A Sustainable Future: Embracing Environmental Responsibility
The life sciences industry has a responsibility to adopt sustainable practices to advance scientific progress without compromising the well-being of our planet. As industry experts, Arcondis is here to help. We have the expertise to find workable solutions. We are in this together!
Our Services
Our Sustainability Services support organizations in navigating complex sustainability challenges aligned with planetary boundaries, global sustainability targets, and evolving regulatory expectations. We help clients reduce environmental impact, improve operational efficiency, strengthen compliance, and embed sustainability into long-term business strategy across the entire value chain.
Our approach combines strategic advisory with hands-on implementation support, covering due diligence, sustainability analytics, lifecycle and scenario modelling, strategy development, operational optimization, and solution deployment. From planning through execution, we work alongside clients to drive sustainability initiatives through both top-down strategic alignment and bottom-up operational transformation.
Our multidisciplinary sustainability SMEs provide a comprehensive suite of services tailored to the healthcare, pharmaceutical, laboratory, manufacturing, and industrial sectors:
- Sustainable Lab – Supporting the implementation of sustainable laboratory practices tailored to customer needs, targets, and frameworks such as My Green Lab certification. Services include assessments, customized sustainability training, lab member engagement, communication materials, and subject matter expertise in waste, water, green chemistry, energy efficiency, lab infrastructure, and community engagement.
- Product Sustainability & Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) – Conducting LCAs in accordance with ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 standards by evaluating environmental impacts across all lifecycle stages, from raw material extraction to end-of-life disposal. Services include data collection, impact assessment, interpretation, process mapping, portfolio-level sustainability analysis, and streamlining LCA implementation across organizations.
- Waste & Water Management – Optimizing waste and water processes through the assessment, design, and implementation of sustainable solutions such as water treatment, recycling, waste minimization, circularity initiatives, and waste incineration optimization. Our approach focuses on reducing resource consumption, improving compliance and safety, minimizing environmental impact, and enhancing long-term operational sustainability.
- PFAS Assessment & Management – Identifying and monitoring PFAS risks across the value chain through lifecycle, toxicological, and sustainability assessments. Services include regulatory guidance relating to GxP, REACH, and PFAS restrictions or bans, impact assessments on business continuity, evaluation of viable alternatives, and support for product or process redesign where necessary.
- Environmental Reporting – Measuring, monitoring, and reporting environmental and social impacts across operations and supply chains. This includes Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas accounting, carbon footprint assessments, sustainability performance tracking, stakeholder engagement, action planning, and supporting organizations in setting and achieving long-term sustainability goals. Establishing and maintaining EMS according to ISO14001.
- One Health Programmes – Developing and implementing sustainability and resilience strategies using the One Health approach, recognizing the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. Services include programme strategy development, cross-sector collaboration, scientific programme management, risk mitigation, and interdisciplinary support to assess, prevent, and manage sustainability and public health challenges.
Meet us
Meet our team at leading sustainability and life sciences events around the world. We are always keen to exchange perspectives, explore emerging trends and ideas, and connect with others who are shaping a more sustainable future for our industry.
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What we think and do
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Arcondis and My Green Lab
Arcondis partners with My Green Lab®, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to building a global culture of sustainability in science and advancing more sustainable laboratory practices.
As a gold-level accelerator partner, Arcondis works with My Green Lab to help Life Sciences organisations reduce the environmental impact of laboratory operations and progress towards recognised sustainability standards.
A key element of the partnership is supporting clients in the implementation of My Green Lab Certification. The certification provides laboratories with a structured framework for assessing and improving their environmental performance across areas such as energy, water, waste, procurement and resource use. Recognised by the United Nations Race to Zero campaign as a key measure of progress towards a zero-carbon future, it is widely regarded as a leading standard for laboratory sustainability.
Through the partnership, Arcondis combines My Green Lab’s sustainability framework and expertise with our understanding of Life Sciences organisations, laboratory environments and transformation. We support clients not only in assessing their current practices, but also in identifying improvement opportunities and embedding more sustainable ways of working.
For Arcondis, sustainable laboratories are an essential part of the lab of the future. Our partnership with My Green Lab strengthens our ability to help clients translate their sustainability ambitions into tangible improvements in laboratory operations.
