Materiality assessment
Orthex’s sustainability agenda and sustainability strategy are based on a stakeholder materiality assessment with an aim to ensure that the company’s sustainability efforts focus on the most relevant sustainability topics.
Orthex conducted a sustainability materiality assessment with key stakeholders (customers, consumers, employees, suppliers, and investors) during the spring of 2025. The previous materiality assessment was carried out in 2022. The 2025 assessment was conducted in accordance with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) following the principles of double materiality assessment and the ESG structure. The materiality survey received over 300 responses, and the results were supplemented with interviews with selected customers, investors, and suppliers.
Orthex has identified its impacts on the environment and society (impact materiality assessment), as well as sustainability-related risks and opportunities impacting the company (financial materiality assessment). The outcome of the assessment is shown in the matrix on the right, displaying the critical topics for Orthex. The critical topics for Orthex remained mainly the same as in the previous assessment and were consumers and end-users, own workforce, climate change, and circular economy.
