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ESG Update: DCAT Member Companies in the Community  

The latest ESG (environmental, social and governance)news from DCAT Member Companies on how they are making an impact globally and in their local communities. Have a ESG news announcement to share for editorial consideration in DCAT Value Chain Insights? Click here to submit.  

Global Health  
* Merck & Co. Launches Initiative for Health Equity in Cardio Care 
* J&J Donates $100 M in MedTech Products
Sustainability  
* Vetter Gets Top Sustainability Rating & Expands Climate Goals 
* Piramal Pharma Announces Sustainability Rating 
* Curia Releases Sustainability Report 

Global Health 

Merck & Co. Launches Initiative for Health Equity in Cardio Care 
The Merck Foundation has launched the Collaborative for Equity in Cardiac Care, a $22-million, five-year initiative aimed at enhancing access to high-quality, person-centered health care for people living with heart conditions in the US. Eleven organizations are receiving grants to support the development and implementation of evidence-informed, comprehensive programs to improve health outcomes in communities where access to timely care for cardiovascular disease is a challenge. 

Collaborative program grantees include: 

  • Capital Health System (Trenton, New Jersey) 
  • The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness (Madison, Wisconsin) 
  • Gallup Community Health (Gallup, New Mexico) 
  • Georgia State University Research Foundation/Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (Atlanta, Georgia) 
  • La Clínica del Pueblo (Washington, D.C.) 
  • MedNorth Health Center (New Hanover, North Carolina) 
  • Providence Medical Foundation (Sonoma County, California) 
  • Public Health Institute/Population Health Innovation Lab (Lake County, California) 
  • University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) 
  • UPMC Center for High-Value Health Care (McKeesport, Pennsylvania) 
  • Zufall Health Center (Morris County, New Jersey) 

Source: Merck Foundation 

J&J Donates $100 M in MedTech Products 
Johnson & Johnson (J&J), with support from the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, has announced that it has donated $100 million of MedTech products since 2020. The company has also planned to contribute an additional $20 million toward programs and impact investments that empower health workers to deliver cardiac, vision and surgical care in their communities in 2026. 

Source: Johnson & Johnson 

Sustainability 

Vetter Gets Top Sustainability Rating & Expands Climate Goals 
Vetter, a CDMO of aseptic filling and packaging, has received the EcoVadis Platinum rating as well as the official validation of its emission reduction targets by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). 

The official validation of the emission reduction targets by the SBTi approves Vetter’s sustainability roadmap: by 2034, the company aims to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions from Scope 1 and 2 by 58.8% (baseline 2021). The planned reductions will be achieved through a mix of measures, including technical modernization of facilities and equipment, by leveraging energy recovery potentials such as waste heat, and transitioning to lower-carbon energy sources, such as replacing natural gas with biomethane. 

Source: Vetter 

Piramal Pharma Announces Sustainability Rating 
Piramal Pharma has announced that it achieved a score of 63 on the 2025 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), an annual evaluation that assesses the sustainability performance of companies across various industries by analyzing them on criteria such as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, governance maturity, and long-term value creation. Piramal Pharma Limited (PPL), which encompasses, inter alia, Piramal Pharma Solutions, a CDMO, and Piramal Critical Care, earned a 63 on the 2025 S&P Global CSA, placing the company in the 91st percentile within the pharmaceutical industry; this marks a 15% improvement over the company’s previous score of 55.   

Source: Piramal Pharma  

Curia Releases ESG Report 
Curia, a CDMO, released last October (October 2025) its third Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report, which encompassed key environmental, health, and safety (EHS) highlights from 2024. Key accomplishments include: 

  • In 2024, Curia committed to setting near-and long-term company-wide greenhouse gas emission reductions in line with climate science through the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) and joined the United Nations’ Race to Zero campaign, a global coalition of non-state entities working toward halving global emissions by 2030. 
  • Curia’s facilities in France (Bon Encontre and Tonneins) achieved ISO 9001, 45001 and 14001 certifications, and its sites in Italy (Origgio and Rozzano) achieved ISO 45001 and 14001 certifications. The company’s EHS Management System continues to mirror ISO 14001 and 45001 standards across all sites. 
  • Eighty-five percent of Curia’s facilities exceeded one year without a recordable injury, with nine sites exceeding more than two years. 
  • Employees voluntarily devoted over 10,000 hours to learning on the company’s iLearn platform, powered by Skillsoft’s Percipio technology, which continues to offer learning resources for exempt-level employees globally. 
  • Curia’s DE&I Council continues to expand with a focus on providing a forum for discussion and a path for advancement for all employees. 

Source: Curia