Elekta AB

Sustainability governance Sustainability is an integral part of Elekta's business strategy ACCESS 2025. With clear strategic anchoring, and by incorporating our sustainability program into our line operations, we ensure effec­ tive management and alignment with other strategic initiatives and targets. The Board of Directors governs Elekta's sustainability program and the CEO reports to the Board on major issues. The Board's Compensation and Sustainability Committee over­ sees quarterly Elekta's environmental and social work, and is edu­ cated on sustainability through quarterly meetings and reports from the Sustainability function. Matters pertinent to business ­ethics and compliance are ­overseen by Elekta's Audit Committee. For more information, see page 109. A cross-functional steering committee comprised of selected members of the executive management regularly discusses mat­ ters pertinent to corporate sustainability. The committee includes functions such as legal, finance, communications, HR, and strat­ egy. Since January 2022, the corporate sustainability program is devel­ oped and coordinated by the Group Sustainability Director reporting to the VP Strategy, Sustainability and Transformation. The Sustain­ ability function was previously a part of the Compliance function. During 2022/23, Group Sustainability has continued to expand on its organizational structure with assigned sustainability leads across all business lines and selected functions. Strategic integration has increased during the year with environmental sustainability being a formal part of the company's strategic planning process.

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**Helping health systems with adopting innovation**
In 2021, Elekta formed a new department, Global Policy and Patient Access, to serve as a partner to decision makers, across the world, in building long-term sustainable healthcare systems. To Elekta, a system is only sustainable if it provides fair and adequate compensation so that new innovations which provide clear clinical value can emerge and be adopted.

Challenges differ between healthcare systems. Developed markets for example may have compensation schemes that economically disadvantage clinics that adopt new treatment schemes, such as hypofractionation, when reimbursing per completed fraction. In developing markets, patients might lack access to treatment altogether due to a range of factors.

To tackle these varying challenges, the department develops expertise on how healthcare systems are constructed, on how compensation and treatment guidelines are set, and what kind of questions researchers need to answer to help policy makers construct policies that lead to optimal patient outcomes, in an economically sustainable way.

To make sure this expertise reaches the right people, the department works with decision and policy makers to drive change. The aim is to ensure fair and adequate compensation for radiotherapy treatments, so that hospitals and clinicians working within healthcare systems can adopt new innovations that improve both patient outcomes and access to treatments.

The department also manages partnerships with organizations such as IAEA and WHO, societies like ESTRO Cancer Foundation and ASTRO, as well as global organizations like City Cancer Challenge, UICC and Global Coalition for Radiotherapy. Elekta engages with these organizations to raise public awareness around the need for, and importance of, radiotherapy as

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For outcome 2021/22, see **[page 15][.]**

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Elekta's Board of Directors governs our sustainability program. The Board's Compensation and Sustainability Committee oversees the setting and execution of Elekta's Sustainability strategy through quarterly meetings and reports from the CEO and the Sustainability function. Elekta's Audit Committee oversees matters related to sustainability reporting. For more information, see page 115. The Group Sustainability Director, who reports to the VP of Strategy, Sustainability and Transformation, develops and coordinates the corporate sustainability program. A cross-functional steering committee, comprising selected members of the Executive Management, regularly meets to review corporate sustainability matters. The committee includes functions such as Legal, Finance, Compliance, People, and Strategy.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]Top management commitment and communication
Quarterly sustainability internal webinars open to all employees