ANNUAL REPORT 2021
LUNDBECK
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SUSTAINABILITY
AND COMPLIANCE
In this section we present a short
summary of aspirations, management,
due diligence and targets.
We publish an annual Sustainability
Report at the same time as the release
of the Annual Report. Here you can find
detailed information and an
Environmental, Social and Governance
(ESG) factbook. Our mandatory annual
statutory reporting on sustainability
and diversity of management in
accordance with section 99a, 99b, 99d
and 107d in the Danish Financial
Statements Act, and the EU Sustainable
Finance Taxonomy is in our
Sustainability Report*.
Lundbeck's sustainability activities aim to mitigate risks and
adverse impacts related to our business activities and contribute
to solving societal challenges where we can. We remain
committed to the UN Global Compact Principles and contribute
to addressing seven of the Sustainable Development Goals.
OUR MOST MATERIAL SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
Sustainability is an imperative to Lundbeck and an integral part
of our strategy and culture. Our most material sustainability
issues are reflected in the SDGs that we significantly impact.
Our biggest contribution to sustainable development, is our
medical treatments and the good health and wellbeing they
bring to people. Closely related to this is being compliant in all
aspects of patient safety and taking a strict stance on anti-
corruption in our collaborations with business partners,
healthcare professionals and regulators. Our other material
issues include taking a leading role in climate action,
environmental management in general, and promoting an
ethical, safe, motivating and inclusive culture in our entire value
chain.
MANAGING SUSTAINABILITY
Executive Management governs the sustainability strategy and
reviews progress on targets and approves new initiatives in
quarterly sessions. We continuously set ambitious targets,
report progress on the targets and disclose a set of externally
reviewed non-financial indicators across all areas of corporate
sustainability and business ethics compliance.
SUSTAINABILITY REVIEW OF 2021
Our activities related to the Access to Brain Health strategy
gained momentum in 2021. We successfully completed the first
year of our product donation partnership with International
Health Partners (IHP), shipping medicine for treatment of more
than 900 patients at NGO clinics in Lebanon, Gaza and the
West Bank. In December, we signed a Letter of Intent with IHP
covering the next three year outlining our shared aim to
increase access to brain health to vulnerable people in the
Middle east and Africa region.
One of the 2021 target for business ethics was that all
employees at work globally should complete the Annual Code of
Conduct training. This was achieved with a 99.7% completion
rate.
We announced last year that we will have net zero emissions no
later than 2050 and that we have set a new Science-Based
target to reduce carbon emissions drastically over the next 15
years. We will reduce carbon emissions from production and
company car fleet (scope 1 and 2) by almost two-thirds, and
work with our suppliers to reduce our carbon footprint outside
our premises (scope 3) by nearly a fifth. We can report
significant progress on reducing scope 1 and 2 and have
achieved a 16% reduction against the baseline year 2019. This
is mainly due to fewer emission from company cars, as sales
employees have been less on the road due to the COVID-19
pandemic.
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