SOCIAL BOND FRAMEWORK AND INDEPENDENT ASSESMENT
In 2025, GHG developed a Social Bond Framework in preparation for issuing its first social bond.
The framework received a Second Party Opinion from Scope ESG Analysis, confirming its full alignment with the 2023 ICMA Social Bond Principles. Scope awarded it a Transformative Human Score - its highest possible rating - recognizing both the strength of the framework and GHG's overall commitment to sustainability. The framework is also aligned with the Georgian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy.
Read the full SPO report and Social Bond Framework here:
Georgia Healthcare Group - Second Party Opinion Report.pdf
Social Bond Framework.pdf
We are committed to ensuring that individuals and communities associated with our projects are able to access independent channels for raising concerns. The AIIB Project-affected People’s Mechanism (PPM) can be reached through the following link:
https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/how-we-assist-you/index.html
THE SOLE PROVIDER OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY SERVICES IN GEORGIA
Our hospitals business is the sole provider of pediatric oncology services in Georgia, offering support to children with various oncology disorders free of charge under the Government-subsidized program. In 2025, 451 patients with different types of cancer (solid tumors, leukemia, lymphomas, etc.) received the necessary treatment, and 78 patients received onco-hematology treatment.
MAKING HEALTHCARE AFFORDABLE FOR THE ONES IN NEED
Our healthcare businesses dedicated significant resources to making healthcare services accessible to people in need. In 2025, the business carried out 10 different free screening programs for up to 13,679 patients. Such free-of-charge medical check-ups and screening programs include managing tuberculosis, cancer screenings, hepatitis C screening and antenatal programs. At our hospitals, specialists deliver free medical services, including examination and treatment of socially and economically disadvantaged groups of the population. During the year our hospital’s business spent up to GEL 1.2 million on providing free medical services to socially and economically disadvantaged groups. In cooperation with other healthcare institutions, the business also arranges free blood transfusions for inpatients. The hospitals business also continued to support Georgian Solidarity Fund beneficiaries with free medical services at our facilities.
The business also offered a 20% discount on all of our healthcare services to a charitable fund supporting children diagnosed with leukemia and cancer.
As part of an ongoing project of joint social responsibility of our clinics business and Liberty Bank, pensioners and socially vulnerable people received discounts on dental services. Since its start in January 2020, the project benefited around 83,000 patients, who received around 596,000 discounted services.
Our clinics business launched the project “Healthy Club” in collaboration with Bank of Georgia (BOG). The program supports the healthy lifestyle initiative and offers up to 40% discounts on medical services to BoG’s loyalty program customers and BoG employees. A total of 1,020,000 services were provided by our clinics to over 233,000 Healthy Club members in 2025.
In 2025, Evex’s Children Neurodevelopment Center, Karavi, partnered with MAC Georgia through a memorandum of understanding (“MoU”), establishing a meaningful collaboration dedicated to strengthening parents of neurodivergent children and supporting the overall well-being of families. The partnership reflects a shared commitment to creating accessible, sustainable, and parent-centred developmental support across Georgia.
Parents of neurodivergent children often face limited access to continuous therapeutic guidance and practical tools for managing emotional and behavioural challenges at home. To address these barriers, the first initiative launched under the MoU—sponsored by McLain Association for Children—is the programme “QST: Massage Therapy for Children on the Autism Spectrum.” QST equips parents to independently support their children’s sensory and emotional regulation without the ongoing presence of a therapist. Through this collaboration, five socially and economically vulnerable families in Georgia received full coverage of the QST programme, gaining access to high-quality therapeutic training that would otherwise be unattainable.
In 2025, Karavi also introduced “Green Light”, a joint pilot programme with the disability support organisation Speak Up, designed to support single mothers raising children with disabilities. Funded by the Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation, Green Light will provide 25 parents with therapeutic and educational sessions, and 60 parents with group educational modules. The programme includes intensive psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy, neuro-linguistic programming, online psycho-educational sessions, disability rights training, personal coaching, and peer-support workshops.
Additionally, 2025 saw a successful completion of the second cycle of the International Child Development Programme. Participants attended ten workshop sessions designed to strengthen sensitive, supportive interactions between children and caregivers, fostering emotional well-being and resilience across families and educational settings.
REDEFINING HEALTH LITERACY THROUGH DOCTORS' CHRONICLES
In 2025, our diagnostics business, Megalab, launched an expert-led digital awareness initiative titled “Doctors’ Chronicles with Megalab”. The campaign brought together leading physicians from multiple specialties to share reliable, accessible health information with the broader public.
Through a series of short, educational videos and interviews – produced in collaboration with Megalab and published across Megalab’s digital platforms – the campaign addressed a wide range of pressing health topics. Each episode aimed to simplify complex medical concepts and provide clear, science-based guidance that people could easily understand and apply in their everyday lives.
The overarching goal of “Doctors’ Chronicles with Megalab” was to strengthen public health literacy, promote prevention and early diagnosis and highlight the essential role of timely laboratory testing in maintaining well-being.
EMPLOYEE HEALTH MARATHON ACROSS THE HEALTHCARE SERVICES BUSINESS
In 2025, our healthcare business successfully concluded a six-month “Marathon of Well-being”, an initiative designed to promote healthier lifestyles, deepen awareness of holistic wellness, and encourage employees to take active responsibility for their physical and mental health.
Throughout the programme, employees worked closely with dedicated health coaches and nutritionists, set personalised wellness goals, and made steady progress toward achieving them. Participants received full coverage for medical check-ups, wellness monitoring tools, and physical activity programmes, helping them track improvements and maintain ongoing motivation.
To further strengthen engagement, the marathon included a series of professional workshops and seminars—ranging from stress- management sessions led by a psychologist to nutrition seminars, movement workshops, and other well-being-oriented events. These activities equipped employees with practical skills and knowledge to enhance their daily routines.
The results were highly encouraging. Participants reported meaningful lifestyle improvements, increased resilience, and the adoption of sustainable healthy habits. By prioritising both physical and mental well-being, the programme reinforced our commitment to fostering a supportive, health-conscious, and inclusive workplace culture, where employees feel empowered to thrive.
ELEVATING HEALTHCARE EXPERTISE
In line with our long-term commitment to advancing decent work and supporting the professional growth of healthcare workers in Georgia, our healthcare services business significantly expanded its training and education programmes in 2025. Through dedicated learning centres, international partnerships, and modern digital platforms, we continued to invest in a highly skilled, future-ready workforce.
Our hospitals business delivers both mandatory and optimal medical and non-medical training programmes through its dedicated training centre. Throughout the year, a total of 5,050 employees completed training, including 2,766 online courses and 2,284 classroom sessions, strengthening continuous skill development across the organisation.
A major focus in 2025 was the nursing education programme implemented in partnership with USAID. The programme provides mandatory medical training for physicians and nurses across our healthcare services business, as well as
additional foundational courses in medication dosage, anatomy and physiology, and basic nursing procedures. USAID also delivered several specialised modules, including Fundamentals of Intensive Care Nursing, Trauma Life Support, and Nursing Management of Surgical and Therapeutic Pathologies.
The clinical workforce was further strengthened through the Respiratory Therapy Nurse Retraining Programme with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),
The Vian Training Centre, and the AIMS Association. A total of 90 nurses from five regions of Georgia completed the programme, which included more than 32 online lectures, The top 10 performing nurses completed practical skills training in Italy, and study visits to renowned institutions such as the University of Padua, the Padua Clinic, and the hospitals of Cittadella and Mestre. This initiative considerably expanded national capacity in respiratory therapy – an area of growing priority for Georgia’s healthcare system.
Together with USAID and the Vian Training Centre, we also completed a large-scale nursing professional education project involving 275 nurses across our healthcare services business working in emergency medicine, intensive care, and surgical departments. The project introduced an innovative electronic learning platform, integrating video lectures, learning materials, and self-assessment tests developed in line with the latest clinical guidelines. As part of the initiative, several new
regional training centers were established, including two OSCE- equipped simulation centres, enabling nurses to gain hands-on experience in realistic, practice-oriented environments.
In addition, the Evex Learning Centre continued to serve as a leading provider of continuous medical education in Georgia. In 2025, the centre trained 843 nurses (including both employees and candidates), 2,769 physicians, and 1,391 back-office employees and managers.
THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST DIGITAL HEALTHCARE PLATFORM
EKIMO is an innovative, independent and fully integrated digital healthcare platform that consolidates all primary healthcare services, including doctors, clinics, laboratories, radiology units, retail pharmacies and medical insurance. Launched in March 2020, the platform is open to all healthcare providers and health product vendors in the country.
EKIMO is free for users, offering seamless access to a comprehensive healthcare ecosystem, including appointment bookings, online consultations, payment services and pharmacy deliveries. Since its inception, EKIMO include a network of 787 doctors from 16 clinics, with half of these being independent third-party providers. In 2021, EKIMO earned the Gold Award in the Environmental & Social Innovation category at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Sustainability Awards.
SPECIALISED MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WASTE DISPOSAL AT OUR HEALTHCARE BUSINESSES
The hospitals business continues to promote its going paperless program. In this regard, the business has replaced several historically paper-based procedures with software-based programs and has launched “The Green Project” by placing special boxes at the business’s facilities for recycling paper waste. The money received from the sale of scrap paper collected through such boxes will be used for various social activities. The hospitals business’ annual consumption of paper stood at approximately 1,260 tons in 2024.
Our hospitals and clinics businesses’ medical waste management record-keeping standards remain in line with national legislative requirements. To further reduce risks and maintain regulatory compliance, the hospitals and clinics businesses regularly conduct internal training on waste management procedures. To prevent human or environmental harm, the clinics business collects and disposes of medical and biological waste through a specialized outsourced service.
The hospitals business is dedicated to looking at innovative ways of reducing medical and biological waste and taking advantage of best practices both in Georgia and internationally. To ensure the reliability of their contractors, the hospital’s business regularly examines monthly reports and imposes penalties if necessary. In total, the hospitals business generated 750 tons of medical waste in 2024, compared to 762 tons in 2023.
The Group is dedicated to operating in a socially and environmentally responsible way, aiming to minimize the environmental footprint of its activities while continuously improving its social impact, with the goal of delivering sustainable long-term value to its shareholders.
For more detailed information, please refer to our Environmental and Social Policy available at the link below:
Environmental and Social Policy.pdf