Social and environmental responsibility

As a Swiss company with a watchmaking DNA and with a core activity in ultra-low power microelectronics, we have been at the forefront of our societal drive for sustainability for more than 45 years.

Loyal to this credo and to this core specialty we are proud of, it is time for us to move things to the next level and share our sustainability vision and commitments not only with our employees, but also with our partners, customers, suppliers and the general public, with the desire to contribute to the momentum of our entire industry in this direction.

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Mission statement

Vision, mission and values

We enable green, high-performance, user-friendly devices with Swiss-quality microelectronics that make our customers unique via long-term, sustainable partnerships and proximity.

Our primary purpose is to support Swatch Group's strategic ambitions in the electronics space. Building on our watchmaking DNA and our unique Swiss industrial footprint, we serve numerous other applications requiring ultra-low energy consumption, extremely small size and high-performance processing.

Thanks to our advanced customization capabilities and long-term partnerships, we enable our customers to be unique in very competitive markets.

Social and environmental responsibility

We are committed to promoting environmental and social awareness and best practices across our supply chain. Our business partners adhere to our Social and Environmental Responsibility Code of Conduct, based on the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA). Through our creativity and entrepreneurship, we aim at proactively contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, addressing global environmental challenges and moving towards more sustainable products and new circular economy models. It is our way to stay connected to the next generations: preserving our environment, human health and driving positive changes for the benefit of our customers, employees and future generations.

In 2021, we reduced our scope 1 & 2 emissions in our Marin site by 71% from our 2019 baseline.

emissions

We are making progress on our carbon emissions estimations by adopting a comprehensive approach for our emissions sources and by polishing our estimation methods, based on the GHG protocol. For 2021, we initiated, along with Swatch Group, our estimations on relevant scope 3 categories. We estimated our scope 3 emissions from fuel- and energy-related activities, business travel, employee commuting, and downstream transportation and distribution, with the goal of including more categories in the coming years.

100% of the electricity we consumed in 2021 in our Marin site came from renewable sources.

energy

With the operation of our new heat pump in the Marin site, the consumption of natural gas decreased by 34% compared to 2020.

Sustainability commitment

Good health and well-being

We aim to minimize risks of negative impact of our activites on people health.

Quality education

We help our employees to develop their competency through continuous training programs.

Clean water and sanitation

We aim to increase efficiency in the use of water resources.

We are committed to treat all our wastewater and maximize its recycling.

Affordable and clean energy

We deploy programs to increase the energy efficiency of all our activites.

We aim to increase the proportion of green energies.

Decent work and economic growth

We focus on providing quality and safe employment throughout our extended supply chain.

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

We foster open innovation with a wide range of universities, companies and researchers all over the world.

Responsible consumption and production

We work to minimize our waste in landfill, reduce consumption of chemicals and eliminate hazardous materials.

Climate action

We deploy programs to reduce our GHG emissions.

Partnership for the goals

We work with universities and companies to boost sustainbility in our technology and products.

EM Focus

In 2015 the United Nations Member States adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.
We contribute to many of the SDGs, with particular emphasis to the ones where it can maximize the impact.

Our contribution to Global Goals

    SDGs 3, 4, 8, 9 and 17 due to :

  • Our focus on people health, safety and development.
  • Our support for innovation and technology.
  • Our contribution to promote sustainability.

    • SDG 6, 7, 12 and 13 due to :

  • Our commitment to reduce our water consumption and waste production.
  • Our commitment to reduce our GHG emissions.
  • Our contribution to circular economy.

Sustainability roadmap 2030+

2030 action focus

The Climate Policy of Switzerland targets a net-zero carbon emission by 2050. This is an ambitious goal and our duty as an industrial leader is to actively participate in this challenge. We will also align our actions with emission targets of The Swatch Group by 2030 and 2050.

Estimating our GHGs emission by 2020 has been instructive in many respects. It has not only highlighted practical issues, but also provided a basis for enlarging our level of ambition moving forward and prompting further discussion about how we can act and transparently report on our progress.

Our main actions will focus on

  • Introducing an environmental and sustainability management system 
  • Being transparent with our employees and business partners by reporting environmental and social key parameters indicators 
  • Enlarging the boundaries of our carbon emissions to Scope 3 and our two manufacturing sites 
  • Working on specific initiatives to reduce our GHGs emissions 
  • Evaluating the carbon footprint of our products – beside the diagnosis of our organization 
  • Going beyond our own operations to reduce our environmental impacts 
  • Engaging actions in sustainability and circular economy with our business partners 
  • Compensating some of our remaining carbon emissions

We screen 100% of our new high-risk suppliers using social and environmental criteria