
Responsibility
We do business responsibly
Trust is essential to delivering on our purpose, which is to improve the quality of human life by helping people do more, feel better and live longer. Trust, in turn, depends on doing business responsibly. We have made 13 commitments across three focus areas to support this.
Our purpose is to help people do more, feel better, live longer
How we will report our performance
See a summary of progress (PDF-1202KB) against our commitments and global Annual Report for further detail.
Sustainable development
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out a vision for ending poverty, hunger, inequality and protecting the Earth’s natural resources by 2030. Realising this ambition will require the private sector, governments and civil society to play their part and work together in new and innovative ways.
As a science-led global healthcare company, we can make the most important contribution to Goal 3, Good Health & Wellbeing. The scale and nature of our business mean that we also contribute to a number of the UN’s goals through our everyday operations. For examples of how we contribute to the SDGs please download our SDG factsheet (PDF-195KB).

Our contribution to the SDGs
Our governance structure
Our Board-level Corporate Responsibility Committee (CRC) oversees our responsible business activities. It meets four times a year to provide high-level guidance and reviews performance against our commitments.
Management of key non-financial risks is governed by our Audit and Risk Committee. The Audit and Assurance team supports this committee by providing an independent view to the Board and senior management of how risk is being managed across the business consistent with an agreed Assurance Plan.
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Engaging with healthcare professionals
From collaborating on clinical trials to providing high quality, balanced information about our medicines and vaccines.
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Engaging with Australian patient advocacy groups
We work closely with a wide range of patient organisations in variety of different disease areas such as cancer, asthma, rare diseases, HIV.
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Engaging the Australian community
Engaging the Australian community
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Operating responsibly
Ethical conduct is a priority for GSK and we are committed to performance with integrity.