Environmental challenges have never been more critical or more urgent to address than they are today. Growing consumption, industrialization and urbanization threaten not only the sustainability of the environment in which we live, it also impacts the health of people in the communities in which we operate. We must do our part by embracing a circular mindset to have a more positive impact on the environment.
To lead the change, we have taken a bold and broad, company-wide approach.
We will continue working to reduce the production of waste sent to landfill and reduce the loss of water, energy and resources.
We will work to support positive environmental impacts across the supply chain by collaborating with suppliers to encourage circular business practices. We will also aim to increase our use of recycled and other sustainably produced materials and products.
We will work to upgrade our existing products and design new products based on circular principles as well as work toward a sustainable solution for the reuse and recycling of products.
The construction of our Novo Nordisk headquarters in the U.S. is LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Silver certified and Gold certified for Operations and Maintenance, demonstrating our approach to being responsible stewards of our environment. Our commitment to quality and our focus on maintaining high ethical standards goes hand in hand with living up to our responsibilities to shareholders, patients, society and our own employees.
Utilizing recycled and locally sourced materials, the U.S. headquarters is consistent with Novo Nordisk's sustainable business model.
We have also eliminated single-use plastics in our U.S. headquarters building, including single-use plastic water bottles, utensils and serving dishes in the cafeteria.
In January 2020, Novo Nordisk U.S. operations connected to the grid in North Carolina with a 105-Megawatt Direct Current (DC) solar energy installation near its production facility in Clayton, North Carolina.
Today, through a Power Purchase Agreement, most all the power consumed at Novo Nordisk's U.S. headquarters' offices, labs, R&D facilities, and U.S. manufacturing facilities is offset by solar power.
This report was based on the Novo Nordisk Annual Report 2024. For potential updates, please refer to the Novo Nordisk Annual Report 2025, released on February 4, 2026.
Novo Nordisk shared its greenhouse gas emissions inventory in the “Climate Change” section of its consolidated Novo Nordisk Annual Report 2025, pages 63–67, with independent auditor’s statement on pages 123–124.
