Accessibility Statement

Sustainability

Creating Medicines that Make Life Better

We work every day with the goal of growing our business in responsible and sustainable ways that better people's lives and benefit society.

Our impact starts with our purpose: to create medicines that make life better. We are advancing access to healthcare for more people around the world. We extend that impact to the communities where we live and work and to the environment that shapes human health — and we pursue all of it by building a workplace where people do their best work, ethically and responsibly.

Our Reporting

Our Impact Areas Index explores the sustainability topics that matter to our business and to our key stakeholders. Our Highlights Report shares what we accomplished across our five impact areas over the past year. Our Transparency section aligns our reporting with established reporting frameworks.

Our Goals

We strive to set measurable goals to track the progress and performance of our sustainability strategy. Our goals help drive accountability and are grounded in our purpose to create medicines that make life better.

Recognitions

At Lilly, we constantly strive to be leaders in diversity and inclusion, research and development, social impact, and employee benefits. We’ve received recognition from several distinguished organizations for our efforts.

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Explore Our Impact

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Advancing Access to Healthcare

Our purpose is to create medicines that make life better, and importantly, take action to enable people can actually get them.
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Minimizing our Environmental Footprint

We work to minimize our environmental footprint with our focus on lowering emissions, conserving water, minimizing waste, and designing more sustainable products.
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Operating Ethically and Responsibly

Lilly was founded on the values of integrity, excellence, and respect for people — and those values remain central to how we operate.
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