Programme

ECO' OPHTALMO

Act together to reduce our environmental footprint and raise awareness among ophthalmologists in their medical practices.

THE GENESIS OF OUR INITIATIVE

CSR has played an important role in Horus Pharma's culture and DNA right from the Company’s founding in 2003. Over the years since then our increasing awareness of the impact our activities can have on the environment have led to numerous initiatives being launched by our employees.

Our major actions since the creation of the Laboratory :

  • The first French laboratory to obtain reimbursement for multi-dose medical devices. Previously only single-dose devices were (partially) reimbursed.
  • A therapeutic arsenal launched on the French market: more economical and ecological 15ml multidose formats.
  • Short manufacturing lines: 75% of our products are manufactured in France and 100% in Europe.
  • The culture of preservative-free products for eye and eyelid health and cosmetics introduced. Preservatives are endocrine disruptors that are dangerous for eyes and, more generally, skin. They also have a harmful impact on flora and fauna due to the release of their chemical components into the environment.
  • Various projects, such as waste collection, the selection of supplies made from recyclable materials, the dematerialization of documents, etc.

A PROGRAMME DEDICATED TO REDUCING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT

The creation of the Eco' Ophtalmo programme plus Horus Pharma's daily investment has anchored ecology in our culture and long-term strategic development.

The Laboratory management’s willingness and support means we are constantly investigating new solutions, innovations and partnerships that will enable us to respond to the current ecological challenge.

All these projects have had a significant direct impact on our environmental footprint. Our approach has been to review every component of the Laboratory's activities and seek solutions that will have a positive impact and reduce our footprint as much as possible.

The projects we have set up have been well received by ophthalmologists, many of whom have launched individual initiatives in their practices. Enthused by the idea of seeing our approach being more widely shared we decided to stimulate these actions of ophthalmologists by working more closely with them to raise their awareness and to support their actions to reduce their environmental footprint.

It is by pooling and sharing initiatives that we will generate ideas to bring your ecological practices to as many people as possible. This is why the Eco' Ophtalmo programme was created: to enable us to work and act together to reduce the environmental footprint and raise awareness among ophthalmologists in their medical practices.

the actions of

ECO’ OPHTALMO

« Achieving Plastic Net Zero with Plastic Bank, an environmental and societal commitment. »

ACTIONS FOR 2022-2023

In September 2022 Horus Pharma partnered with Plastic Bank to make an environmental and social impact.

Each year an estimated 10 million tons of plastic waste enters the ocean. As a Plastic Bank partner the Group is helping reduce this while, at the same time, helping people living in coastal communities in developing countries earn a secure income, plus related social benefits such as health insurance by collecting plastic waste from their local beaches, riverbanks and neighborhoods, cleaning it and taking it to an ethical plastic collection branch.

To date over 600 collection branches have been set up in SE Asia, Latin America and Africa and the number keeps increasing as more companies become involved.

The collected ocean-bound plastic is processed into Social Plastic® feedstock and entered into the global supply chain. By the autumn of 2022 Plastic Bank and their partners had prevented over 63,200 tons of plastic reaching the ocean.

For more information go to https://plasticbank.com

We are reaching Plastic Net Zero for more than a dozen products sold, an equivalent quantity of ocean-bound plastic is collected and recycled.

Horus Pharma produces around 200 tons of plastic bottles a year.

By the end of 2023, nearly 100 tons of plastic will be collected before it reaches the ocean (equivalent to nearly 5 million plastic bottles) which will neutralize the plastic related to our product ranges.

RECYCLABLE PACKAGING

The environmental impact of a packaging is taken into account throughout its entire life cycle: from raw material acquisition, through production and use to disposal and recycling.

These include using cardboard1¹, low-impact vegetable-inks, and water-based adhesives and coatings. As an additional contribution towards reducing the use of plastic materials our eye drops are now available in a more economical and ecological 15ml multi-dose packaging².

Horus Pharma also contributes towards increasing production sustainability. All the packaging intended for household use carries the mandatory separated disposal information.

¹ A high percentage, of the cardboard used by Horus Pharma is FSC-certificated.
² A bottle with more content and less container compared to other packaging (single-dose and 10 ml). And, another plastic neutral bottle thanks to our partnership with Plastic Bank.

THE ACTIONS OF HORUS PHARMA

The Group-wide policies and actions implemented with the aim of reducing the Group’s environmental footprint include

  • A new transportation policy that :
  • makes maximising proximity to and accessibility of public transport a criteria when selecting office locations
  • integrates carbon emission limitation requirements in transport-related tenders
  • avoids travel through teleworking and videoconferencing
  • Implementing a responsible purchasing and consumption policy
  • A range of measures that encourage recycling by employees and product users.