Findenser reduces water cooling requirements to help minimise Roche’s environmental footprint Organisation: Roche Department: Chemistry Country: Switzerland Product: Findenser Case Study No: CS1011 The situationCurrently dependent on clean water for the production of pharmaceutical and diagnostic goods and want to support global efforts to protect and conserve water. The objectiveMinimise the company’s environmental footprint by adopting water reduction programmes – in this case by reducing water cooling requirements and improving cooling processes. The resultsAn internal study by Roche calculated that by using Findenser on 200 reactions, would result in saving 12% of the total water consumption for the Roche site in Basel. By switching to Findenser there has been a 12% reduction in water consumption.Roche Chemistry Department