The purpose of this paper is to investigate the pharmaceutical industry in terms of sustainable supply chains and comparing this to the Gap Frame Framework. Two companies, Bayer and Roche, will be analyzed to provide a look into current practice.
The Gap Frame is a framework that translates the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) into nationally relevant issues and indicators for business. The aim of this framework is to aid companies in shifting their behavior and strategic perspectives by showing both the inside-out and outside-in perspectives of environmental challenges a country is facing.
By using the Gap Frame from an outside-in perspective, businesses can address the challenges highlighted by the circle model and use an integrative approach to better align their operations in order to reach the SDGs. The four sustainability dimensions in the circle model are Planet, Society, Economy and Governance. The focus of this research will be on the economy dimension, which includes several issues: Innovation, Employment, Resource Use, Sustainable Production, Sustainable Consumption.
Table of Contents
1.0. Introduction
1.1. Gap Frame Focus
1.2. Sustainable Development Goal Focus
1.3. Geographic Focus
2.0. Assessing the Gap Frame Criteria
2.1. Sustainable Production
2.1.1. Sustainable Production Indicators
2.1.2. Sustainable Production Criticism
2.2. Sustainable Consumption
2.2.1. Sustainable Consumption Indicators
2.2.2. Sustainable Consumption Criticism
2.3. Resource Use
2.3.1. Resource Use Indicators
2.3.2. Resource Use Criticism
3.0. GRI G4 Criteria
4.0. Sustainability through industry wide associations
4.1. German Industry-wide Initiatives
4.2. Global Initiatives
5.0. Sustainability in the Supply Chain
5.1. Drug Discovery and Development
5.2. Drug Production
5.3. Drug Delivery and Dispensing
6.0. Challenges within Germany
7.0. Company Case Studies
7.1. Bayer
7.1.1. Bayer commitment to Sustainability
7.1.2. Sustainability Initiatives at Bayer
7.1.3. Bayer and the Gap Frame Criteria
7.2. Roche
7.2.1. Roche Sustainability Overview
7.2.2. Sustainability Initiatives at Roche
7.2.3. Roche and Gap Frame Criteria
8.0. Meeting SDG based on GAP Frame Criteria
8.1. Focus on Specific SDGs
8.2. Use Gap Frame Indicators as Guidelines
8.3. Join Industry Wide Organizations
8.4. Develop Company Targets and Goals
9.0. Overcoming the challenges in Germany
10.0. Conclusions
11.0. References
12.0. Appendices
- Quote paper
- Hanna Kattilakoski (Author), 2017, Sustainable Supply Chains of Pharmaceutical Companies in Germany. Comparison to the Gap Frame Criteria, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/594219
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