100% Sustainable Electricity goal and energy attribute certificate retirement Roche has set a goal to achieve 100% Sustainable Electricity by 2025, defined as electricity from sources replenished at least as fast as consumed and not causing significant environmental or social harm. The measure of progress is tracked as Sustainable kWh / All kWh procured across all Sites. To ensure that only Roche can claim the environmental attributes from a volume of sustainable energy, associated energy attribute certificates must be retired by Roche or the supplier on behalf of Roche's consumption, applicable to both electricity and thermal energy.
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Wastewater pretreatment plant commissioned Wastewater pretreatment plant for reduction of special waste commissioned in 2024; reduces liquid hazardous waste from reagent production
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100% renewable electricity since 2016 + on-site PV expansion Since 2016, RDI has sourced all purchased electricity exclusively from renewable sources. Over the past five years, on-site photovoltaic systems have been steadily expanded — first PV on parking garage roofs (2019), then building 10 (2023), and buildings 1 and 9 (2024). Today approximately 6% of required electrical energy is produced locally and fed into the company's own grid.
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Primary: Sustainable new construction (Building 15) New Building 15 designed using Roche's Sustainable Construction Evaluator Tool. Wooden modular construction with high-bay warehouse made of wood — components reusable after deconstruction (circular building). Material usage: 16,000 m³ roundwood, 5,000 m³ spruce/fir, 2,400 m³ beech. Savings vs conventional: 3,600 m³ concrete, 1,000 t cement, 750 t steel. Operates without fossil fuels via reversible heat pumps and large PV systems. Greened roof retains ~60% of rainwater via evaporation.
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Primary: Scope 1 & 2 real zero by 2050 through fossil fuel reduction in own operations Roche targets real zero Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions by 2050, explicitly without relying on CO2 reduction certificates. Scope 1 emissions largely originate from fossil fuel use, and CO2 emissions are calculated using IPCC 2006 Guidelines. Scope 2 uses a market-based methodology reflecting purposeful electricity choices. A 2020-2025 goal requires -40% total Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions (kg CO2/employee) vs 2019 baseline. The SBTi near-term and long-term targets submitted in 2024 require 90% absolute reduction in Scope 1 & 2 by 2045 from a 2022 base year.
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Dependent: Use-of-sold-products emissions from Roche Diagnostics instruments Roche's Scope 3 Category 11 (use of sold products) is primarily driven by electricity consumption of Roche Diagnostics instruments installed globally. Emissions are calculated from the electricity consumption of Roche's globally installed instrument base by country, using IEA country-average emission factors. This represents a significant downstream dependent emission source requiring product efficiency improvements.
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Primary: Business travel — remains dominant Scope 3 driver Business flights are the largest mobility energy demand at RDI — approximately 27 million km flown in 2024 (could circle Earth 675 times). Flights have been rising since the pandemic but remain below pre-COVID-19 (2019) levels. Scope 3 emissions are dominated by business flights, with sharp decline 2019–2021 due to COVID restrictions and renewed rise 2022–2024.
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Primary: Scope 1 & 2 energy consumption reduction in operations Roche's 2020-2025 goals include a -10% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 energy consumption (fossil fuel equivalent GJ/employee) vs 2019. Energy data is submitted by sites based on invoices from energy providers and converted to gigajoules. Privately owned cars used for business purposes are included in Scope 1. Progress is consolidated at Group level annually and selected sites are subject to third-party limited assurance.
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80% recycling rate target by 2025 Goal to achieve 80% recycling rate by 2025 (vs 74% in 2024)
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PV systems expanded to buildings 1 and 9 Photovoltaic systems installed on building 1 and building 9 in 2024; ~6% of electrical energy now produced locally
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