Supplier Sustainability

We are working beyond our direct operations to reduce environmental and social impact throughout our value chain. By working to strengthen the sustainability performance of our suppliers we have the potential to reduce our collective environmental footprint, and improve our overall operational performance. Recognizing the importance of our relationships with suppliers to achieve our mission, our Supplier Sustainability Program is designed to ensure that our suppliers not only address quality, cost and reliability requirements, but also ethical, environmental and social considerations.

The Supplier Code of Conduct is the foundation for the Supplier Sustainability Program, establishing the fundamental expectations that Amgen has for its suppliers, and closely aligned with the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative (PSCI) Principles for Responsible Supply Chain Management. Other elements of the Program include:

  • Sustainability performance assessments to evaluate key suppliers' performance in relation to Amgen's Supplier Code of Conduct.
  • In line with Amgen's 2027 Environmental Sustainability plan and our Scope 3 commitment to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) , we are asking suppliers across certain categories of purchased goods and services and capital goods, to set Science Based Targets
  • Collaboration with suppliers to understand the environmental footprint over our product's lifecycle, including the use of Product Sustainability Profiles to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Use of the Green Packaging Design rating system to increase use of environmentally-preferable packaging. For instance, nearly 100 percent of Amgen's paper-based packaging components for clinical and commercial products are sourced from certified-sustainable forests.
  • On-going monitoring of emerging global regulatory requirements associated with supply chains, to ensure that our Supplier Sustainability Program addresses those requirements in all markets in which we operate.

Links providing more details on the elements within the Supplier Sustainability Program are provided below.


Supplier Inclusion

Amgen strives to provide equal opportunities to all businesses to supply goods and services to support our procurement needs. Amgen always seeks to engage the most qualified suppliers based on business requirements, which includes efforts to identify, develop and utilize small business concerns. Amgen does not discriminate based on race, gender, or any other protected characteristic in engaging suppliers. Amgen’s intent is to support economic development efforts to the extent that jobs may be provided, entrepreneurship may be advanced, and useful goods and/or services may be procured at competitive prices.

Amgen’s Statement on Supplier Inclusion

“Amgen's commitment to supplier inclusion creates economic opportunities by procuring goods and services from a broad array of small business concerns, ranging in location, ownership and specialization. In line with this commitment, we strive to provide maximum practical opportunity to small business concerns to offer/deliver goods and services to Amgen. The use, and our collaboration with small business concerns is an integral part of our procurement process that supports economic development efforts to add jobs, advance entrepreneurship and procure goods and services at competitive prices. This supports our strategy, helps strengthen the communities where we operate and demonstrates our aim to be a leader in good corporate citizenship.”

– Bob Bradway, Chairman & CEO

Registering With Amgen

Thank you for your interest to work with Amgen. We are actively seeking small business concerns who can meet our business needs. Please take a moment to register in our small business supplier database here so that we would be able to easily identify you for future opportunities. If you require assistance with the registration, please reach out to Responsible_Sourcing@amgen.com.

If selected, Amgen requires suppliers that are small business concerns to submit a self-certification form as part of the on boarding process.