Sustainability

 

EBOS Sustainability Report 2022

 

As a market leading healthcare and animal care company, we know that our stakeholders and the communities we serve rely on us.

Our ESG Program sets out the actions we will take to ensure we consistently and sustainably deliver on our responsibilities as a provider of essential network infrastructure, products and services.

 

Click on each of the pillars below for more information.

 

More Information Delivering essential infrastructure for human and animal health • Community service role • Nurturing customer and government relationships Implementing robust systems • Business continuity management • Data and technology security/privacy More Information • Legal compliance • Reporting with integrity • Ethical behaviour • Corporate governance More Information Managing the impacts of our products • Waste and packaging • Ethical sourcing Upholding our Quality Promise • Quality Management • Compliance More Information Environmental Stewardship • Carbon offsetting • Minimising our impact Reaching out to help out • Supporting causes close to us • Advancing equity,fairness and opportunity in society More Information • Employee safety, health and wellbeing • Culture and engagement • Talent and capability • Performance and reward
More Information Delivering essential infrastructure for human and animal health • Community service role • Nurturing customer and government relationships Implementing robust systems • Business continuity management • Data and technology security/privacy More Information • Legal compliance • Reporting with integrity • Ethical behaviour • Corporate governance More Information Managing the impacts of our products • Waste and packaging • Ethical sourcing Upholding our Quality Promise • Quality Management • Compliance More Information • Employee safety, health and wellbeing • Culture and engagement • Talent and capability • Performance and reward More Information Environmental Stewardship • Carbon offsetting • Minimising our impact Reaching out to help out • Supporting causes close to us • Advancing equity,fairness and opportunity in society

 

Through our ESG Program, EBOS embraces the full range of responsibilities that come with our role as a provider of essential health and animal care products and services. The program comprises five pillars encompassing 20 material ESG topics that are significant for the sustainability of our business and/or the interests of our stakeholders.

Core business offering

Pillars 1 and 2 of our ESG Program, Health & Animal Care Partners and Consumers & Patients, focus on impacts of the Group’s daily business operations.

We support our customers to achieve better health outcomes by ensuring the availability and reliability of medicines and other essential products and services, especially during times of crisis.

Our direct customer relationships are often with other businesses, professionals, governments and government bodies, but we never lose sight of our ultimate connection with consumers, patients, pets and their owners.

Social and environmental role

Pillar 3 of our ESG Program, Community & Environment, addresses broader sustainability challenges facing our communities.

Reaching out to help out is an integral part of our corporate culture across the Group. We aspire to contribute positively towards resolving complex problems such as responding to climate change and helping to create a fairer, healthier and more equal society.

Firm foundations

Pillars 4 and 5 of our ESG Program, Our People and Responsible Business, recognise that corporate sustainability stems from solid foundations embedded in our corporate culture.

EBOS is a large and growing organisation unified by core values. Our engaged, diverse and talented workforce is committed to upholding ethical behaviour and responsible practices in all areas of our business.

 

Profile of our People

FY22

 

Female

Male

Total

Board members headcount

3

3

6

Total Employees headcount

2,279

1,713

3,992*

Australia

1,612

1,287

2,899

New Zealand

667

426

1,093

Senior Managers

4

5

9

Other Managers

176

302

478

Team Members

2,099

1,406

3,505

Permanent Contract1

2,025

1,575

3,600

Temporary Contract

254

138

392

Full Time2

1,446

1,412

2,858

Part Time

579

163

742

<30 years

453

295

748

30-49 years

1,173

858

2,031

≥50 years

643

552

1,195

Undisclosed

10

8

18

 

* Excludes LifeHealthcare, Transmedic and Australian Biotechnologies employees

1. Permanent employees include full time and part time employees. Temporary employees include casual and Max Term Contract employees.

2. Full time employees work, on average, 38 hours per week. Part time employees receive the same entitlements as full time employees on a pro rata basis, including paid

annual and personal leave.

 

Social and Environmental Impacts FY22

Energy & Climate Change2 

Sites reporting this data3

# sites

77

GFA ‘000 sqm

313

Natural Gas4

GJ

14,215

Fuel (Petrol, diesel, LPG)4

GJ

289

Grid purchased electricity5

‘000 GJ

87.5

Solar power generation6

 

# sites

3

‘000 GFA

46

‘000 GJ

3.5

Total energy7 8

‘000 GJ

105.5

Grid purchased electricity intensity

GJ/sqm

0.28

Scope 1 GHG emissions9

TCO2e

741.0

Scope 2 GHG emissions10

‘000 TCO2e

14.5

Water

Site reporting this data

# sites

14

GFA ‘000 sqm

77

Water consumption

Mega litres

22

 

For footnotes and more detailed information please see page 51 of the 2022 Sustainability Report.