Why greener pharmaceutical manufacturing is vital for the industry and our health

Why greener pharmaceutical manufacturing is vital for the industry and our health Determined to tackle the carbon footprint of medicine, CPI’s Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre is addressing key sustainability issues in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Climate change is the most significant health threat to modern society (1), and the pharmaceutical industry faces sustainability challenges like every other industry. Even though much of the pharmaceutical industry’s output saves and significantly improves the quality of life for billions of people, this cannot come at any cost to the planet. Recently, health agencies, such as the NHS, have set ambitious net zero targets, and as medicine accounts for 25% of NHS carbon emissions, the pharmaceutical industry has a crucial role to play in tackling this threat. (2)