首款无碳排放预充式自动注射器
预充式自我注射系统的日益普及使给药装置行业处于世界最大挑战之一的前沿：塑料的使用及其对环境的影响。我们需要立即行动，发出明确的信号，表明我们正在认真对待我们的责任。
YpsoMate Zero – 净零碳排放预充式自动注射器 到2030年实现净零碳排放的第一步
YpsoMate Zero将经过验证的YpsoMate自动注射器转变为零碳排放装置平台：
- 使用替代材料
- 优化价值链
- 抵消剩余的碳排放
YpsoMate Zero是一款零碳排放自动注射器产品，不会影响可用性和患者安全：
- 基于久经考验的YpsoMate自动注射器平台
- 赋能碳中和组合产品
自我给药和可持续性：将恶性循环转变为良性循环
我们进行了生命周期评估，以获得关于两步式自动注射器在其整个生命周期（包括原材料、制造和最终处置）中的环境成本的定量和系统观点。
生命周期分析为减少YpsoMate碳排放提供了基础，因为它将工程努力引向最紧迫的环境热点：
- 在选定的装置组件和包装中使用替代聚合物
- 装置组件和装置子组件包装的闭环
- 在开发过程中实施回收设计
Introduction to the YpsoMate autoinjector value chain
The life cycle analysis highlights the environmental hot spots and enables evidence-based and data-driven design optimisations. The areas subject to optimisation are highlighted in blue.
Life cycle analysis to assess the total carbon emission of the YpsoMate autoinjector
An overview of the life cycle analysis to highlight the environmental hot spots and to enable data-driven design optimisations.
Transforming the proven autoinjector into a zero carbon emission device platform
The use of alternative materials and optimization loops along the value chain have resulted in a substantial reduction of the total carbon emission. Ypsomed's Ahueni reforestation programme that commits to the highest industry standards is used to offset the remaining carbon footprint.
YpsoMate Zero at a glance
The use of alternative materials, optimisations along the value chain, and offsetting the remaining carbon footprint result in a carbon emission free pre-filled autoinjector without compromising on usability and patient safety.
Ahueni programme to offset the remaining carbon footprint
The word “Ahueni” is Swahili and means recreation, but can also be translated as new creation or regeneration. The term reflects our intentions in the Masai Mara region of Kenya: The regeneration of nature and wildlife.
Ten million trees
With the Ahueni programme, we have committed ourselves to planting at least one million trees in the Masai Mara region over the next ten years. The main objective of the Ahueni programme is to reduce global CO2 emissions. In addition, Kenya urgently needs reforestation. The local tree population is at a record low of around 7%. This circumstance is due to short-sighted use of land in recent decades.
Ahueni – facts and figures
- Foundation of our Ahueni initiative in 2017: The million trees program
- Investing in reforestation in the Masai Mara in Kenya in order to offset remaining carbon footprint which cannot be substituted
- Plan to audit and accredit the program under UNFCCC1 guidelines through an independent quality standard such as VERRA2 by mid-2022
1 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
2 Verra is running the VCS program, the world’s leading voluntary program for the certification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction projects
Net zero carbon emissions by 2030
Sustainability is one of Ypsomed's strategic pillars. The company is committed to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Therefore, Ypsomed seeks to drive circular product design that minimises the environmental impact of self-medication along the entire value chain. The YpsoMate Zero is the first step towards reaching this goal. The product shows how the company assumes its social and societal responsibility and it underscores the ambition to pioneer the development of sustainable self-injection device technologies.
Join our journey to zero
The world’s first carbon emission-free autoinjector paves the way toward carbon neutral combination products. On the one hand, the insights gained from YpsoMate Zero inform the overall transition to zero carbon emission self-injection device platforms at Ypsomed. On the other hand, the YpsoMate Zero also reiterates the need to bring together the commitments of partners to achieve a net zero carbon emission combination product.
Enabling the launch of a zero carbon footprint combination product by 2030 requires the involvement and coordination of multiple actors along the value chain in order to adopt the principles of the circular economy and remove its barriers to adoption.
The journey to zero goes beyond our own operations, products, and services. To this end, we are fostering collaborative problem solving, shaping regulatory frameworks, and promoting the circular mindset with a science based approach. Collaboration along the value chain will help us to enable a zero carbon footprint combination product.
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