Healing the Future

Abdi İbrahim harnesses the power of science and technology to integrate sustainability into its business processes, healing the future of the ecosystem, people and business.

Our approach

We aim for the transformation we have begun — driven by our vision of international leadership and our commitment to “Healing the Future” — to support meaningful changes that shape and heal the world. Our sustainability journey centres on three key areas: the future of the ecosystem, people and business.

Our strategy, designed from a long-term value-creation perspective, is underpinned by targets for 2030, 2040 and 2050. We implement it in line with our strategic priorities, base our operations on transparency, fairness, responsibility and accountability, and foster collaboration on the path to our goals.

Value chain

Product development and R&D

Developing innovative products
Bioequivalence studies
Branded product development processes
Finding new treatment methods
Clinical research to improve or compare existing treatment methods
Evaluating and reporting product risks and benefits
Exploring packaging alternatives with low environmental impact

TL 192 million R&D expenditure

Material supply

Raw material supply and inventory management
Managing the procurement of raw materials, materials and production equipment from suppliers
Exploring sustainable packaging alternatives
Supplier evaluation processes

2,018 suppliers

Registration

Preparing registration dossiers for medicinal products for human use
Managing registration processes
Preparing applications and obtaining approvals for cosmetics, medical devices and food supplements
Supporting product launch procedures

148 products registered across all countries in 2022

Production of pharmaceuticals and consumer health products

Production facilities in 3 countries: Türkiye, Kazakhstan, Algeria
Production services for national and international companies
Esenyurt production complex powered by 100% renewable electricity

Product packaging

Reducing packaging materials
Exploring packaging alternatives with low environmental impact

−28% packaging GHG emissions per product; 179 t of materials saved

Storage and distribution

Optimising storage and distribution processes
Abdi İbrahim Techno-Logistics Centre: all operations, including material handling, are computer-controlled with no manual intervention; 1,200 pallets moved daily
2022: 38,000+ EUR-pallets shipped to 26 companies under contract manufacturing
2022: approx. 87,000 pallets handled in the finished-goods warehouse

2022: approx. 7,500 EUR-pallets of medicines exported to 53 countries

Marketing and sales

228 brands and 458 products in Türkiye
120 brands and 220 products in international markets
Exports to more than 70 countries
Collaboration with more than 30 licensors
Abdi İbrahim teams in 18 countries

2,760-strong marketing and sales team

End of product life cycle

Packaging reduction
Exploring biodegradable packaging alternatives

2022 data.

Contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — the universal call to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity for all — Abdi İbrahim defined its sustainability actions based on a materiality analysis conducted in 2020. Its material topics are grouped so as to contribute to nine SDGs simultaneously within the UN 2030 Agenda.

Supported SDGs

SDGs 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 17

Topics of very high importance

R&D and innovation
Biotechnology products
Localisation
Stakeholder engagement
Talent management

Topics of high importance

Climate change and energy management
Waste management
Drug safety and side effects
Intellectual property and patents
Business ethics and transparency
Occupational health and safety

Sustainability goals

On the sustainability journey we set out on with our international leadership vision and the goal of “Healing the Future”, we aim to heal the future of our ecosystem, business and people.

2030

Targets

Become a carbon-neutral company
Reduce Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 60% against the 2020 base year
Reduce Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 45% against the 2020 base year
Increase sustainable packaging for consumer health products by 5%
Measure the impact of investments (SROI)
Raise the share of women in management (manager and above) to 45%
Raise average training hours per employee to 30
Raise the share of local suppliers in Türkiye operations to 80%
Collect sustainability data from critical suppliers accounting for 80% of direct purchasing volume

2040

Targets

Reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 75% against the 2020 base year
Reduce all Scope 3 emissions by 60% against the 2020 base year
Increase impact-oriented collaboration
Implement programmes to improve critical suppliers’ sustainability performance

2050

Targets

Achieve net zero emissions
Deliver social investment projects whose impact exceeds the investment made
Raise the share of women in management to 50%
Increase investment in the future of the business

Focus areas

Decarbonisation

Acting towards net zero emissions across the value chain.

Good for employees

Developing the competences the industry will need in the future; upholding diversity, equality and inclusion.

Leadership

Local production “starting from the cell” and taking our leadership from Türkiye to the international level through a broad portfolio and investment in biotechnology.