Our Approach to Environmental and Social Sustainability
We strive to operate with an eye toward corporate responsibility, environmental sustainability, and solid governance. These practices have long been embedded into our business at all levels. We have a strong tone at the top, with leaders who care deeply about improving the lives of patients, empowering our people, and making our planet and the communities in which we live and work better. We are guided by doing the right thing, while also relentlessly pushing to always do better.
For this reason, we are proud to be recognized as among America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek for the third consecutive year in 2024.
Reports
To better meet the needs of stakeholders interested in our environmental and social performance, initiatives, and aspirations, and our governance of these activities (known as ESG), our Corporate Responsibility and Public Benefit Reports reference disclosures from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), and Task force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Link to our most recent report below.
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2024 Corporate Responsibility and Public Benefit Report
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| 2023 Corporate Responsibility and Public Benefit Report | |
| 2023 GRI, SASB, TCFD Appendix | |
| 2022 Corporate Responsibility and Public Benefit Report | |
| 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report | |
| 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report |
Governance
Sustainability has always been core to our mission and vision, and we are committed to continuing to evolve our ESG-related programs and disclosures in alignment with our public benefit purpose. We have an active, engaged, and diverse Board of Directors, which oversees our key business strategies and objectives, our risk management process, and our compliance program. Our Board – and specifically the Nominating and Governance Committee of our Board – has formal oversight of our ESG program and public benefit corporation (PBC) goal setting, performance assessment, and reporting. This oversight extends to climate-related risks and opportunities.
Our Patients
Since our inception, we have been committed to our patients and their families. Our medicines treat life-threatening conditions that are extremely difficult to manage, with a tremendous impact on quality of life for patients and their loved ones. At United Therapeutics, we not only provide treatments, but we strive to ensure that patients have the support, education, and assistance they need when using our therapies to manage their disease.
Our People
We are proud of our employees, whom we call “Unitherians.” Without their hard work and ingenuity, none of our success would be possible, and none of our goals would be achievable. We strive to hire exceptionally smart people who are passionately committed to our goals and who will thrive in our unique culture.
OUR PLANET
United Therapeutics is in the business of enhancing lives, and that is not limited to our focus on patients. We also put innovative efforts into mitigating our impact on the planet and stewarding the resources we use to do our work. This focus has been an important part of our strategy for over a decade. The cornerstone of our commitment to our planet is demonstrated in the industry-leading design and construction of our net zero energy facilities.
