Cambrex Profarmaco Milano is a member of Federchimica (Italian Chemical Industry Association) and participates in its Responsible Care initiative. Responsible Care is a worldwide initiative to demonstrate the chemical process industry's commitment to continuously improve their performance in health, safety, and the environment. These performance metrics are available to the public.

The company integrates safety into all its processes. From R&D to the manufacturing floor, the company has procedures to assess any potential hazards associated with the use and handling of their products, raw materials, and processes. The Safety Committee assesses all new processes to ensure safe standard operating procedures. Equipment is designed to protect both employees and the environment.

A comprehensive training program is provided to employees on a variety of safety topics to ensure a safe work environment. Use of personal protective equipment is mandatory, and on-site monitoring system is in place. A team of physicians monitors the health of employees regularly.

In the event of an incident, the company has its own emergency response team able to operate 24 hours per day. The facility is well equipped with fire hydrants, fire truck, power generator and safety equipment.

The manufacturing facility has a wastewater treatment plant to handle aqueous streams generated during production and is equipped with an incinerator designed to treat waste solvents and sludge from production processes. A system of scrubbers process gaseous emissions. The air from the scrubber towers is not discharged but sent to the incinerator for processing. As a result, there are no contaminated emissions into the atmosphere.