Best ESG practices in the pharmaceutical sector: outcomes of the ESG Hub meeting

07/ 11/ 2025

On 28 October, the European Business Association held an online meeting of the ESG Hub dedicated to ESG practices and initiatives within the pharmaceutical sector. During the session, speakers presented their organisations’ case studies on implementing ESG practices, discussed related challenges, and outlined future plans. In particular, Andrii Nahornyi, Acting Director of the State Enterprise “Ukrvaktsyna” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, and Kateryna Liukhanova, Deputy Director of the same enterprise, highlighted key ESG initiatives, including: Rapid logistics of humanitarian aid for healthcare facilities across Ukraine; Providing hospitals with generators and solar panels; Mobile Pharmacy Units (MAPs): a project ensuring a complete cycle of medical assistance; Support for the state programme Affordable Medicines, which enables free or discounted access to pharmaceuticals; Partnerships with international missions and charitable organisations. Ukrvaktsyna demonstrates that a state-owned enterprise can be client-oriented, socially responsible, and deliver high-quality services. Victoriia Rosenko, Head of Marketing at Biopharma Plasma, shared the company’s main ESG priorities: Promoting plasma donation and ensuring its accessibility nationwide; Creating comfortable conditions for donors in all regions; Producing life-saving medicines for military personnel, cancer patients, people with immunodeficiency, and children with rare diseases; Organising corporate donor days and offering the option to transfer donor compensation to charities; Supporting rehabilitation centres and charitable foundations, including One Blood and Titanovi Rehab. Kateryna Serdyuk, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of the Repower Foundation, which focuses on the psychological recovery of military medics, presented the organisation’s projects, including a holistic rehabilitation programme. The event reaffirmed that Ukraine’s pharmaceutical sector is actively advancing ESG transformation, from meeting healthcare needs and developing donor culture to building transparent logistics and partnership models. The European Business Association extends its gratitude to all participants for sharing their experience and invites everyone to join future ESG Hub events.

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On 28 October, the European Business Association held an online meeting of the ESG Hub dedicated to ESG practices and initiatives within the pharmaceutical sector.

During the session, speakers presented their organisations’ case studies on implementing ESG practices, discussed related challenges, and outlined future plans. In particular, Andrii Nahornyi, Acting Director of the State Enterprise “Ukrvaktsyna” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, and Kateryna Liukhanova, Deputy Director of the same enterprise, highlighted key ESG initiatives, including:

Rapid logistics of humanitarian aid for healthcare facilities across Ukraine;
Providing hospitals with generators and solar panels;
Mobile Pharmacy Units (MAPs): a project ensuring a complete cycle of medical assistance;
Support for the state programme Affordable Medicines, which enables free or discounted access to pharmaceuticals;
Partnerships with international missions and charitable organisations.

Ukrvaktsyna demonstrates that a state-owned enterprise can be client-oriented, socially responsible, and deliver high-quality services.

Victoriia Rosenko, Head of Marketing at Biopharma Plasma, shared the company’s main ESG priorities:

Promoting plasma donation and ensuring its accessibility nationwide;
Creating comfortable conditions for donors in all regions;
Producing life-saving medicines for military personnel, cancer patients, people with immunodeficiency, and children with rare diseases;
Organising corporate donor days and offering the option to transfer donor compensation to charities;
Supporting rehabilitation centres and charitable foundations, including One Blood and Titanovi Rehab.

Kateryna Serdyuk, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of the Repower Foundation, which focuses on the psychological recovery of military medics, presented the organisation’s projects, including a holistic rehabilitation programme.

The event reaffirmed that Ukraine’s pharmaceutical sector is actively advancing ESG transformation, from meeting healthcare needs and developing donor culture to building transparent logistics and partnership models.
The European Business Association extends its gratitude to all participants for sharing their experience and invites everyone to join future ESG Hub events.