LogiPharma Europe 2025: Driving Business Success Through Sustainability

PC: You just wrapped up a panel discussion on “Uniting on Sustainability: How can we drive collaboration and ground-breaking initiatives to ensure ESG is a top business priority?” With sustainability being such a priority nowadays, what were some the highlights of the presentation?

Ganguly: The panel was actually really refreshing because we moved away from just focusing on sustainability reporting and compliance. Instead, we explored how sustainability has become a business imperative for each of us. We discussed how it's driven operational efficiencies, influenced our supply chain partnerships, and provided earlier access to supplier innovations. What we concluded is that sustainability should be viewed as an investment—not just in the planet, but in the future of our businesses. It’s no longer just about cost-cutting, which has often dominated our thinking. What stood out during the panel was how natural it has become for all of us to see non-sustainable practices as illogical.

Full Interview Summary: The panel discussion on sustainability emphasized shifting the focus from compliance to making sustainability a business imperative. The panelists shared their experiences where sustainability initiatives have driven operational efficiencies, influenced supplier partnerships, and enabled early access to supplier innovation. The key takeaway was viewing sustainability as an investment in both the planet and the future of the business, rather than just a cost-driven concern. This shift in perspective has made sustainability an integral part of operations, to the point where acting unsustainably no longer makes sense.

To get more companies on board, the panel suggested three key strategies: first, providing proof points to show the business benefits of sustainability, transitioning from pledges to tangible results; second, being patient and understanding that sustainability is a long-term goal that requires persistence; and third, embedding sustainability into everyday business processes rather than treating it as a large-scale transformation project.

Looking ahead, the next five to ten years are expected to be marked by unprecedented collaboration between competitors, recognizing that sustainability is a collective challenge. The integration of AI with sustainability efforts is also seen as a major opportunity to innovate and accelerate progress toward net-zero goals.

Gilead, specifically, has made notable strides in sustainability, focusing on product, water, waste, and carbon goals. Their commitment to reducing Scope 1 emissions by 46% ahead of schedule demonstrates the importance of integrating sustainability into business processes.

Finally, AI’s role in sustainability is a key area of interest, particularly in how it can be standardized for the common good, contributing to goals like reducing consumption and waste.