Abstract
The main goal of pharmaceutical companies is to create and deliver medicines designed to extend or enhance life. However—also being in the business of business—pharmaceutical companies need to grow their bottom lines by investing in business value drivers. This article shows sustainability performance as one of those drivers by demonstrating that: 1) the concept of integrated sustainability is generally understood; and 2) pharmaceutical companies taking action to integrate sustainability are reaping significant business value added. Since there are currently no standardized methods of integrating, measuring, or communicating sustainability, pharmaceutical companies are relying on self-interpretations of voluntary initiatives to successfully integrate sustainability.
Publication Date
2004
Document Type
Article
Department, Program, or Center
Civil Engineering Technology Environmental Management and Safety (CAST)
Recommended Citation
Leonard, T., & Schneider, J. (2004, May). Integrated sustainability in the pharmaceutical industry. Corporate environmental strategy: international journal for sustainable business, 11(5), 119-128.
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
ISSN:1066-7938 Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works in February 2014.