The drug that saves lives but kills the planet
GlaxoSmithKline is one of the world's largest drugmakers, employing 94,000 people. It is therefore not surprising that its carbon footprint is significant. But the biggest culprit isn't business travel or manufacturing. GSK is helping to kill the planet with a life-saving drug.
Inhalers made by GSK and used by asthmatics around the world contain a greenhouse gas 1,500 times more potent than carbon dioxide, according to Dr Christer Janson, a pulmonologist and professor at Uppsala University. Those tiny puffs that propel drugs into a patient's lungs are society's greatest contribution to global warming. “Even if the volume is rather low, it has a certain importance,” says Mr. Janson.
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“The inhalers made by GSK and used by asthmatics around the world contain a greenhouse gas 1,500 times more potent than carbon dioxide”
This is not an open secret, but something hidden in plain sight in GSK's annual report. The company states that 8% of its carbon emissions come from its own activities, 45% from its suppliers, 6% from [...]
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