Purchased goods and services (supply chain)
One aspect of our strategy is responsible supply-chain management, our second area of focus. Supply-chain management includes every process ranging from raw-material sources all the way to the customer: in other words, planning and controlling the flow of money, information and goods along the entire value chain.
Supplier management at the Schwabe Group
The substances and materials a company uses are a central element of its sustainability efforts. To obtain the herbal starting materials we need, it is especially important that we have a global network of suppliers with whom we can work in the long term and in good faith. After all, plants and plant extracts are the heart and soul of our drugs and the health products we make.
With every harvest we rely upon being able to gather fresh top-quality plant material. At the same time, however, both cultivated crops and wild-growing plants always face the risk of crop failure due to poor weather or drought. It is thus essential that we help conserve natural resources and contribute to maintaining beneficial climatic conditions for humans and nature. This too is a vital aspect of our value chain. And from an ethical standpoint, good working conditions and a responsible use of plants and soil are also something we as a family-operated business regard as indispensable.
Added social value
Initiatives such as harvesting wild pelargonium in South Africa create positive social impact and significant added value for the specially trained harvesters on the ground. Direct relationships with suppliers enable monitoring of harvesting and adherence to responsible standards. This, in turn, helps safeguard supply chains over the long term and protect local natural resources.
Ginkgo in the value chain
One aspect of the supply chain that is taken into consideration in our CO2 reporting is how we grow and process our plants. Drying the ginkgo leaves consumes a great deal of energy. Since we grow the ginkgo ourselves at our own plantations, we can have a direct influence on this procedure in the value chain and develop energy-efficient solutions. We can implement measures quickly with these employees and optimize processes.
Terra Medica - A model project in sustainability
Terra Medica is an important supplier when it comes to our homeopathic medicines: 70% of our plant-based raw materials for homeopathic production are obtained from our own in-house organically certified cultivation. Terra Medica is exemplary in the field of sustainability. The organic cultivation practiced there has created a biotope which provides food and shelter for numerous species—including rare ones—as our joint surveys with NABU (Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union) consistently show.
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