Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)

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We are here to achieve Her Promise

We are working to achieve a better and healthier every day for every woman through a focus on innovation, access, gender equity and environmental stewardship. Explore our progress in the 2022 ESG Report Executive Summary.

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Key 2022 achievements

Completed eight business transactions since our founding, with five in 2022, to drive innovation in women's health

57M

Nearly halfway toward meeting our goal of helping to prevent an estimated 120 million unplanned pregnancies by 2030 through the Her Promise Access Initiative

47M

Provided 47 million women with access to family planning options, helping women space out their pregnancies and promoting safer births

46%

Increased female representation in leadership at the director level and above

89%

Made progress toward key environmental goals including 89% of operational waste reused, recycled or otherwise used beneficially

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Her Promise, Our Purpose

Our purpose is to help women and girls achieve their promise through better health and is inextricably linked to our company vision: to create a better and healthier every day for every woman around the world. By addressing gender-related disparities in health, we build a more sustainable future for women, families, economies and society. Our environmental, social and governance goals focus on three areas: Her Equity, Her Planet, and Her Trust, and the issues that matter most to our stakeholders, our business, and most importantly, women around the world.

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Her equity

Throughout the world, women have vast unmet medical needs. Our goal is to redefine and harness innovation to help women and girls achieve their promise and lead healthier, more empowered lives.

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Her planet

Women are disproportionately affected by the impact of climate change. They are also more vulnerable to resource scarcity, which is why a healthy planet is important to helping women and girls achieve their promise.

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Her trust

To fulfill her promise, we are working to promote balanced gender representation at all levels. We aim to reflect the gender equity within our company that we want to see in the world.

Her Plan is Her Power.

Around the world, unplanned pregnancies are preventing women and girls from achieving their promise. We want to change that.

Organon’s multi-year global initiative “Her Plan is Her Power” includes a portfolio of programs, collaborations and investments to address inequities in access to contraception and ensure that women and girls have the power to plan their future.

Impact of unintended pregnancies

Sandy Milligan, Head of Research & Development, explores the impact family planning can have in this film produced for Organon by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Production. The short film tells the story of women, their families, and the community of Xochimilco, Mexico, as they fight to reduce unintended pregnancies as part of a journey toward wellness. […]

Organon recognized in Bloomberg’s 2023 Gender Equality Index

Organon has been recognized in Bloomberg’s 2023 Gender Equality Index (GEI), a benchmark indicator which tracks the performance of public companies committed to disclosing their efforts to support gender equality. Bloomberg’s 2023 GEI is based on data submitted through the Bloomberg reporting framework and associated with the fiscal year 2021. The 2023 GEI comprises 485 […]

Act with Her

We have a bold ambition to help reduce 120 million unplanned pregnancies by 2030 in low- and middle-income countries. Despite the many strides that have been made in enabling access to contraception, unplanned pregnancies remain a significant global health issue. We are launching our roadmap to show how we will Act with Her to reduce […]

Her Promise Access Initiative

The Organon Her Promise Access Initiative is part of a multi-agency, global effort to expand contraception education, information and availability to 73 of the lowest-income countries. Through this initiative, we work closely with global collaborators and stakeholders to expand access to family planning services and education, and work towards our goal of preventing an estimated […]

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Organon supports the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals. Specifically, our purpose as a company aligns with gender equality and good health and well-being, as well as other goals.

We work to advance the SDGs inside and outside our company. We are a participant in the UN Global Compact and adhere to its principles-based approach to responsible business. Organon is also a signatory to the UN Global Compact’s Women’s Empowerment Principles and CEO Water Mandate.