Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
We care: Keeping patients at the heart of everything we do
At Parexel We Care about our patients and people, We Care about our impact on the environment and We Care about delivering for customer and growing our business With Heart™ — and with integrity — every day. This commitment manifests in how we treat one another, how we come together during challenging times and how we show up every day in our communities.
From our CEO
At Parexel, what we do, we do With Heart™ . Strengthened by the legacy of our leadership and focus on operational excellence, our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) priorities are key to our long-term success and resiliency in the evolving clinical development landscape.
We firmly believe that having a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization allows us to build stronger relationships with our patients, sites, customers and suppliers, ultimately expanding care access to traditionally underrepresented patient populations.
Jamie Macdonald
Chief Executive Officer
Recent ESG Reports
2022 ESG Report
2021 ESG Report
2022 ESG Highlights
Patient Support
55+ patient advisors and care partners across the globe
participate in Parexel's Patient Advisory Council (PAC), representing a broad range of clinical conditions, including oncology and rare diseases
Clinical Trials
Conducted 250+ Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCTs) in the last five years,
accelerating their usage in treating patients and caregivers as essential members of our expert team
Diversity
47.4% of VPs-and-above
across Parexel organization are women
41.6% of our employees
are people of color
18.9% of our VP-and-above
employees are women of color
Sustainability
42% of our global operations
are located in LEED or BREEAM buildings*
48% reduction in CO2 emissions
achieved from air travel in 2022 from a 2019 baseline
Patients and People
Proving through our actions that improving patients' lives is our mission, and putting people first is our culture.
Our patients, people and suppliers are the heart of our Social Sustainability strategy. We believe that we have a responsibility to cultivate a sense of belonging across our business and that diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, pregnancy and lactation status and other differences is key to our success.
Our progress in making a difference for patients worldwide would not be possible without continued investment in our people. We firmly believe that having a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization allows us to build stronger relationships with our patients, sites, customers and suppliers. We also recognize the critical role patients play in advancing medical knowledge and improving healthcare outcomes through clinical research. We strive to eliminate barriers to access and ensure inclusivity and diversity so that trials are more reflective of real patient populations around the world.
When we say 'We Care' we mean it. All of us — no matter what we do at Parexel — recognize the importance of the people we serve and ensure that our customers, patients and partners feel valued, respected and supported by our work. This culture of inclusion powers our mission and drives us to make a difference every day.
Jamie Macdonald
Chief Executive Officer
Environmental Responsibility
Reducing our environmental footprint and create sustained, positive impact through our focus on operational excellence.
As a company focused on advancing world health, Parexel has a deep responsibility to minimize the risks posed to human health by climate change. Across our business we strive to reduce our environmental footprint while increasing our operational excellence. Whether it's leading the adoption of decentralized clinical trials, scaling back our resource consumption or reducing our physical office footprint, we actively seek innovative ways to do our part to create a healthier planet.
Parexel recognized that our work impacts our patients and our world. We take a holistic approach to assessing our business practices and identify areas where we can make improvements to reduce our environmental footprint.
Kevin L. Brandenburg
Chief Procurement Officer & Head of Corporate Services
Ethics, Values and Compliance
Conducting our business with quality and integrity, with every colleague empowered and accountable for applying our Code of Conduct to our work.
Ethics and integrity are the foundation for how we operate and are essential to our continued success. Having a strong governance culture improves our company's decision-making, adaptability and reliability. We strive to maintain a culture through which employees can and are encouraged to speak up and ensure our ethics and values are represented in everything we do.
Ethics and compliance are at the heart of every aspect of our business. Our Global Compliance Program ensures our business and our people operate with the utmost integrity to maintain the trust of our customers, patients, suppliers and sites.
Mike Crowley
CAO and General Counsel