Our Commitment

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"
Fresenius Medical Care’s vision is to create a future worth living for dialysis patients, worldwide, every day.
To live up to this vision, we strive to improve the lives of our patients worldwide through superior products and services.

"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"
We believe that lifelong learning and education as well as personal and professional development are crucial elements of employee motivation and prerequisites for a successful career.

"Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls"
We support equal opportunities for our patients and employees and take a clear stand against discrimination. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnic origin, skin color, nationality or national origin, religion or belief, age, marital status, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other unlawful discriminatory consideration.

We do not permit discrimination in hiring or in the workplace based on gender. The increased focus on diversity in our talent pipelines will further support an inclusive work environment and ensure that Fresenius Medical Care’s employees continue to have equal career opportunities.

"Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all"
Innovations and new technologies help us to reduce our impact on the environment and the use of resources. Most of the water utilized by Fresenius Medical Care is needed to produce dialysate during life-saving dialysis treatment. The amount of dialysate and consequently the amount of water required per dialysis treatment is determined by a variety of factors including the blood flow rate, the selected dialyzer and the treatment method, most of which are the direct responsibility of the physician. In our efforts to save resources, it is of utmost importance to us that resource efficiency does not compromise the quality of care or product quality. With our latest machine generations, the 5008 and 6008 series, we have developed a dialysis machine that supports patient safety while at the same time being eco-friendly. This allows us to save substantial amounts of dialysate, water and energy while maintaining a constant dialysis quality. 

"Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all"
One of our core objectives is to further reduce the impact of dialysis treatment on the environment while saving on resources and ensuring cost efficiency. The results show that this has enabled us to systematically reduce water and energy consumption as well as the amount of blood-contaminated waste in our dialysis centers in the past few years.

"Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all"
We are committed to ethical, sustainable and socially responsible procurement. We care about the way our suppliers do business. For this reason, we expect our suppliers to comply with our Global Supplier Code of Conduct along their own supply chain and establish adequate procedures for this purpose.

"Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation"
More than three decades of experience in dialysis, innovative research, global leadership in dialysis services and products – this is what Fresenius Medical Care stands for. Innovations and new technologies help us to reduce our impact on the environment and the use of resources.

"Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns"
We actively reduce the environmental impact from our operations by monitoring and continuously improving our environmental performance, using resources as efficiently as possible, and seeking to leverage the advantages of new technology. Internationally agreed standards such as ISO 14001 help us to take a strategic approach to improving our environmental performance. Our suppliers play an important role and contribute to our sustainable growth and business success. Thus, we expect our suppliers to support our commitment to society, the environment and our stakeholders.

"Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact"
Environmental management at Fresenius Medical Care includes management of water, waste water, energy, waste as well as greenhouse gas emissions. These topics are the focus of our environmental management activities. We aim to achieve environmental improvements along the entire lifecycle of our products and reduce negative environmental impacts and risks for our patients and employees.

"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"
Operating on a global scale means having global responsibility. As the world market leader in dialysis, we are aware of our responsibilities. At Fresenius Medical Care, we maintain a comprehensive worldwide compliance program, which includes compliance staff, a written Code of Ethics and Business Conduct applicable worldwide, regulatory compliance policies and procedures including corrective action for failure to follow policies and periodic internal audits of our compliance procedure. Being the cornerstone of our compliance program, the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct describes our standards emphasizing the company's commitment to operate in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations as well as our company policies.
We believe that our commitment to sustainability needs to be reflected in our procurement practices. Therefore, we expect our suppliers to comply with our Global Supplier Code of Conduct along their own supply chain and establish adequate procedures for this purpose.