Sustainability
Our Commitment
Sustainability has always been at the core of our ethical commitment. Our goal is to translate this commitment into results with integrity while operating in a socially and environmentally responsible manner, thus creating Shared Value. We strive to create Shared Value by addressing social challenges and business opportunities together, connecting our company success with social progress. Today, sustainability represents a crucial element of the strategic vision of the company, which is committed to:
- adopting a governance system based on transparency and responsibility;
- promoting the professional and personal development of its people and their wellbeing;
- protecting the planet and minimizing the impacts generated by the company’s activities;
- finding effective solutions for patients’ unmet medical needs;
- serving the community and those most in need.
We chose to become a Benefit Corporation, an innovative legal status that allows us to serve a dual purpose: not only creating value for our shareholders but pursuing the collective good. Internally, we have launched “We Act - Actively Care for Tomorrow”, a sustainability program that involves the whole Chiesi population in a coordinated effort. Click here to learn more about our approach and initiatives such as We ACT. Learn more about our employee led Chiesi in the Community efforts below.
The next step in our journey was achieving certification as a B Corp. As a B Corp in the biopharmaceutical industry, Chiesi is counted among businesses that are leading a global movement for an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy. B Corps are companies that meet high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. To become a B Corp, a company is required to achieve a minimum score on the B Impact Assessment, which is a rigorous assessment of the company’s impact on its workers, customers, community and environment. B Corps are also required to publish a yearly Impact Report for transparency. Using standardized assessment criteria, we have been able to identify areas for potential development throughout the company and establish best practices to be extended to all our affiliates worldwide.
Chiesi in the Community
At Chiesi USA, social responsibility is central to our mission statement. We greatly value the partnerships we’ve established with nationwide patient organizations and non-healthcare related community-based charities.
Our employees desire to support and enrich the communities where we live and work and aspire to partner with the patients and caregivers in our therapeutic areas. Through this focus, we have made a commitment to:
- Invest in our communities to support the improvement of health and wellbeing;
- Enable employees to engage as partners locally and as advocates in our therapeutics areas;
- Contribute to cultural development to demonstrate Chiesi USA’s commitment to serving its local community
Impact
Chiesi USA partnered with Altered State Brewing Company for the annual Hops for Hope event benefiting Children’s Flight of Hope in 2023. The team completely smashed the company goal of raising $10,000 with a total of $52,043.87. Those funds will support more than 50 CFOH missions. Together with our brewery partner, 2023’s concoction was a tasty Imperial Wunderbar TipSea Flights. In total, this event raised $471,050.
Around 50 Chiesi USA Cary office colleagues joined the CORRAL team to help make progress on their newest farm location in Raleigh. The team helped install drywall, prepare fencing, dig a trench and clear debris, and flag land for a new barn.
Chiesi has a history of volunteering with Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle. Since August 2022, 56 people have participated in cooking 715 meals (55 per visit).
Colleagues joined National Wear Red Day® 2023 with the American Heart Association. Chiesi was a proud sponsor of the local North Carolina Triangle event.
Through Chiesi in the Community, we were able to make more than $830,000 in contributions to our community partners in 2022. As an employee-led program, Chiesi colleagues supported 65 unique charitable organizations with 769 hours of time or donations. 2022 efforts included deepened partnerships with Triangle-area nonprofits for children and families, as well as organizations advancing DE&I and patient support in critical care, neonatology, cystic fibrosis, and rare diseases. Click here to read the press release.
Chiesi USA entered a year-long partnership with The Superhero Project INC to make a difference one hospital at a time. The sponsorship supports families whose children are in the NICU. Chiesi will help hospitals bolster their programs that promote bonding between parents, caregivers, and newborns.
The Chiesi Foundation
This nonprofit organization works to promote human health through research and by sharing knowledge with the clinical community and patient organizations. It also supports the education of health care professionals, patients and the general public in our areas of specialist expertise.
Guided by an independent board of eminent academics and practitioners, the Foundation supports research projects that deepen our understanding of patient needs and inform new approaches to their treatment and care. The Foundation also funds the dissemination of these findings through publications, international conferences and other educational initiatives. It is expanding the number and range of research and humanitarian initiatives we support for the prevention and treatment of various diseases in some of the poorest countries.
Interested in learning more about the Chiesi Foundation? Click here.
