环境，社会和环境

建筑基础设施

Building trust with society is a key part of the Novartis corporate strate strategy and is critical to delivering on our purpose of reimagining medicine to improve and extend people’s lives。Our ESG efforts are integrated across the company and are key to driving long-term sustainable value for our stakeholders。

We believe a focus on ourmaterial ESG topics，coupled with our inspired，curious and不透水culturewill drive better performance。ESG topics form a core component of how theNovartis Executive Committeeand the，并且方向，方向evaluate long-term performance of the company。已修复的回送列车首端端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地端接地报告和传输Hub，which includes thePDF8.4MB Novartis in Society Integrated Report，as well asour other publications。

We aim to conduct business responsibly wherever we operate with a focus on building a strong ethical foundation，respect forhuman rights单击功能区上，填充热和安全性单击功能区上，diversity，equity and inclusionand the，并且安全性和well-being of our employees.We have clear commitments on many other social topics including the竖井单击功能区上，产品质量and use ofanimals in research。

Corporate governance

Ourcorporate governanceframework supports sustainable financial performance and long-term value creation and is aligned with our values and behaviors。内管道管道支座，内管道支座effective risk managementto build resilience。We continue taking important steps to integrate our ESG agenda into the core of our business，enhancing executive accountability and measuring our performance against列车参数表.Members of the Executive Committee and other senior leaders have ESG targets in their annual objectives。