Scope 1 Emissions
2022 Communication on Progress
LEO Pharma A/S
Published date
June 29, 2022
No. of questions
60
Supplemental files
CEO Statement
Governance
Policies and Responsibilities
1. Does the Board / highest governance body or most senior executive of the company:
2. Does the company have a publicly stated commitment regarding the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentLEO Pharma Sustainability Policy: https://mc-df05ef79-e68e-4c65-8ea2-953494-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/corporatecommunications/leo-pharma-com/files/pdflatest/21---sustainability-policy---leo-pharma---november-2021---exec----final.pdf?rev=f3e7d307e02646339b722455d0ccec14&hash=5D7A77B37ADEDD8AB6745267C02F3AF43. Does the company have in place a code of conduct regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentLEO Pharma Code of Conduct is mandatory for LEO Pharma's employees: https://mc-df05ef79-e68e-4c65-8ea2-953494-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/corporatecommunications/leo-pharma-com/files/code-of-conducts/leopharma-coc-us-2021-readspread.pdf?rev=1582ebf4941c498084c4fa51ef6643ee&hash=1E2A00E6107334ACF6DDCB5151DC37E0. Sustainability Standards for LEO Pharma Business Partners is mandatory for our business partners: https://mc-df05ef79-e68e-4c65-8ea2-953494-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/corporatecommunications/leo-pharma-com/files/pdflatest/sustainability-standards-for-leo-pharma-business-partnersenglish2021.pdf?rev=7eccf72f24b3410b821d20fcac4643d6&hash=C9B0AAE72263F5106182744EF0B2301F4. Has the company appointed an individual or group responsible for each of the following sustainability topics?
5. Does the company have a formal structure(s) (such as a cross-functional committee) to address each of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentLEO Pharma Sustainability Board (executive level board) for human rights, labour rights and environment. LEO Pharma's Global Leadership Team for anti-corruption.Prevention
6. Does the company have a process or processes to assess risk?
7. Does the company have a due diligence process through which it identifies, prevents, mitigates, and accounts for actual and potential negative impacts on sustainability topics?
Concerns and grievance mechanisms
8. Are there any processes through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct related to human rights, labour rights, environment, or anti-corruption?
Optional commentLEO Pharma Speak-Up Line8.1. Please provide additional detail regarding the process(es) the company has through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct.
9. Does the company provide or enable access to effective remedy to right holders / stakeholders where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact?
Lessons
10. How does the company capture lessons regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
Executive Pay
11. Is executive pay linked to performance on one or more of the following sustainability topics?
Board Composition
12. Percentage of individuals within the company’s Board / highest governance body by:
Optional commentData based on Board composition at December 31, 202113. Do you produce sustainability reporting according to:
Data Assurance
14. Is the information disclosed in this questionnaire assured by a third-party?
Human Rights
Materiality / Saliency
1. Which of the following has the company identified as material human rights issues connected with its operations and/or value chain, whether based on their salience (i.e., the most severe potential negative impacts on people) or another basis?
Optional commentEmployee wellbeing, health & safety identified as material issue in our materiality assessment for 2021. See LEO Pharma Sustainability Report 2021 pages 12-13.Response
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the human rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
In 2021, we established a cross-functional working group with representation from Global Public Affairs, Clinical Process Management, Global Risk & Compliance, Global EHS, Procurement Sustainability, Risk & Compliance, Agile Working and Global Diversity & Inclusion and Global Sustainability. The purpose of the group is to strengthen our approach to human rights and support the embedding of a consistent human rights due diligence practice across LEO Pharma. To define a cohesive approach to a corporate human rights risk assessment, expanding on the high-level gap assessment conducted in 2020, the working group reviewed current approaches to risk assessment within the organization and defined the requirements to ensure alignment with the UN Guiding Principles. The corporate human rights risk assessment was conducted as a self-assessment across six impact areas: 1) Research and development, 2) Procurement, 3) Health and safety, 4) Products, sales and marketing, 5) Community impact, and 6) Employment practices. The data was collected at the end of 2021 and the analysis was completed in early 2022. The purpose of the analysis is to identify and address current or potential adverse impacts from our operations or business relationships. Due diligence is a dynamic process and maturity increases over time. We acknowledge that new, complex issues relating to human rights arise, with a commitment to review our salient issues regularly and identify appropriate actions.Labour
Commitment
1. Does the company have a policy commitment in relation to the following labour rights principles?
1.1. For each labour rights policy, is it:
Optional commentLEO Pharma Human Rigths Policy: https://mc-df05ef79-e68e-4c65-8ea2-953494-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/corporatecommunications/leo-pharma-com/files/pdflatest/23---human-rights-policy---leo-pharma---november-2021---exec---final.pdf?rev=8079d9f8992d46c197fc2879d729916b&hash=67CAAA75837E77A397DFFCEE852EFB8E Occupational Health and Safety Policy in LEO Pharma Code of Conduct: https://mc-df05ef79-e68e-4c65-8ea2-953494-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/corporatecommunications/leo-pharma-com/files/code-of-conducts/leopharma-coc-us-2021-readspread.pdf?rev=1582ebf4941c498084c4fa51ef6643ee&hash=1E2A00E6107334ACF6DDCB5151DC37E0Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following labour rights issues?
3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with this labour rights issue?
4. Who receives training for the following labour rights issues?
5. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following labour rights issues?
Performance
6. What is the percentage of employees covered under collective bargaining agreements?
7. What is the percentage of employees in a trade union or other workers' organization?
8. In the course of the reporting period, what was the percentage of women in:
Optional commentIn 2021, the gender distribution at difference management levels were: Executive management: 50% women / 50% men Senior management: 34% women / 66% men Middle management: 48% women / 52% men9. What was the average ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men (comparing jobs of equal value) during the reporting period?
10. In the course of the reporting period, how frequently were workers injured (injuries per hour worked)?
Optional commentWe use Lost Time Injury (LTI) rate - covering our manufacturing sites. Global LTI rate per million working hours calculated as: (Number of global injuries with more than one day's absence from work x 1,000,000 working hours) / Total number of working hours based on local standard working hours11. In the course of the reporting period, what was the company’s incident rate?
Response and Reporting
12. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact associated with the following labour rights issues?
13. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the labour rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
Diversity and inclusion: • Launched our Diversity and Inclusion manifesto ‘Curiosity beyond’. • Introduced the Lead Inclusively leadership learning journey. • Launched first wave of Ignite Inclusion social learning events for employees. Employee safety: • All our manufacturing sites hold ISO 45001 certification. All sites passed the annual EHS audit under ISO 45001 (Health & Safety) without any major non-conformances. • Safety awareness continued through toolbox talks, safety walks, and systematic problem solving in case of injuries, to improve safety performance. • High focus on safety in large construction projects.Environment
Commitment
1. Does the company have a formal policy on the following environmental topics?
1.1. For each environmental policy, is it:
Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following environmental issues?
Optional commentLEO Pharma has submitted its emission reduction target to the SBTi.3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with these environmental topics?
4. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following environmental topics?
4.1. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, what kind of targets has the company set?
4.2. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, how is progress against target / goal tracked?
5. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy for any actual impacts associated with the following environmental issue(s)?
Climate Action
6. What were the company’s gross global greenhouse gas emissions for the reporting period?
Scope 2 Emissions
Scope 3 Emissions
Optional commentScope 2 covers our market based (585 tonnes) and location based (8597 tonnes) emissions. Scope 3 emissions covers 2020 data - our scope 3 data is one year delayed.7. What percentage of the company's revenue was invested in R&D of low-carbon products/services during this reporting period?
8. Has the organization acted to support climate change adaptation and resilience?
Energy / Resource Use
9. Please report the company's renewable energy consumption as a percentage of total energy consumption in the reporting period.
Optional commentShare of renewable electricity. Data covers our manufacturing sites in Ballerup and Esbjerg (Denmark), Dublin and Cork (Ireland), Segrate (Italy) And Vernouillet (France).Technology
10. What percent of the company's revenue came from environmentally friendly products / services during this reporting period?
Sector-specific Questions
11. Which sector(s) does the company operate in? If diversified, choose top 3 by revenue.
Sector-specific: Water
12. Please provide details regarding the company's water withdrawal and consumption (own operations) during the reporting period.
Water withdrawal (volume of water in megaliters):
Water consumption (volume of water in megaliters):
Optional commentThe above number is converted from m3 (384,046 m3)13. Please provide details about the company’s water intensity of products in regions with high or extremely high water stress.
Sector-specific: Waste
18. Please report the company's total weight of waste generated in metric tonnes during the reporting period.
Optional commentData covers our manufacturing sites in Ballerup and Esbjerg (Denmark), Dublin and Cork (Ireland), Segrate (Italy) And Vernouillet (France).19. Please report the percentage of the company's waste that was hazardous waste (i.e., hazardous waste ratio) during the reporting period.
20. Please report the company's estimated metric tonnes of single-use plastic consumed wherever material along the value chain during the reporting period.
Overall Environment
21. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the environment principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
• Submitted climate targets to the Science Based Targets initiative. • Set supplier engagement target for Scope 3. • Our manufacturing site in Segrate moved to 100% renewable electricity contracts, bringing five out of six manufacturing sites up to this standard. • Our manufacturing sites passed annual audits under ISO 50001 and ISO14001. One major nonconformity during the energy audit of the Dublin site (IE) due to lack of efficient control during the audit as a consequence of changes in the organization. All manufacturing sites, except Vernouillet (FR), hold ISO 50001. All manufacturing sites hold ISO 14001 certification.Anti-corruption
Commitment
1. Does the company have an anti-corruption compliance programme?
Optional commentBased on an external gap assessment, the programme plan was revised.2. Does your company have policies and recommendations for employees on how to act in case of doubt and/or in situations that may represent a conflict of interest, e.g. with regard to gifts and hospitality, donations, sponsorship, or interactions with public officials?
Optional commentAnti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Policy included in the LEO Pharma Code of Conduct: https://mc-df05ef79-e68e-4c65-8ea2-953494-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/corporatecommunications/leo-pharma-com/files/code-of-conducts/leopharma-coc-us-2021-readspread.pdf?rev=1582ebf4941c498084c4fa51ef6643ee&hash=1E2A00E6107334ACF6DDCB5151DC37E0Prevention
3. Who receives training on anti-corruption and integrity?
Optional commentAs well as ad-hoc training of third parties (distributors)3.1. How often is such training provided?
Optional commentYearly Code of Conduct training, but stand alone Anti-corruption training every 3 years4. Does the company monitor its anti-corruption compliance programme?
Optional commentMonitoring is country and risk based. A formalized approach is under development.Response and Reporting
5. Please report the company's total number and nature of incidents of corruption during the reporting year.
6. Within the reporting period, what measures has the company taken to address suspected incidents of corruption independently or in response to a dispute or investigation by a government regulator?
7. Does your company engage in Collective Action against corruption?
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the anti-corruption principle, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
• Relaunched the LEO Pharma Code of Conduct and related training to all employees. • Implemented new system for our Speak-Up Line replacing the Whistleblower Hotline.