SAFE GUARDING THE ENVIRONMENT

Abbott has a long-standing commitment to minimising our impact on the environment — from how we source our raw materials to the manufacturing and distribution of our products and the ways people use and dispose of them. In fact, we have set aggressive targets for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and are working with others to achieve better progress.

Environmental Health and Safety teams at Abbott sites in Ireland are leading innovative environmental projects that are having a positive effect on our businesses, communities and employees across the country. The projects below show just some of our achievements:

• All six manufacturing sites in Ireland achieved Zero Waste to Landfill.
• Eight sites added binless office or waste segregation programmes, resulting in significant recycling rates.
• Our diagnostics business in Sligo reduced carbon to 475 tonnes and oil usage by 15,000 litres through energy projects such as boiler insulation and steam recovery.
• The Longford site installed controls that continuously monitor and adjust the temperature in testing laboratories.
• Our facility in Donegal implemented an air-handling unit time matrix to control the on/off times and speeds of 11 air-handling units.
• The Clonmel site made numerous improvements, resulting in a 36 percent reduction in the daily running cost of the chilled water system and an estimated reduction of 2.7 million kilograms per year in carbon dioxide emissions.
• The Sligo site is leading a 10-year recycling initiative with Cregg House (a residential centre for people with intellectual disabilities) that offers work opportunities for 40 residents and recycles 5 tonnes of plastic annually.
• Our Cootehill facility recycles 100 percent of the water used at the facility.

Abbott collaborates with the Sustainable Enery Authority of Ireland to improve our environmental stewarship. Abbott's nutritional facility in Cootehill recycles 100 percent of water used in, and steam generated from, the manufacturing process. Click here to watch the video.