Water
Following a Water Stress review in 2023, water use has not been identified as a significant aspect in Almac’s ISO 14001 Environmental Management System. We recognise however that it is good practice to monitor water use across our sites. We are also committed to improving the process for collecting and monitoring water use at all sites.
| Water use (1,000m3) | Use (1000m3/employee) | |
| 2021 | 122.48 | 19.64 |
| 2022 | 115.89 | 17.15 |
| 2023 | 132.14 | 18.66 |
NB Due to lead time of availability of water consumption data water use is reported for calendar year
Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
Pharmaceuticals in the Environment, or PIE, typically occur via three main routes: Improper disposal of unused medicines, waste from production and patient use, as some APIs can pass through our bodies and into waterways.
Almac ensures that all pharmaceutical waste is disposed of in properly licensed facilities with strict controls on environmental emissions. Stringent cleaning procedures are in place to ensure that residual material is removed and disposed of appropriately (incinerated) from processing equipment. The final water rinse is either sent to a contained tank from where it goes to an off-site chemical treatment facility or is sent to the municipal sewer. When sent to sewer a detailed procedure is in place to limit the amount of pharmaceutical material entering the wastewater system and to calculate the predicted environmental concentration (PEC) in the receiving watercourse. The calculated PEC is compared with the Predicted No Effect Concentration (PNEC) for the specific material. In all materials evaluated to date the PEC has been well below the relevant PNEC and therefore is no threat to the environment.
