Global research company Frost & Sullivan has named Novo Nordisk as the Diabetes CSR Company of the Year. The acknowledgement recognizes the company’s long-term commitment to improving diabetes care in Indonesia.
“As a leading diabetes care company we are committed to work closely with local partners to improve diabetes education and awareness in Indonesia”, said Sandeep Sur, general manager, Novo Nordisk Indonesia. “We are very honoured about this recognition given by Frost & Sullivan and will continue our journey of changing diabetes in Indonesia.”
Indonesia has the 7th highest number of people living with diabetes in the world with an estimated 8.5 million people.[1] Due to poor access to healthcare and limited quality of care, less than 1% of Indonesians living with diabetes are achieving internationally recommended blood sugar levels.[2]
In 2003, Novo Nordisk in a concerted action with partners, started investing in response to the rise in diabetes, strengthening healthcare professional education, establishing diabetes care centres in rural areas and increasing awareness about diabetes and its risk factors.
Frost & Sullivan commend Novo Nordisk’s decade of social responsibility, calling attention to the company’s outperformance of peers on 4 criteria – Growth strategy excellence, Growth implementation excellence, Degree of innovation with new products and technology, and Leadership in customer value and market penetration.
In the award report, Frost & Sullivan states:
Novo Nordisk has proven its leadership in CSR in the Indonesian diabetes care market through its dedicated focus on improving quality of life for diabetics through its patient-focused activities along with a significant degree of innovation through its range of solutions to support treatment.
In a 2013 business case, Where economics and health meet: changing diabetes in Indonesia, Novo Nordisk analysed the economic and societal benefits of its operations. The business case aims to identify ways the company can work together with governmental and non-governmental partners to scale up successful projects, programmes and initiatives in Indonesia benefitting patients and the diabetes care community.
The award was presented to Sandeep Sur, General Manager PT Novo Nordisk Indonesia in Jakarta on 23 September 2014.
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[1] International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas, 6th edn. Brussels, Belgium: International Diabetes Federation, 2013. http://www.idf.org/diabetesatlas
[2] A1chieve study. Country results presentation Indonesia. Novo Nordisk, 2012
