Veritas' sustainability focus
In 2022, workshops were held with the management of the Veritas group where the emphasis was placed on the company's sustainability issues. Management ranked the issues by importance, guided by previous sustainability reports and environmental policies. Veritas' 2022-2023 sustainability focus is thus based on the important factors that, in the management's opinion, can have the greatest impact on the environment, society, economy and human resources. The company is an extremely important link in the country's entire healthcare system and therefore takes its social role seriously. With these priorities, management hopes to increase the company's positive impact on society and reduce the negative impact. The emphasis was also aligned with global goals 5, 10, 12 and 13. In environmental matters, the emphasis is on a reduced carbon footprint, in the economy on reduced costs due to disposal, as well as transparency, honesty and good ethics in governance and diversity and equal growth opportunities, to name a few. We believe that we can win more victories with sustainability as our guiding principle because together we change the world.
The company
We have set ambitious short and long term goals with a clear focus on sustainability and social responsibility .
Social responsibility
Veritas plays and important role in Icelandic society as a vital part of the health care system, and takes its role very seriously.
The environment
Veritas cares about the environment. Veritas adopted an environmental policy in 2018 and the Veritas environment committee was appointed. We have set goals for the future and want to do better, for the environment.
Financials
Veritas earnings have grown over the recent years and the company's financials are strong. This is an important foundation for sustainability and socials responsibility.,
GRI reference table
The GRI Standards are a modular system of interconnected standards. They allow organizations to publicly report the impacts of their activities in a structured way that is transparent to stakeholders and other interested parties.