Biozyme Laboratories Limited:

Company Profile

Established in 1973 and employing 48 staff, Biozyme is a world leader in the manufacture and purification of high quality specialist enzymes to the medical diagnostics industry.  The company is committed to sustainability and CSR and endeavours to incorporate these principles as part of the corporate business strategy.

Achievements

• Green Dragon Environmental Standard® Level 5
• Winner 2004 Wales Environment Awards (Waste Minimisation)/runner up for Business and Biodiversity
• Installation of £91,000 biodiversity development
• Reduced water use by 0.95M litres - £1,100
• Eliminated use of dry-ice and acetone – saved 425 litres acetone and 13.5 tonnes CO₂  pa - £12,000
• Energy measures have saved 16.93% in annual CO₂

Future Plans

• Install rainwater harvesting system for production and grey water use
• Further lighting upgrade including motion detectors; reduce energy usage by 6%
• Currently developing electronic-based systems to save paper