Ethical business culture

The key elements of our commitment to an ethical business culture are:

• Our Code of Ethics and Values, which guide everything we do and ensure that we deliver life-changing medicines in a responsible way. We reinforce our commitment to ethical business conduct through annual Code of Ethics training, delivered to all employees and relevant third parties
• Values-based decision making. We emphasise values-based decision-making, and encourage our workforce and suppliers to adopt a sustainability mindset that embraces our core Values
• Visibility and transparency. Being visible and transparent about our business supports learning and development for our employees, suppliers and partners, and this is fundamental to meeting the expectations of patients, investors and broader society

Human Rights

As signatories to the UN Global Compact (UNGC) for the last 12 years, we commit to its Guiding Principles to respect human rights. We are also committed to the International Labour Organization (ILO) standards on child labour and minimum working age. We aim to prevent human rights violations by proactively identifying any issues in our business and supply chain and responding promptly with appropriate action. We continue to benchmark and improve our approach to Human Rights through industry working groups including Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative (PSCI), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) and Fair Wage Network with particular focus on due diligence, human rights audits and responsible sourcing initiatives.

Responsible Supply Chain

We expect all employees and contractors to follow our Global Standard for the Procurement of Goods and Services. We monitor compliance through assessments and improvement programmes, and all our suppliers and partners must meet our Global Standard on Expectations of Third Parties. We conduct audits on high-risk commercial suppliers (external manufacturing partners) to ensure appropriate practices and controls.