Why Working with Navitas Supports the Planet

Enabling Your ESG Goals Through Ours

World Environment Day 2025 spotlights how organizations across sectors can meaningfully reduce their environmental footprint and strengthen sustainability reporting. For the life sciences industry—often associated with high resource consumption, extensive logistics, and complex supply chains—sustainability is both a responsibility and a driver of innovation. At Navitas, we’ve taken this challenge seriously and have joined the list of ESG companies embedding sustainability across our operations.

In January 2025, we were awarded the EcoVadis Bronze Medal, a global ESG certification that places us among the top 35% of companies worldwide for sustainability performance. More than just recognition, it reflects our deep-rooted commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) values and our role as a responsible Contract Research Organization (CRO).

“We take great pride in integrating ESG principles & ESG investing into our core values, a commitment embedded in our culture for nearly two decades,” shares Kathy Greer, Executive Vice President, Professional Services, Navitas Data Sciences. “This recognition by EcoVadis affirms our strategy and also challenges us to keep moving forward.”

The Environmental Impact of Clinical Trials

Sustainability in clinical trials is essential to minimizing environmental impact. Activities such as patient recruitment, site monitoring, sample transport, and investigational product distribution often involve significant energy consumption and logistics, resulting in elevated carbon emissions. Partnering with the right organization supports your corporate ESG goals while enabling responsible innovation.

Potential Measures to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Several industry-wide initiatives aim to reduce the carbon footprint of clinical research. Digital platforms—such as electronic data capture (EDC), eConsent, and remote monitoring—reduce paper usage and travel frequency. Predictive modeling and real-world data help optimize study design and patient recruitment, improving site efficiency and reducing transportation needs. Incorporating green chemistry principles in drug development can also lower waste and promote eco-friendly production methods.

The Role of Technology in Supporting Sustainability

Technology enables smarter, more sustainable research. Decentralized clinical trial models and remote monitoring reduce travel-related emissions and improve flexibility. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning streamline protocol design, anticipate dropouts, and minimize costly amendments. Cloud computing provides scalable, energy-efficient data solutions that support compliance and reduce environmental load.

Navitas’ EcoVadis Recognition

EcoVadis is the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, evaluating companies across 21 indicators in four key areas:

• Environment: Carbon reduction, energy efficiency, and resource use
• Labor & Human Rights: Fair working conditions, diversity, and equity
• Ethics: Anti-corruption and responsible conduct
• Sustainable Procurement: Supplier due diligence and ethical sourcing

Our Bronze Medal reflects the comprehensive actions we’ve taken across all pillars—cutting carbon intensity, improving operational efficiency, and aligning our practices with ESG principles.

How Navitas is Making a Measurable Environmental Impact

As the life sciences sector evolves, Navitas is implementing tangible actions to reduce its ecological footprint and meet verifiable ESG targets.

1. Digital Transformation
   • Digital tools like EDC and remote models reduce paper and travel
   • Improved data quality, regulatory compliance, and reduced emissions
   • FSP data services operate in a digital-first model with centralized collaboration
2. Smarter Trial Design
   • Real-world data and predictive analytics optimize trial footprint
   • Targeted sites and reduced monitoring visits save energy and resources
   • FSP engagement model reduces duplication across trial sites
3. Energy and Waste Management
   • Investments in energy-efficient infrastructure
   • Phasing out single-use plastics and streamlining e-waste disposal
   • Cloud infrastructure reduces hardware dependency
4. Science-Based Climate Commitments
   • Public commitment to near-term and net-zero emissions via SBTi
   • Tracking Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions data
5. Environmental Management
   • Time-bound reduction targets for energy and waste
   • Qualitative principles backed by measurable actions

Be Data Wise. Choose Sustainability.

On World Environment Day, we reaffirm our promise to our sponsors, our partners, and the communities we serve that progress in science must align with progress for the planet.

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