Haleon
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Healthcare
Established in July 2022 as a corporate spin-off from GSK. It is the largest consumer healthcare business in the world.
Company Ownership
Haleon plc | UK | website | ||||
Pfizer Inc ![]() owns 32% of Haleon plc |
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Pharmaceuticals World's largest research-based pharmaceuticals firm. Its products include Viagra, Benadryl and Sudafed. Bought Wyeth in 2009 for US$68 billion. In 2019 Pfizer and GSK merged their consumer healthcare divisions. | ||||||
GSK plc ![]() owns 10% of Haleon plc |
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Pharmaceuticals Formerly GlaxoSmithKline plc. One of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. In 2022 GSK spun off its consumer health division, creating a new entity, Haleon. |
Company Assessment
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This company is 10.3% owned by GSK, which has several criticisms and an overall Shop Ethical rating of 'F'.
Source: Shop Ethical (2023)
This company is 32% owned by Pfizer, which has several criticisms and an overall Shop Ethical rating of 'F'.
Source: Shop Ethical (2022) |
The WWF Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard 2021 assesses 227 companies on the actions companies have taken to ensure their own palm oil supply chain is sustainable and free of deforestation, natural ecosystem conversion, and human rights abuse. This company failed to respond to WWF's requests for information.
Source: WWF Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard (2021)
This company is a member of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, whose stated mission is to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works with business, government and academia to build a framework for an economy that is restorative and regenerative by design.
Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2023)
In 2022 after more than 170 nations backed a historic UN resolution to end plastic pollution, global businesses across the plastics value chain, financial institutions, and NGOs came together to announce a common vision for an effective and ambitious Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution. The vision will form the basis for future policy engagements with governments through a newly launched Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty which will be convened by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and WWF. This company has endorsed the vision statement of the treaty.
Source: Global Plastics Treaty (2023)
California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.
Source: company website (2021) |
Company Details
Type | Public company |
Founded | 2022 |
Revenue | 9.5 billion GBP (2021) |
Employees | 22,000 (2021) |
Subsidiaries | Haleon Australia Pty Ltd ![]() Consumer healthcare Formerly GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd. In 2019 GSK and Pfizer merged their consumer health businesses, creating a joint venture called GSK Consumer Healthcare, which was spun-off as a new entity named Haleon in 2022. |
Contact Details
Address | Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom |
Website | www.haleon.com |
Products / Brands
Haleon Australia
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