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Sustainability in Service Solutions
Reduce your environmental footprint by extending the life of your
equipment and instruments
Examining your lab’s environmental footprint
Laboratories are inherently energy and resource intensive. Whether it is analytical instrumentation, cold storage units, heating, cooling ventilation, computers or technology, operating lab equipment incurs significant costs for organisations.
Lab equipment that contributes to a lab’s environmental footprint:
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The real cost of science
Lab equipment and instruments are necessary for performing important scientific research– but they also leave behind a heavy carbon footprint that contributes to a number of adverse environmental effects such as:
- Global warming from excessive carbon
- Pollution of the global water supply and ocean plastics
- Deforestation
- Strained natural resources
- Destruction of local ecologies, plant, and animal populations
- Loss of biodiversity in air, on land, and undersea
- Changing global disease patterns, human health and wellness
Many lab practitioners do not realise that the manner in which lab equipment and instruments are maintained and serviced largely determines their overall environmental impact.
With proper servicing and calibration, a piece of lab equipment can actually outlast its intended purpose and can be reused on future projects.
By investing in a proper service plan, labs can future proof valuable assets by protecting the life cycle of equipment. Furthermore, a comprehensive service approach allows labs to offset their environmental footprint and better meet their sustainability targets.
Our sustainability in service solutions
Through Thermo Fisher Scientific’s services and support team, labs can improve their sustainability approach by planning for regular equipment maintenance, and ensuring instruments are properly calibrated throughout the year.
Whether you have traditionally relied on third-party engineering services, or you simply don’t have the in-house expertise, Thermo Fisher Scientific designs, builds, and tests systems to help extend the life of your equipment and instruments.
With more than 40 years of experience fine tuning lab services and support programs, Thermo Fisher Scientific has created an unparalleled offering that combines remote tools, on-site and off-site support, and OEM expertise.
From procurement to life cycle management, our comprehensive suite of service and support plans can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of any industry.
Our services and support capabilities include:
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The benefits of investing in a service plan
Can you really afford not to have a service plan?
The benefits of investing in a service plan are two-fold, contributing to both business and environmental goals.
Environmental benefits 
Equipment that is well maintained consumes less energy and generates fewer emissions, which helps businesses to better achieve their sustainability targets.
- Extending the overall life of the equipment means less waste and fewer resources consumed for replacement assets
- Reducing emissions and improving sustainability outcomes
- Reducing packaging and shipping
- Reducing overconsumption due to inefficient equipment performance
- Improving outcomes for end-of-life disposal and decommissioning
Business benefits 
Ensuring regular and scheduled maintenance for all equipment and instruments can improve business outcomes by requiring fewer breakdown service calls and reducing costs on replacements and spare parts.
- Reducing the total cost of ownership
- Reducing downtime on operations
- Reducing premature equipment failures and the cost of replacement
- Cost savings as a result of efficient use of resources and consumables
Responsible asset management is a practical approach to sustainability
Mitigate risk. Control Costs. Reduce your footprint
Understanding the importance of environmentally responsible asset management is an important part of managing a lab.
Environmentally responsible asset management can improve a businesses’ reputation by demonstrating ownership and accountability when it comes to reducing its environmental footprint.
For a practical approach to sustainability, entrust your equipment maintenance and instrument calibration service requirements to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s expert team of asset management specialists.
Our asset management offering:
- One contract asset solution
- Asset inventory management
- Planned maintenance scheduling
- Compliance, calibration, and qualification management
Sustainability and Supply Center
As part of our "Sustainability in the Lab" program at Thermo Fisher Scientific, we have determined that inventory management is an important part of conserving precious resources and reducing a lab’s overall environmental impact.
To help labs streamline their supply and fulfilment processes, Thermo Fisher Scientific has designed, built, and tested a range of inventory management solutions to ensure that procurement officers and operations managers can manage and control their stock.
Our Supply Center solution provides on-demand access to supplies on-site. In addition to streamlining supplies and simplifying procurement processes, hosting a Thermo Fisher Scientific Supply Center can help make your lab more environmentally friendly.
Through consolidated restocking shipments, you can reduce packaging waste. Plus, our convenient online catalogue allows you to easily find and select greener product alternatives.
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