We understand that healthier
people can only exist if we
build a healthier world, today
and tomorrow.

Taking care
at every step

Sustainability Report 2021

Our Commitment to Sustainability

Sustainability takes on an even sharper focus, not as a separate pillar to be seen as distinct
from the rest of the company’s operations, but as a core enabler.

Our three Area of Impact:
The Achievements

People

Patients

9

Pharma covigilance
audits

were conducted with
positive results during
2021
20

Clinical trials
 

involving about 390
people were planned
or conducted
 

Healthcare Providers

40900

Imaging professionals
reached

by 109 accredited Bracco-
sponsored webinars and
podcast held globally
Collaborations

Collaborations on
events and webinars

with EuSoMII, ESOI and ESOR
stem gap

"Mind the STEM Gap"
 

Launch of the "Mind the
STEM Gap" Manifesto by
the Bracco Foundation to
counter gender stereotypes
and facilitate access to
scientific disciplines for girls

Employees

Diversity

Diversity and
Inclusion Policy

New Diversity and
Inclusion Policy
effective from Q1 2021
at Corporate level
The Bracco People

The Bracco People Way
 

Launch of The Bracco People
Way - definition of the Group’s
Values and Behaviours with an
accompanying roadmap for the
development and transformation
of processes in HR
New hires

New hires
 

in 2021 of which 47% are
young people under 30

People

Employees

24

BeDigital training
 

launched 2021
1

Top Employer
 

for 2021 in Italy
NetWORK

NetWORK for
Inclusion group

was started at Blue
Earth Diagnostics Inc
in the US

Communities

6000

pupils supported by
the CPP

and 180 families
assisted by Bracco
Psycho-Pedagogical
Centre (CPP)
Advocacy partnerships

Advocacy partnerships
 

In 2021, the Blue Earth Diagnostics
created 9 new advocacy
partnerships, sponsoring more
than 15 advocacy events, and
formed 4 new society partnerships
stem gap

Unique activities
 

carried about globally
in 2021 for communities,
employee welfare and
the broader promotion
of health

Research and Innovation

+100

Newly Granted Patents

worldwide among which
are 11 European patents
and 29 US patents
40

New Patent Applications

filed for international
and priority patents
Innovation Centre

Innovation Centre

New open innovation
center
in Shanghai (China)
came into operation
5.4

Imaging professionals
reached

for items related to the
Imaging business unit
published in international
scientific journals
Blue Earth Therapeutics

Blue Earth
Therapeutics

founded which deals with the
development of rhPSMA as a therapeutic
radiopharmaceutical, with the aim of
helping men with advanced prostate
cancer. Blue Earth Therapeutics holds
the exclusive license for therapeutic
applications of PSMA radiohybrid
technology
100%

Acceptance Rate
 

for the 42 newspaper
articles and 93 conference
excerpts presented by Blue
Earth Diagnostic
53

Conferences

in which Blue Earth Diagnostic
delivered 33 podium
presentations and presented
68 scientific posters
 
 

Planet

70%

Reduction of Sludge
 

Building of a Sludge drying
plant aimed at 70% reduction
of sludge from waste water
treatment in Ceriano Laghetto
using energy otherwise lost
9%

Reduction in Waste
Production

compared to 2020
72%

Solvents Recovered
 

from indirect raw materials
used in production
processes at Ceriano and
Torviscosa sites
26%

Below the Limits of
Discharge Salinity

thanks to the new Na2S2O5
recovery and HCl storage
plant in Ceriano Laghetto
2.6 tons

Saved of Packaging
production

A reduction in consumption
of virgin material used in
production of secondary
packaging equal to 2.6
tons in Colleretto Giacosa
160%

of Electricity from
Renewable Sources

with Certificates of Origin
100%

from Renewable Sources

EE purchased from grid from
renewable sources with GO
for all Italian sites and for the
Singen site
Photovoltaic Fields

Photovoltaic Fields

Feasibility studies for the
installation of photovoltaic
fields
in Ceriano Laghetto,
Torviscosa and Shanghai
iso certification

Certification

ISO 50001 certification
for Bracco Imaging
and SPIN

Message to Stakeholders

stakeholders
Nowadays, sustainability is not just a "choice”: it is a crucial and necessary way of existing. The "sustainable native" generation knows this well, as their attention to the environment is a common practice and unwavering belief. This is also a strong belief of the UN, which has set up the Agenda of Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs), and the European Union which, with the intention of carrying out an energy transition focusing on decarbonisation, has drawn up the Clean Energy Package to set a series of targets to be achieved by 2030. This is also understood by entrepreneurs like us, who have chosen a company strategy that brings together innovation and responsibility, in the knowledge that the future of business is linked to sustainable long-term growth. Read full message

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