Citizenship Reporting

At Abbott, we have reported on our citizenship activities for more than a decade and have produced annual Global Citizenship Reports since 2000. While we once relied exclusively upon printed reports, the Abbott.com Web site has become our primary means for communicating Abbott's citizenship initiatives.

Since 2006, we have published our complete Global Citizenship Report online, supplemented by a printed summary that provides an overview of our activities during the year.

Our reporting focuses on material impacts—our efforts and results to address key issues Abbott is addressing as part of its commitment to good corporate citizenship.

Our reporting speaks to a range of stakeholders including customers, patients, employees, government and regulatory bodies, investors, special interest groups, non-governmental organizations and opinion leaders in the areas of citizenship and sustainability.

Scope of Reporting

Neither this Web site nor our printed reports contain performance information about our joint ventures, unless otherwise noted. Together Rx Access and Partnership for Prescription Assistance programs are not trademarks of Abbott. The Abbott Fund is an Illinois not-for-profit philanthropic corporation established by Abbott in 1951. All financial information is stated in U.S. dollars.

Feedback on Our Reporting

We draw upon many external resources in developing this Web site and our printed reports. They include SustainAbility, Business for Social Responsibility, the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at Harvard University and Corporate Citizenship. We gratefully acknowledge their input. Our engagement with these groups better informs our approach to reporting while also keeping us abreast of stakeholder expectations and helping us identify areas of opportunity for strengthened citizenship activities.

We also refer to such external standards on reporting as the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines and SustainAbility’s Reporting Methodology. We produce an index against the GRI reporting requirements—see GRI index.

2008 Global Citizenship Report (English)
2008 Global Citizenship Report (Chinese)