In the foot­steps of As­traZeneca, No­var­tis com­mits to car­bon-neu­tral sup­ply chain by 2030

Fol­low­ing in As­traZeneca’s car­bon-re­duced foot­steps, No­var­tis an­nounced new sus­tain­abil­i­ty tar­gets on Tues­day, which in­clude plans to neu­tral­ize sup­ply chain emis­sions in the next 10 years.

The Swiss phar­ma aims to be car­bon-neu­tral in its own op­er­a­tions by 2025, and across its sup­ply chain by 2030. To get there, it says it will re­duce ab­solute emis­sions by 35% across its val­ue chain, and fol­low a “dual strat­e­gy” to de­crease en­er­gy and fu­el con­sump­tion, im­prove ef­fi­cien­cy and adopt re­new­able en­er­gy sources. It au­dit­ed all ma­jor sites for po­ten­tial im­prove­ments.

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