Company: AZN
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001654954-25-004737
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Company: ASTRAZENECA PLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: 6-K
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eca combined its 2024 sustainability and annual reporting into one integrated publication. The 2024 Annual Report detailed progress across the Company's sustainability priorities and key topics, including those identified in its double materiality assessment. Details of performance against targets can be found in the 2024 Sustainability Data Annex.

In 2024, the Company achieved a 77.5% reduction in its Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions (sites and fleet), a 23% reduction in its water use and a 13% reduction in waste vs. the 2015 baseline. 63% of its fleet now comprises battery electric vehicles. As at year end, we had also reached more than 90 million people through our flagship access programmes and trained a cumulative total of over 156,000 people since 2015.

Access to Healthcare

On health equity:

- AstraZeneca engaged on health equity at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, including at a roundtable chaired by AstraZeneca Chair Michel Demaré which convened leaders from governments, NGOs and the private sector to discuss embedding health equity in healthcare design and delivery.

- AstraZeneca held an in-person Global Health Equity Advisory Board meeting, convening 14 experts from 11 countries across all income groups to provide insights and input on the Company's health equity strategy.

- The Company collaborated with 10 markets (Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Italy, Kenya, UAE, Egypt, US and Vietnam) to localise its health equity priorities on science, healthcare delivery and community engagement.

- AstraZeneca marked the 10-year anniversary of its flagship health equity programme Healthy Heart Africa (HHA) at the 4th Global NCD Alliance Forum in Kigali, Rwanda.

- The Young Health Programme (YHP), the Company's partnership which empowers young people to call for the prevention of climate-related health challenges, was recognised in a UNICEF publication and was featured in The Times.

On health systems resilience:

- The Partnership for Health System Sustainability & Resilience (PHSSR) was featured during the 'Health beyond Healthcare' panel discussion at the WEF Annual Meeting, with Michel Demaré speaking on the need for policy action to improve prevention and early detection of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

- PHSSR has launched a new collaboration with IQVIA to conduct research with academic centers across eight countries. This initiative aims to identify policies needed to enhance healthcare systems for more effective prevention, early