Overview of Our Responsibilities

What Corporate Social Responsibility means to us

“We strive to be a socially and environmentally responsible company in the global healthcare market. We want to shape the future of healthcare and position ourselves for sustainable growth.”

Pierluigi Antonelli, President and CEO of Fresenius Kabi

Caring for life: that’s our corporate mission and overall ethos. That’s why Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an integral part of our mission to put essential medicines and technologies into the hands of healthcare providers as they work to find the best solutions for their patients’ challenges.

But our mission goes beyond the lives of our patients: It also encompasses the life of our planet and society as a whole. As such, we consider good corporate citizenship to be crucial to our operations. We put care into our employees’ local communities, as well as global environmental protection.

Businesses’ obligation to drive positive societal change

Our world is facing urgent environmental and social challenges. With climate change, resource depletion, pandemics, and social inequality all around us, we can only overcome these issues if we work together.

Civic engagement is undoubtedly necessary, but we are convinced: companies in particular must play a decisive role in solving social and ecological challenges.

Adopting responsible business practices is just the beginning. Companies must engage with stakeholders and support initiatives that promote social and environmental sustainability. By leveraging resources and influence, businesses can help shape a better, more inclusive, and sustainable future.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals

Facing the world’s biggest challenges

The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) aim to address the world's most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges.

These SDGs are designed to promote a holistic approach to sustainable development. They call for actions to end poverty and hunger, ensure access to quality education and healthcare, promote gender equality and empowerment, protect the environment, and promote sustainable economic growth and infrastructure development.

The SDGs also emphasize the importance of partnerships and global cooperation in achieving sustainable development. Governments, businesses, civil society organizations, and individuals are called upon to work together and mobilize resources to implement the goals.

By addressing these interconnected challenges and working towards the SDGs, companies, countries, and stakeholders contribute to a more sustainable future.

How we live Corporate Social Responsibility: Our CSR Agenda

We support the Sustainable Development Goals and focus on five action fields

The UN SDGs and Fresenius Kabi’s CSR are interconnected, with both promoting sustainable development, addressing social and environmental challenges, and creating a positive impact on society.

Therefore, the SDGs provide a comprehensive framework and guidance for our own CSR initiatives.

By integrating the two, we can enhance our own social and environmental impact while making a meaningful contribution to the global goals.

Our CSR is embedded in our business operations and serves as an important part of our overall business strategy. CSR revolves around five key areas: employees, products and services, business ethics, community, and environment.

Employees

We appreciate our employees’ passion, commitment, and dedication. They have ensured our success so far and will continue to play a decisive role. In return, we are committed to our employees. We promote personal development, diversity, inclusion, equal opportunity (DEI), and occupational health and safety, so they can reach their full potential in the high-performance environment of a leading global healthcare company.

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Products & Services

We provide cost-effective healthcare and medicine to as many people as possible worldwide. Our products, services, quality, and safety are held to the highest possible standards, and we adhere to regulatory and compliance requirements. Digital processes are a cornerstone in the development of innovations and vital for the effective care of critically and chronically ill patients.

Business Ethics

We have built a culture of integrity, accountability, and transparency that we expect our employees around the world to live out each day. We uphold the highest ethical and human rights standards in our work and interactions with business partners, suppliers, customers, healthcare professionals, and other third-parties.

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Community

We keep our eyes and ears open for the societal needs and challenges of the communities we serve. Through our products and community engagement, we aspire to advance health and well-being while improving access to healthcare. Our activities include the areas of access to healthcare, neighborhood support, and health education.

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Environment

We are committed to protecting the environment and to using our resources responsibly and sustainably. Because healthy people need a healthy planet. Our efforts here include environmental management, energy efficiency measures, avoiding greenhouse gas emissions, increasing use of renewable energies, and water and waste management.

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How we disclose our Corporate Social Responsibility progress

We are constantly working to improve our sustainability footprint. Our values-driven approach, dedication to quality, and commitment to responsible and ethical management help ensure our company’s sustainable growth.

We emphasize transparency about our CSR performance. To achieve this, we diligently report on our CSR approach and its results in the Sustainability Report of the Fresenius Group as our parent company annually. Additionally, we actively participate in reputable rating assessments, such as EcoVadis, ensuring a comprehensive evaluation of our sustainable practices.

Read about our ESG performance in the Fresenius Group’s Sustainability Report.

Get to know our CSR agenda