Sustainability is key to Pharmacheck, and one of its five strategic foundations. We take responsibility towards our employees, the society, and the environment. Convinced that ethically correct behavior and integrity are essential for long-term business success we continuously monitor and improve our social, economic, and environmental performance by operating a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) management system.

Pharmacheck’s effort to improve its CSR performance is aligned with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) most relevant to our business. Our Code of Conduct and the topics regarded as material reveal that Pharmacheck supports diverse SDG with a focus on the following four.

SDG 3: ENSURE HEALTHY LIVES AND PROMOTE WELL-BEING FOR ALL AT ALL AGES

SDG 4: ENSURE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE QUALITY EDUCATION AND PROMOTE LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL
SDG 8: PROMOTE SUSTAINED, INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH,
FULL AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK FOR ALL

SDG 12: ENSURE SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

The CEC annually approves a plan, defining to what extent Pharmacheck’s CSR performance shall be improved. Areas for improvement are based on an in-depth materiality analysis. Views of customers, shareholders, employees and auditors were taken into account and topics were identified where the present and future economic, environmental, and social impacts of the organization and its value chain are significant.
On a group-wide scale, Pharmacheck has committed to making measurable improvements in four key areas:
• Energy Consumption: Reduce in energy consumption per FTE by 20% by 2026 (base year 2020)
• Occupational Health & Safety: Reduce Lost Time Incident Rate to ≤ 1.0 by 2026
• Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Halve GHG emissions per FTE by 2026 (base year 2020) and achieve climate neutrality by 2030
• Diversity and Equal Opportunity: Increase proportion of women in workforce & management by 10% by 2026 (base year 2020) and reflect the local communities we are part of in Pharmacheck’s workforce