PING Conference 2025 - Key takeaways
This paper is part of our Sustainability Insights series following the 2025 PING Conference on Sustainability - What must Pharma do now? - bringing you expert perspectives and practical takeaways from key discussions shaping the future of businesses looking to address the threats and opportunities of sustainability in the life sciences sector. Thanks to Hertfordshire Futures for their great support of PING yet again.
On 12 May 2025, VWV welcomed over 100 leaders from across the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector to the historic Old Palace at Hatfield House for our flagship event – the 2025 PING Conference.
This year’s theme, “Sustainability – What must Pharma do now?”, brought together a diverse and highly engaged audience of business leaders, investors, NHS representatives, consultants, policy experts and industry innovators to explore one of the most pressing challenges facing the sector today: how to embed environmental sustainability as a core business imperative.
As the regulatory, financial, and reputational stakes rise – and as the NHS and global supply chains accelerate their own net zero commitments – sustainability is rapidly evolving to a central operational priority for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. Our speakers and panellists brought deep insight into this shifting landscape, covering the drivers for change and the practical strategies organisations can adopt to respond.
Below, is a collection of summaries of the sessions and a roundup of what our excellent speakers had to share at this year's conference. The PING conference is proudly supported by Hertfordshire Futures: