As an evidence generation company at the heart of clinical trial success, we don't just observe the greatest global health challenges of our time, we're actively part of solving them. This privilege comes with profound responsibility: to our people, our planet, our partners, and the patients whose lives depend on the work we do. We strive to operate as a sustainable, responsible company.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
People
Our strength as an organization lies in our most valuable asset, our people. Our workforce brings together a wide range of skills in medical and life sciences, technology and data. Given the high global demand and limited supply of these skills, attracting, developing, and retaining talent is critical to our success. We have developed several initiatives to support our employees and ensure they have the knowledge and tools to successfully shape their careers, including:
Learning and talent development
We provide comprehensive onboarding, role-specific training, and development programs for employees at all levels.
Signant Values
Our refreshed company values guide our decisions and actions, embedded into our hiring, performance, and development practices.
Our commitment to a healthy work culture
We are committed to creating and maintaining a nurturing work culture that encourages all employees to share their unique perspectives.
Employee well-being and benefits
We focus on maintaining a healthy work culture as a foundation for a supported, resilient workforce.
Planet
Signant Health seeks excellence in every aspect of our business and is committed to minimizing the environmental impacts of our business operations. Our environmental stewardship initiatives help protect the planet while improving efficiency, reducing costs, and preserving our ability to do business in the future. Our main focus areas are:
Eco-friendly packaging
We've redesigned our packaging to cease the usage of single-use plastics. Our boxes are made from 100% recycled materials and promote environmentally conscious features.
Full recycling facilities
We offer recycling in all our office locations and use reusable items for catering to reduce our environmental footprint.
Reducing eWaste
We adopt circular economic principles for our e-waste, prioritizing the reuse, repair, and recycling of used devices.
Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
We have committed to the SBTi for setting near-term reduction targets and long-term (net-zero) reduction targets aligned with climate science.
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Governance
Signant operates with integrity in all that we do, ensuring that an appropriate level of governance, capabilities and controls are in place to protect Signant Health's and our client's information assets.
Maintaining cybersecurity
Our approach ensures we have the right architecture, technology, policies, processes, and talent in place to prevent, detect, respond to and recover from cyber threats quickly and effectively, minimizing any impact.
Data security and compliance
We are full compliant with data protection regulations and maintain industry-leading standards for data privacy and security.
Ethical business conduct
Our Code of Conduct ensures our team members maintain the highest levels of integrity in our operations, with regular training and multiple reporting channels for concerns.
Sustainable supply chain
We require our suppliers to commit to upholding human rights, environmental standards, and ethical business practices through our Supplier Code of Conduct.
Signant Global Community
Our commitment extends beyond our walls. Through Signant Global Community, we empower our global workforce to support causes they're passionate about, directing funds to medical-focused organizations that advance patient care and research worldwide—reflecting both our True North, values and the transformative impact of clinical research.
SBTi-Validated Climate Commitments
At Signant Health we are committed to the wellbeing of both people and the planet. We conducted a baseline assessment of our emissions and developed targets to reduce our carbon footprint and ultimately achieve Net-Zero emissions. In 2024 we developed targets that were validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBti), the global initiative that approves companies’ emissions-reduction goals to ensure that they align with the latest climate science and the 1.5 °C pathway.
The guidance of the Science Based Targets initiative results in an expectation to significantly reduce our operational footprint this decade, transition to 100 % renewable electricity, and work with our suppliers and partners to drive down indirect emissions.
Our SBTi-Validated Climate Commitments are as follows:
Overall Net-Zero Target:
We will reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across our entire value chain by 2050
Near-Term Targets:
Reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 42% by 2030 from our 2023 baseline
Scale active renewable electricity sourcing from 3% to 100% by 2030
Cut scope 3 emissions from business travel and employee commuting by 61.1% per million USD value added by 2033
Ensure 80% of suppliers by emissions have science-based targets by 2029
Long-Term Targets (by 2050):
Achieve 90% reduction in absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions
Achieve 90% reduction in absolute scope 3 GHG emissions
Advancing global health means protecting the planet and people who make it possible.
By aligning with the SBTi, we're holding ourselves accountable to meaningful change: dramatically reducing our operational footprint, transitioning to renewable energy, and collaborating with suppliers to drive down emissions across our entire value chain.