 2025 timeframe,
exceeding the original 15% reduction target.
- Reduction of water withdrawal intensity by 29% compared with
the baseline measurement from 2019. Goal achieved ahead of original
2025 timeframe, exceeding the original 15% reduction target.
- We continue to progress towards our Net Zero in Scope 1 -3
carbon emissions by 2050.
- Continued to drive sustainable change within the dental
industry and beyond through strong partnerships, the sharing of
knowledge, donations of funds, products and time. Examples of
engagement include the long-standing partnership with Smile Train,
the world's largest cleft-focused organization, and support
for FDI World Dental Federation's initiatives World Oral
Health Day and Sustainability in Dentistry.
- Enabled and empowered over 5.5 million smiles2 from
across our communities, dental professionals, and employees,
contributing to more than 16.8 million smiles since 2021 and on
track to enable 25 million smiles by 2025.
- Completed global gender pay parity analysis and based on data
from the first half of 2024, the company has achieved total average
gender pay parity across our global workforce, ahead of the 2025
target.
- 54% of global hires in 2023 were diverse3 and the
global gender parity was 44%.
- More than 10,300 employee registrations to diversity, equity
and inclusion trainings and awareness programs.
- Hosted more than 9,200 educational courses for customers in
over 80 countries in 2023, including the Sustainability Educational
Course – an increase of over 2,000 courses compared to
2022.4
- Continued to place the utmost importance on a safe working
environment, reducing even further the number of recordable
incidents at Dentsply Sirona. A top decile injury and illness
prevention rate of 0.17 was achieved in 2023, surpassing the
original goal of 0.27 by 2025.5
"We are very pleased with the progress we have made since 2021
and especially the strong results we achieved over the course of
the last year", said Tony Johnson,
SVP, Chief Supply Chain Officer and Executive Sponsor for ESG at
Dentsply Sirona. "This continued success motivates us to put even
more fervour into reducing our environmental footprint, improving
oral health and continence care globally, creating a diverse,
equitable, inclusive, and respectful culture as well as
establishing processes that ensure integrity, transparency, and
responsibility at all levels of our business."
"The strong outcomes of the past year are evidence of our
steadfast commitment to sustainability. 2023 was a year of action,
where we continued to transform oral health and continence care
services through innovative products and solutions. Everyone at
Dentsply Sirona has pulled together and ensured that we were able
to 'Win as One', driving sustainability and innovation, while
protecting our business, our customers and their patients," said
Simon Campion, President and CEO at
Dentsply Sirona. "I am proud of what we have achieved together and
confident that we will continue to make great strides for
sustainability, as we continue to go BEYOND, improving lives
worldwide and contributing to a healthy future for our planet."
The 2023 Dentsply Sirona Sustainability Report
is
available for Download on the website.
For more information on Dentsply Sirona's sustainability
strategy BEYOND, visit
https://www.dentsplysirona.com/en/company/our-sustainability.html.
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About Dentsply Sirona
Dentsply Sirona is the world's largest
manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with
over a century of innovation and service to the dental industry and
patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and
markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and
oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices
under a strong portfolio of world class brands.
Dentsply Sirona's products provide innovative,
high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and
deliver better and safer dental care.
Dentsply Sirona's headquarters is located in
Charlotte, North Carolina. The
company's shares are listed in the United
States on Nasdaq under the symbol XRAY.
Visit www.dentsplysirona.com for more information
about Dentsply Sirona and its products.
1 We calculate Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions intensity
by dividing the total level of emissions by net sales.
2 This figure is comprised of our community oral
healthcare delivery initiatives and donations; Clinical Education
programs and educational events for dental professionals (for
example, DS World); inclusion, empowerment and benefit programs
offered to employees; and product solutions that restore smiles –
primarily through single treatment (for example, CEREC). We ensure
we do not double count year-over-year figures from our internal
programs, and we work with partners to calculate external figures
for our community programs. There are some instances when we have
to use estimated figures due to data privacy reasons or internal
data has not been externally assured.
3 All global employees who self-identify as female, or
people of color in the U.S.
4 Includes training courses to dental professionals
through in-person, online, and hybrid formats; excludes courses
provided by Wellspect.
5 Top decile based on American Chemistry Council medium
sized member company total recordable injury rates.
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