Thank you for the opportunity to provide further comment regarding Novartis’ position on the Responsible Business Initiative. Further to the consolidated statement prepared by economiesuisse and SwissHoldings which was sent to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre previously, we refer you to our additional supporting independent statement at the following link, which you are welcome to post on BHRRC’s Weekly Update: https://www.novartis.com/sites/www.novartis.com/files/responsible-business-initiative-novartis-attitude-context.pdf