1、 Zealand Pharma A/S Smedeland 36 2600 Glostrup Denmark Statutory report on Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR)2016 Statutory report on Corporate Social Responsibility for the financial year 2016 cf.Section 99a and 99b of the Danish Financial Statements Act1.This report is a supplement to the Manage
2、ments review in the Annual Report 2016 covering the period January 1 December 31,2016.1In Danish Lovpligtig redegrelse for samfundsansvar,jf.rsregnskabsloven 99a og 99b Zealand Pharma A/S Statutory report on Corporate Social Responsibility 2016 2/11 Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR)Report for 201
3、6 Acting as a responsible part of society is a cornerstone in the way we conduct our business.Our behavior should benefit the patients we strive to help,our employees,shareholders and the wider community.Zealand and CSR Our Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR)work is an integrated part of Zealands b
4、usiness,and the efforts in this area are based on our core values.We believe that Zealand has an obligation to be socially responsible in order to benefit not only our main stakeholders,mainly shareholders,patients and employees,but also society.A key focus for us across our business is to have open
5、,engaging and respectful communication with all our stakeholders.Our CSR efforts are based on the most common elements of some of the most widely implemented CSR initiatives in the world,notably the Global Reporting Initiative(GRI)and the United Nations Global Compact.Within these two systems,Zealan
6、d has found complementary frameworks for both guiding and reporting its CSR activities,along with several principles in the areas of labor,e environment,human rights and anticorruption.In addition to these,we have added a provisional category for animal rights,given the unique requirements of our in