Dentsply Sirona Sustainability Report 2023: Year of continued action leads to strong results and several goals achieved ahead of time
Since the launch of its sustainability strategy "BEYOND: Taking Action for a
The report shows strong overall progress against its goals for the fourth year in a row as well as several goals met ahead of their 2025 timeframe. Guided by its sustainability strategy "BEYOND: Taking Action for a
Highlights from the 2023 Sustainability Report include but are not limited to:
- Significant reduction of Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions intensity by 47% compared with the baseline measurement from 2019.1 Goal achieved ahead of original 2025 timeframe, exceeding the original 15% reduction target.
- Reduction of water withdrawal intensity by 29% compared with the baseline measurement from 2019. Goal achieved ahead of original 2025 timeframe, exceeding the original 15% reduction target.
- We continue to progress towards our Net Zero in Scope 1 -3 carbon emissions by 2050.
- Continued to drive sustainable change within the dental industry and beyond through strong partnerships, the sharing of knowledge, donations of funds, products and time. Examples of engagement include the long-standing partnership with Smile Train, the world's largest cleft-focused organization, and support for FDI World Dental Federation's initiatives World Oral Health Day and Sustainability in Dentistry.
- Enabled and empowered over 5.5 million smiles2 from across our communities, dental professionals, and employees, contributing to more than 16.8 million smiles since 2021 and on track to enable 25 million smiles by 2025.
- Completed global gender pay parity analysis and based on data from the first half of 2024, the company has achieved total average gender pay parity across our global workforce, ahead of the 2025 target.
- 54% of global hires in 2023 were diverse3 and the global gender parity was 44%.
- More than 10,300 employee registrations to diversity, equity and inclusion trainings and awareness programs.
- Hosted more than 9,200 educational courses for customers in over 80 countries in 2023, including the Sustainability Educational Course – an increase of over 2,000 courses compared to 2022.4
- Continued to place the utmost importance on a safe working environment, reducing even further the number of recordable incidents at
Dentsply Sirona . A top decile injury and illness prevention rate of 0.17 was achieved in 2023, surpassing the original goal of 0.27 by 2025.5
"We are very pleased with the progress we have made since 2021 and especially the strong results we achieved over the course of the last year", said
"The strong outcomes of the past year are evidence of our steadfast commitment to sustainability. 2023 was a year of action, where we continued to transform oral health and continence care services through innovative products and solutions. Everyone at
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1 We calculate Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions intensity by dividing the total level of emissions by net sales.
2 This figure is comprised of our community oral healthcare delivery initiatives and donations; Clinical Education programs and educational events for dental professionals (for example,
3 All global employees who self-identify as female, or people of color in the
4 Includes training courses to dental professionals through in-person, online, and hybrid formats; excludes courses provided by Wellspect.
5 Top decile based on
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