Pharmaceutical and Healthcare

Key Issues

The pharmaceutical and healthcare industries face rising cost pressures, particularly in research and development (R&D) and service delivery. There is also pressure to develop new drugs as companies look to replace the record number of drugs scheduled to go off-patent.

Key CSR issues for include:

•  Access to medicines
•  Air and water emissions
•  Animal treatment and testing
•  Biodiversity and bioethics
•  Clinical research
•  Environmental strategy
•  Ethical sales and marketing
•  Intellectual property
•  Patient safety and efficacy
•  Waste management

How CBSR Can Help

Many Canadian healthcare companies report into a global centre and are asked to interpret and implement top down corporate responsibility strategies. CBSR helps member companies to anticipate, identify and respond to stakeholder concerns that are relevant in Canada.

In many cases, this work focuses on managing stakeholder relations, increasing employee engagement and better targeting community investment. CBSR also advises pharmaceutical and healthcare companies on issues of corporate responsibility reporting, ethical supply chain (including oversight of contract research organizations) and environmental management programs.

To learn more about Advisory Services contact:

Steven Fish, Business Development Manager

T. 416.703.7435 ext. 225

steven@cbsr.ca