At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer drives our commitment to sustainability. We aren’t just delivering products that serve the research needs of our customers, we are striving to develop them in a way that minimizes our use of natural resources and our impact on the environment.
In our sustainable product design program we are taking a new look at how we design our products, and looking for ways to reduce health and environmental impacts across a product’s lifecycle, so we can move towards a more resource-efficient, closed loop system. This means finding better materials, implementing alternative ways to make and ship our products, and seeking partnerships with our suppliers and customers to advance sustainability beyond our own doors.
By designing products that require us to source less hazardous materials, that allow us to ship without Styrofoam coolers, and that are readily recyclable, we are able to minimize exposure to hazards, reduce waste, increase laboratory efficiency, and reduce costs for our customers.