Sustainability

Sustainability is at the core of what we do and is deeply embedded in our business strategy. We want to contribute positively to the people and the world around us. Running our business in a sustainable way ensures that Uniphar will continue to prosper in the long-term. We are focused on ensuring that each of the five pillars of our sustainability strategy are a fundamental part of our decision-making process and is at the heart of what we do. As we continue to grow as an organisation, the strategic importance of being conscious not only of our markets and our customers but of our environment and communities is more important than ever.

People & Workplace

Community Involvement

Environmental & Sustainability

Governance, Quality & Compliance

Business Solutions & Innovation

Sustainability Ratings

We are proud to have improved or maintained our ratings with several sustainability ratings agencies during 2024, which reflects the progress that we have made across all of our five sustainability pillars.

Our Sustainability Pillars

Uniphar has identified five strategic pillars that define our approach to sustainability and have been aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to show which global sustainability goals we believe we can make the most significant contribution towards.

The following are those areas deemed most critical for Uniphar and those where we are currently measuring KPIs or intend to do so in the future:

Sustainable Development Goals

Uniphar fully endorses the UN Sustainable Development Goals (“SDG”) and we consider the following goals to be the ones where we can make the most significant contribution:

9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

12. Responsible Consumption and Production

Sustainability Governance and Oversight

We refreshed our approach to Sustainability Governance in late 2024, with two new programmes launched to drive and embed positive change in two of our priority areas – Climate Change and Responsible Sourcing. These programmes will join our existing ED&I Programme and other initiatives already underway within a variety of teams throughout the organisation to deliver improvements across the fields of Environment, Social and Governance.

CSRD and Double Materiality Assessment

In preparation for our first CSRD sustainability statement to be issued in early 2026, for the 2025 reporting period, we completed a double materiality assessment during 2024. This involved working with our external sustainability advisers to carry out stakeholder engagement (including surveys and sectoral research) in order to engage with a variety of stakeholder groups (including suppliers, customers, employees and investors) to garner insights and feedback on a wide range of CSRD topics. We completed scoping sessions that helped us to identify and define ESG impacts, risks and opportunities on our stakeholders and on Uniphar, using scoring approaches aligned to our corporate risk management framework. We are now reviewing the outcomes of this work as we finalise the specific topics that will be considered material for Uniphar and that will be reported on in our first CSRD submission in early 2026.