Our company purpose – 'Breakthroughs that Change Patients’ Lives' – guides our environmental sustainability priorities. We’re passionate about protecting human health. That’s reflected in our environmental sustainability goals: climate action & sustainable medicines.
Bringing 'Breakthroughs that Change Patients’ Lives' goes beyond medicines. Climate change is impacting the health we protect and the patients we serve. It’s the challenge of our age, we need to act, and our customers and patients want us to act.
The window is closing to minimise the catastrophic effects of climate change - which we are already experiencing - including severe weather and geographical shifts in vector-borne disease. Climate change adversely impacts health, and the healthcare system impacts the climate with 4-5% of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions globally being attributed to the health system.1 While climate change impacts us all, historically, it is marginalised communities that are disproportionately impacted.
What we are doing at Pfizer
Our future depends on the environment. Here’s how we’re working to protect health through sustainability.