Percentage of secondary reused or recycled components, secondary intermediary products and secondary materials

Unit : Percentage (%)

Indicator : Resource consumption

Metric Type : Pressure

Frameworks alignment notes

E5-4 31c
301-2 a 301-3 a 301-3 a
Refer to the PSCI's Decarbonization Playbook for the Pharmaceutical Industry for alignment to the metric
WHO Guidance
T7, T16

Target example

[Company name] will increase the proportion of [non-virgin (reused) content] used in [business activity] by [target amount, in absolute kg or m3, or percentage] by [target year], compared to a [baseline year] baseline.

Target Source: WBCSD target template

Sector

Pharmaceutical

Value chain stage

Raw Materials Manufacturing

Metric assessment

Relevance: High

Feasibility: Low

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