STADA Arzneimittel

Carbon per million dollars of revenue. The legacy industry-standard reference (CDP, MSCI). Useful for cross-sector context, but distorted by margin — high-margin firms appear artificially efficient. Read alongside the operational and asset intensities for the full picture.

OpEx (operating expenditure) is the running cost of the business — staff, services, energy, materials. This shows how carbon-intensive operations are per million dollars of spend. Removes the margin distortion that revenue-based ratios introduce.

EVIC (Enterprise Value Including Cash) is the firm's total capital footprint — equity + debt + cash + minority interest. The EU's standard intensity measure (SFDR PAI 3) — answers: how much carbon does each million of capital deployed in this business produce?

PP&E (Property, Plant & Equipment) plus leased real-estate assets is the firm's physical infrastructure on the balance sheet. This shows the carbon intensity of that physical footprint — uses Scope 1+2+3 for consistency with the other headline intensities. Surfaces stranded-asset risk for asset-heavy firms.

In 2024 STADA increased renewable electricity consumption to 85,402 MWh (64,514 MWh in 2023), reaching 65% of total electricity consumption, supplying production sites in UK, Germany, Serbia, Romania and Czechia. Sources include self-production via photovoltaics (new installations at Bad Vilbel and Clonmel), switching of energy supply contracts, and purchase of Energy Attribute Certificates. At Bad Vilbel, 392 PV modules covering ~200m² were installed generating approximately 30,000 kWh/year. Commitment for 2025: increase share of renewable electricity to >65%.

STADA does not report durable removals (DAC, BECCS, biochar). However, the company supports reforestation and afforestation efforts: STADA Slovakia participates in the 'Plant a Tree, Make a Home' initiative (1,200 trees/year, contributing to a 1,000,000 tree reforestation goal by 2027 in High Tatras), and STADA Bulgaria launched a tree planting initiative across four locations in October/November 2024.

• Scope 1&2 absolute reduction via energy efficiency and on-site PV

  STADA focuses on optimizing its technical operations addressing scope 1 and 2 emissions with a -42% absolute reduction target (2020-2030). By 2024 achieved -33.7% vs 2020 baseline. Levers include on-site PV at Bad Vilbel and Clonmel, LED conversion with motion detectors at Bad Vilbel and Florstadt warehouse (35,000 kWh + 12 tCO2e annual savings), and energy efficiency programs.

• 5R packaging strategy: Remove, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refill

  STADA applies its 5R packaging strategy across the portfolio. Removed leaflets/folding boxes from Nizoral (saved 11 tons); reduced plastic via shorter Nizoral/Cetraben tube caps; recycled plastic in Zoflora (30% PCR trigger bottles, 100% rPP cage, 100% rPET blister); refill product launched in 2024 cut plastic by 99% saving ~4 tons of materials; reusable Oilatum jars with removable labels. Trinec site reduced leaflets by close to 1 million units.

• Operational Excellence (SPS, TPM, LEAN) and resource efficiency

  STADA Production System (SPS) is built on three pillars: Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP2), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) for equipment effectiveness and lower energy costs, and LEAN Manufacturing to eliminate waste. Total waste recycling rate at own production sites reached 81% in 2024, surpassing the ≥80% target.

• Supplier engagement for Scope 3 Cat 1 (purchased goods)

  ~88% (~599 ktCO2e) of STADA's scope 3 emissions originate from Category 1 'purchased goods and services'. STADA targets 50% of its scope 3 cat 1 suppliers to set science-based targets by 2030. Approximately 50% of category 1 emissions come from the 80 largest suppliers by spend; by Dec 2024 ~25% of cat 1 emissions had committed/aligned to SBTi targets. STADA is a member of RHI (Responsible Health Initiative) and PSCI (Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative).

• Sustainable logistics and low-carbon courier partners

  STADA Ireland subsidiary Clonmel Healthcare switched couriers to DPD: carbon rating dropped from 0.97 kg CO2/parcel to 0.25 kg CO2/parcel. Despite higher parcel volume (70,672 vs 64,649 H2 2023), shipping emissions dropped >70% (from 62.70 to 17.67 tCO2). STADA was the first pharmaceutical company in Spain to join the 'Lean & Green' European collaboration platform for emissions reduction in logistics.