Zuellig Pharma is one of the largest healthcare services groups in Asia. Although incorporated in 2008 in Singapore as the Regional Head Office, they have been operating in Singapore since the 1930s, having started in the Philippines almost a hundred years ago. Their purpose is ‘Making Healthcare More Accessible’ by providing world-class distribution, digital and commercial services to support the growing healthcare needs in this region. 

The company has grown to become a US$13 billion business covering 13 markets with over 12,000 employees. Their team serves over 350,000 medical facilities and works with over 1,000 clients, including the top ten pharmaceutical companies in the world. Zuellig Pharma’s sustainability vision is to build a healthier future for Asia with its clients, customers, employees, suppliers and partners. As such the company recognizes that they have tremendous capacity to make a positive impact on the communities they serve in Asia through Sustainability.

Their purpose of ‘Making Healthcare More Accessible’ is ingrained in Zuellig Pharma’s DNA, and sustainability spells out how they are doing so. In the three years since they formalized their Sustainability agenda, the company has marked many sustainable milestones. They have established a solid foundation with the development of a sustainability framework that outlines four key impact pillars, which are improving health outcomes, nurturing talent, respecting the environment and setting the highest standards of integrity.

Zuellig Pharma has also committed to the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact. They joined the UN Global Compact as a signatory in October 2019, and continuously commit to furthering these principles through submitting an annual Communication on Progress to the UN Global Compact. Their Communication on Progress outlines Zuellig Pharma’s commitments, management systems and activities in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. In each of these areas, they have identified key performance indicators to measure and report annually. They also publish annual sustainability reports in alignment with prevailing Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, in support of international efforts for consistent sustainability reporting. 

The company strongly believes in integrating sustainability within their business operations, and harnessing their strengths to develop robust sustainability goals. A dedicated team of in-house data analysts have been working on an integrated reporting system this year to help them to tangibly determine their current baseline across their matrix organization on material issues. Once this has been established, they endeavor to set ambitious targets and outline clear plans for achieving them.