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          2022 Sustainability Highlights
        

          Conference call for investors and analysts
        



          22 March 2023
        





          Forward-looking statements
        

          In order, among other things, to utilise the 'safe harbour' provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, AstraZeneca (hereafter 'the Group') provides the following cautionary statement: this document contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to the operations, performance and financial condition of the Group, including, among other things, statements about expected revenues, margins, earnings per share or other financial or other measures. Although the Group believes its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, any forward-looking statements, by their very nature, involve risks and uncertainties and may be influenced by factors that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those predicted. The forward-looking statements reflect knowledge and information available at the date of preparation of this document and the Group undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. The Group identifies the forward-looking statements by using the words 'anticipates', 'believes', 'expects', 'intends' and similar expressions in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, certain of which are beyond the Group's control, include, among other things: the risk of failure or delay in delivery of pipeline or launch of new medicines; the risk of failure to meet regulatory or ethical requirements for medicine development or approval; the risk of failure to obtain, defend and enforce effective IP protection and IP challenges by third parties; the impact of competitive pressures including expiry or loss of IP rights, and generic competition; the impact of price controls and reductions; the impact of economic, regulatory and political pressures; the impact of uncertainty and volatility in relation to the UK's exit from the EU; the risk of failures or delays in the quality or execution of the Group's commercial strategies; the risk of failure to maintain supply of compliant, quality medicines; the risk of illegal trade in the Group's medicines; the impact of reliance on third-party goods and services; the risk of failure in information technology, data protection or cybercrime; the risk of failure of critical processes; any expected gains from productivity initiatives are uncertain; the risk of failure to attract, develop, engage and retain a diverse, talented and capable workforce; the risk of failure to adhere to applicable laws, rules and regulations; the risk of the safety and efficacy of marketed medicines being questioned; the risk of adverse outcome of litigation and/or governmental investigations; the risk of failure to adhere to increasingly stringent anti-bribery and anti-corruption legislation; the risk of failure to achieve strategic plans or meet targets or expectations; the risk of failure in financial control or the occurrence of fraud; the risk of unexpected deterioration in the Group's financial position; and the impact that the COVID-19 global pandemic may have or continue to have on these risks, on the Group's ability to continue to mitigate these risks, and on the Group's operations, financial results or financial condition. Nothing in this document, or any related presentation/webcast, should be construed as a profit forecast.
        



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          Sustainability at AstraZeneca
        

          Pam Cheng
        

          E X E C U T I V E V I C E P R E S I D E N T, G L O B A L
        

          O P E R AT I O N S , I N F O R M AT I O N T EC H N O L O G Y A N D C H I E F S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y O F F I C E R
        






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          Sustainability Governance at AstraZeneca
        

          Embedding sustainability in everything we do to create value beyond the impact of our medicines
        




            Leif Johansson
          

            Non-Executive Chair of the Board
          

            Pascal Soriot
          

            Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
          



            BOD
          

            BOD
          

            SET
          



            Board of Directors (BOD)
          




                  Nazneen Rahman
                



                  BOD
                








            Non-Executive Director of the Board
          

            and Chair of the Sustainability BSC


            Committee
          

            BOD
          

            Marcus Wallenberg
          

            Non-Executive Director of the Board BSC


            Senior Executive Team (SET)
          

            Pam Cheng
          

            SET
          

            Executive Vice President,
          

            Global Operations,
          

            Information Technology and
          

            Chief Sustainability Officer
          



            Sheri McCoy
          

            Chief Human Resources
          

            Officer, Chief Compliance Officer
          

            and General Counsel
          

            Andreas RummeltSET


            Non-Executive Director of the Board
          

            Jeff Pott
          

            Chief Human Resources
          

            Officer, Chief Compliance Officer
          

            and General Counsel
          



            BOD
          

            BSC
          

            BOD
          

            BSC
          

            SET
          







BOD Board of Directors
              



SET Senior Executive Team
              



BSC Board Sustainability Committee
              









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          Industry-leading efforts in Sustainability
        

          Building a sustainable future for people, society and the planet
        

          Sustainability Ratings
        




            Equitable access
          

            Affordability and pricing
          

            Health system resilience
          

            Sustainability
          

            at AstraZeneca
          

            Ethical business culture
          

            Inclusion and diversity
          

            Workforce safety and health
          



            Ambition Zero
          

            Carbon
          

            Product
          

            sustainability
          

            Natural resources
          

Our three interconnected sustainability priorities
          

            are underpinned by nine focus areas
          



            3rd overall
          

            up from 7th in 2020
          

            Bloomberg Gender-
          

Equity Index constituent for
          

            5th consecutive year
          

A for Climate Change and Water Security
          

            World & Europe
          

            constituent
          

            AA MSCI ESG rating
          

            maintained since 2014


            decreasing ESG Risk
          

Rating since 2019
          







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