We achieve this through: \ identifying opportunities for energy efficiency initiatives, including the use of renewable energy systems or low environmental impact vehicles \ providing education and training for our staff on environmental practices, including reducing water use, clinical waste and resource consumption \ recycling programs for environmentally sensitive chemicals, to reduce our contaminated waste volumes \ partnering with our suppliers to reduce packaging and transport emissions \ using digital solutions to minimise resource waste across our customer and supply chain \ responsibly procuring products and services through understanding and evaluating the environmental management practices of our suppliers Sonic Healthcare recognises the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s finding that warming of the climate system has been significantly influenced by human activity.