BEYOND, TOGETHER, SUSTAINABLY
As the market leader in pharmaceutical grade biopolymers for medical use, HTL works every day to provide its customers with high-quality products, to ensure the health, safety and well-being of its employees, to control the environmental impact of its activities and to innovate in an ethical and responsible manner with its customers, suppliers and other partners.
RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS TO PRESERVE OUR ENVIRONMENT
HTL is committed to fighting climate change and becoming a reference for the preservation of resources and environments to reduce its environmental footprint, by moving towards the circular economy model and in continuous dialogue with its customers and stakeholders.
OUR COMMITMENTS
Reduce and control our water consumption
Control aqueous and atmospheric discharges and prevent risks of air, water and soil pollution
Reduce our fossil fuel consumption
Set up a management system to reduce our environmental footprint
Eco-design our processes and products
Sort, recycle, recover our waste
Optimise our supply chain with our suppliers and service providers
EXEMPLARY WITH OUR EMPLOYEES
HTL is committed to making the health, quality of life and well-being of its talents a priority by supporting each and every one of them in their career paths by sharing values of respect, inclusion and transparency.
OUR COMMITMENTS
Improve health and quality of life at work
Ensure safety
Ensure a quality social climate through open, respectful and ethical dialogue
Develop a Diversity & Inclusion policy to combat all forms of discrimination
Engage teams in our continuous improvement approach
Make CSR a lever of pride for team commitment and attractiveness
Implement a skills management policy
CITIZENS IN CIVIL SOCIETY
HTL is committed to meeting the expectations of patients and civil
society by creating societal value for the benefit of all, and aims to fully embody the model of a transparent and supportive corporate citizen, open to its ecosystem.
OUR COMMITMENTS
Continue to make ethics a priority and a reputational asset for the whole of civil society
Give meaning to our ambition of corporate citizenship by establishing local and national partnerships
Contribute to local economic development and jobs
Support local biodiversity conservation
Report on our commitments and actions through transparent communication

HTL wants to be responsible for its impact
Our ambition of excellence and exemplarity is based on a pioneering spirit that respects our human values and on our desire to generate a ripple effect.
We are convinced that CSR, as an approach to continuous improvement, is a formidable lever for performance, operational excellence, attractiveness and motivation for talents.
HTL develops proactive and ambitious programs through an engaging action plan and robust governance. We assess and control our risks, measure and report transparently on our extra-financial performance according to the most demanding standards and certifications.
We are therefore committed to integrating the principles of social responsibility at the highest level of decision-making and at the heart of all our activities.

The management system of HTL is certified conform to the ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System standard. We use ISO 14001:2015 to manage our environmental responsibilities in line with the environmental pillar of our CSR program.

HTL’s CSR performance is assessed by EcoVadis, a universal sustainability ratings provider.