Sustainability at Roche
Creating a healthier future for people and society
At Roche, sustainability means operating with a long-term mindset – ensuring more people can benefit from our science and innovation today without compromising the world they will live in tomorrow.
For more than 125 years, Roche has advanced science and innovation to create a healthier future for people and society. This is reflected in our purpose: Doing now what patients need next.
Managing our business sustainably is essential to our long-term success. It strengthens our ability to innovate, increases the resilience of our operations and supply chain, and helps us meet the evolving expectations of patients, healthcare systems, investors, customers and employees.
To make progress, we focus on areas where we can have the greatest impact:
Access to innovation
We are committed to expanding access to our medicines and diagnostics for patients around the world and building more resilient health systems.People
We are committed to building an inclusive and resilient organisation where people can thriveEnvironment
We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint, working across our value chain to cut emissions, protect biodiversity and water resources, and minimise the impact of our operations and products.
These long-term commitments are guided by clear goals and strong governance and are embedded across our value chain — from research and development to sourcing, manufacturing and delivery.
Access to innovation
We are committed to expanding access to our medicines and diagnostics for patients around the world and building more resilient health systems. Achieving this at scale is a shared responsibility rooted in collective commitment and action. That's why we work with governments, customers, healthcare professionals and other partners to remove barriers and advance equitable health outcomes so that people everywhere can benefit from our innovation.
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Advancing healthcare
Since the founding of our company, we have been developing innovative solutions for a wide range of chronic and life threatening health conditions that continue to revolutionise healthcare.
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Access to innovation
Our approach to increasing access to healthcare ensures our life-changing solutions reach people around the world.
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Equitable health outcomes
Roche is committed to advancing equitable health outcomes for all patients throughout the product lifecycle, from comprehensive clinical trial populations, better access to innovations for all patients, and improved quality of life globally.
People
In an industry driven by innovation, people are the foundation of our success. We are committed to building an inclusive and resilient organisation where people can thrive – strengthening our capacity to innovate and deliver for patients while navigating scientific, societal and environmental change.
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Inclusion and Belonging at Roche
Creating a workplace where people can realise their potential, perform at their best and feel they belong.
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Safety, Health and Wellbeing
Creating a healthy and safe work environment, considering both physical and psychosocial aspects of employee wellbeing.
Environment
Human health and planetary health are interconnected. We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint, working across our value chain to cut emissions, protect biodiversity and water resources, and minimise the impact of our operations and products. This strengthens the resilience of our business and contributes to more sustainable healthcare systems.
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Climate Change
We recognise climate change as one of the largest global risks and are committed to addressing it as a matter of urgency. We are committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2045 and have set near- and long-term targets validated by SBTi.
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Sustainable Products
We adopt a systematic approach to responsible product design — considering materials, water, energy and waste impacts — to reduce waste and energy consumption, improve product reusability and recyclability, and lower environmental impact.
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Biodiversity & Water
We work to protect biodiversity and water resources by integrating ecosystem considerations into our processes and decisions.
Our approach recognises the interconnection between biodiversity, water and climate.
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Our environmental goals and impact
We can help mitigate and overcome today’s most pressing environmental issues by setting realistic but ambitious goals and continuously measuring and monitoring our total environmental impact.
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Sustainability in procurement practices
Our commitment to sustainability stretches beyond our own business practices – it also includes ensuring our suppliers’ approach to sustainability aligns with Roche’s.
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Risk management and prevention
Protecting the environment is integral to our operations. Devoting special attention to prevention by reducing risks is key to effective environmental management.
Sustainability governance
Our governance processes act as an essential foundation for our priorities, ensuring we uphold high standards of business ethics and integrity, diligently manage risks and transparently report on our progress.
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Our approach to sustainability governance
As sustainability is built into our business strategy, a shared commitment from all business areas and senior management is reflected in our sustainability governance structure.
Business Ethics & Integrity
We are dedicated to maintaining high standards of business ethics and integrity. Each employee and business partner has the duty to act with integrity and comply with our standards and guidelines.
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Risk Management
We embed risk and opportunity management into our business practices at all levels of the Roche Group.
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Stakeholder engagement
We engage regularly and systematically with our internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs and build mutual trust. We ensure that we address legitimate interests of our stakeholders to make informed decisions on how we run our business.
Sustainability performance
Transparency and accountability are essential to maintain trust and fulfil our purpose. We measure our sustainability performance against our time-bound goals, reporting publicly to promote transparency and improve our business everywhere we operate.
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Sustainability Reporting
We are committed to transparent reporting and we endeavor to drive our economic, social and environmental performance with the same diligence as our financial performance.
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Sustainability targets and performance
We have developed targets and are measuring performance to drive impact across our three key areas of focus: access to innovation, our people and the environment.
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Double Materiality Assessment
We conducted a double materiality assessment (DMA) to identify our material sustainability topics.
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ESG Index
We provide an overview of our sustainability initiatives & reporting across the three pillars of ESG: Environment, Society and Governance.
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