THE SUSTAINABILITY INTERVIEW
“Regular check-ups, healthy habits and early intervention lower risks and costs”
Jennifer Kim Field Chief Sustainability Officer Henry Schein
Supplier standards, social impact and prevention Beyond climate, Henry Schein is building supplier engagement programmes that raise environmental and social standards while remaining accessible to smaller vendors.
Again, the currently named Practice Green is a core vehicle, offering practical tools regardless of where suppliers are on their sustainability journey. Resources are designed to be useful for both large multinationals and sixth-generation family businesses.
On the social side, the Supply Chain Transparency Working Group monitors human rights and ethical standards across the supplier base. The group enhances monitoring and auditing practices and enforces Henry Schein’ s global supplier code of conduct.
“ We want to use our resources to take solutions to partners, not just ask them to keep up,” Jennifer explains.
She is candid that metrics around access to healthcare remain underdeveloped compared with climate data.“ There are no consistent metrics in access to care, which makes it hard to define meaningful measures,” Jennifer reflects.
She sees social impact metrics as still the weakest link in terms of measuring community health impact, but that has not stopped Henry Schein from intensifying its focus on prevention.
“ Wellness and prevention have always been a core focus area,” Jennifer says.“ What has evolved is how we go about it, as the evidence between climate, oral health and overall health becomes better understood.”
In 2024, the company launched Prevention is Power, a campaign to
32 April 2026