Reduce environmental impact

Transforming healthcare delivery through responsible and environmentally sustainable innovation

At Philips, driving sustainable and responsible healthcare supports better care for more people. We aim to operate within planetary boundaries by reducing absolute environmental impact.

Climate action

We aim to reduce our absolute environmental impact and mitigate risks associated with climate disasters, resource constraints, and habitat loss. In both operations and product design, we focus on energy and material efficiency while working with partners to reduce our shared carbon footprint.

Climate

Material use

We help the healthcare industry use less virgin non-renewable materials across the value chain while reducing pressure on climate and nature. To support this, we aim to maximize the lifetime value of our products and reduce waste through circular design and digital innovation.

Materials

Nature

We believe that protecting nature is essential for business resilience and the future of healthcare. We work to reduce our pressure on nature while restoring biodiversity for the benefit of local communities and our employees.

Nature

EcoDesign

With EcoDesign, our goal is to minimize our total environmental footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conserving resources and supporting circularity, while delivering meaningful and sustainable solutions for healthcare and consumers.

Driving sustainable healthcare

There is a lot that we can do to help health systems reduce their environmental footprint and integrate sustainable ways of working, while at the same time supporting better health outcomes, reducing the cost of care, and advancing health equity and access to care.

Helium-free MR operations

Our Philips BlueSeal magnet requires only 7 liters of helium, instead of the 1,500 that a traditional magnet uses, minimizing consumption of this scarce resource. With over 2,000 .5T BlueSeal MRI systems installed worldwide, more than 6 million liters of liquid helium have been saved [1].
Rethink new with Circular Equipment

Philips Circular Equipment offers a portfolio of refurbished and pre-owned, OEM-tested medical systems. With over 30 years of refurbishment experience, we offer the expected quality and performance without the carbon footprint that comes from buying brand new [2].
Reduced emissions via the cloud

Together, Philips and Amazon Web Services are building the digital foundation for next-generation healthcare – scalable, secure and intelligent. Running optimized storage workloads on AWS Cloud can reduce the associated carbon footprint by up to 93% compared to on-premises [3].

Governance, partnerships and value chain engagement

Strong governance, supplier engagement and industry partnerships are central to our sustainability approach. We work closely with suppliers to reduce emissions and drive sustainable practices across the value chain. Philips advocates for clear standards and policies to accelerate environmental progress, and our supplier sustainability programs support continuous improvement.

Supplier sustainability

Partnering for impact

Explore our case studies

We’re helping to improve global health and reduce the environmental impact of healthcare. Take a look at how we’re working with our customers to make this goal a reality.