TePe's Sustainability Initiative for A Better World

Sustainability at TePe means ensuring environmental, economic, and social well-being for today and tomorrow. It means meeting the needs of people and society, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. It is about living within the limits of the planet and protecting the environment.

As a company built on health awareness and education, we see it as our responsibility to contribute to a sustainable future in all possible aspects of our business and to keep it an integral part of our work. We put special emphasis on reducing our CO2 emissions, increasing energy efficiency, and minimising waste.

Our policies support our sustainability work and guarantee high-quality production and safe working conditions across the value chain. We secure continued customer satisfaction and constant improvement through our systematic environmental and quality efforts according to ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. In addition, TePe is actively involved in the work of standardising oral hygiene products by representing Sweden in the ISO Dental Care Committee.

Did you know that all TePe products are produced using 100% green energy from renewable resources?

We believe that doing good, for people and for the environment, is the best future investment that a company can make. It’s a long-term commitment where financial growth is a prerequisite for achievement as well as an outcome.

 

UN Sustainable Development Goals

The 17 SDGs of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity adopted by the UN General Assembly. Besides our special emphasis on materi­als, waste, and energy issues, we have chosen to focus on eight goals that are particularly relevant to our business, where we can address the challenges and contribute the most to sustainable development.

SDG 3: Good health and well-being

As the scientific support for a connection between oral and general health grows stronger, TePe's vi­sion of life-long oral health and our aim of creating positive change is more relevant than ever.

SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy

This goal is highly relevant to our business, as we put special emphasis on increasing energy efficiency. TePe uses 100 % renewable energy throughout production and wants to lead the way for other companies, for example by investing in solar energy.

SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth

Our sustainability work is a long-term commit­ment based on as well as stimulating financial growth. We strive to achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading, and innovation. TePe’s Code of Conduct complies with the UN Global Compact principles, and suppliers are required to sign TePe’s Code of Conduct and must follow laws and regulations related to human rights and anticorruption.

SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

With the aim to shift to renewable raw materials in products and packaging, we have a close dialogue with suppliers and business partners about the progress of sustainable technologies and materials. We invest in automation technologies and continuously work to reduce our carbon footprint across the value chain.

SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production

We aim to reduce resource use, degradation, and pollution along the whole life cycle of our products, while aiming to increase people’s quality of life. Educating people on sustainable consumption and lifestyles is also part of our focus on long-lasting health and well-being.

SDG 13: Climate action

We see our responsibility in taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by shifting to renewable energy and renewable raw materials and by striving to minimise the potentially adverse environmental effects of our products, services, and transports.

Sustainability report

We see it as our responsibility to contribute to a sustainable future in every aspect of our daily work, following the UN Sustainable Development Goals as our guiding principles.

The TePe Sustainability Report 2019 summarizes progress and initiatives throughout the business and points out the way forward towards a sustainable future.

All we do emanates from our vision, to bring healthy smiles for life by inspiring good oral health. That’s why we have such a strong emphasis on education and knowledge sharing. Our professional health perspective and the efforts we do for people goes hand in hand with our ambition of integrating sustainability throughout our business.

To optimise our efforts, we have anchored our work in the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the target indicators that are relevant to our business. We want to show that it is possible to point out a way forward with respect for people and the environment. It means putting our focus where we can make the biggest difference. We are proud of our continuous efforts and improvements, but we also face challenges along the way.

Our commitments to sustainable change. We aim to:

  • actively support good health and well-being through continuous education;
  • provide an LCA of all product and packaging materials to achieve a zero carbon footprint;
  • shift to renewable/recycled materials in our products and packaging where possible;
  • take a circular approach throughout operations and minimise waste;
  • increase energy efficiency and keep using 100% renewable energy in our production.

Read the Report

Please click on the image below to read the TePe Sustainability Report 2019.




Auditor’s Statement

ISO Certificate 9001 TePe Environmental leaflet
ISO Certificate 14001 Read about our sustainability concept TePe GOOD
TePe Environmental Policy
TePe Quality Policy