Bayer has supported the United Nations Global Compact since this was founded in 2000. We want to
play an active part in the endeavors to make globalization more socially and ecologically compatible and
to raise standards in the fields of human rights, labor rights and environmental protection and in the fight against corruption.
Since the end of 2010, the UN Global Compact has offered participants a range of options for putting their own stamp on their progress reports. As a member of the Global Compact LEAD initiative, we base our activities on the Blueprint for Corporate Sustainability Leadership and report on the progress we make in line with the “Advanced Level.” For this level of progress reporting (Communication on Progress / COP), in addition to meeting the basic requirements, participants must also fill in a questionnaire that takes the form of a self-assessment. The questionnaire calls for the fulfillment of 24 criteria relating to strategy, goals, implementation of the Global Compact principles in the supply chain too, and publication of best practices. The Bayer “COP Advanced Level” can be found on the website of the UN Global Compact initiative: http://www.unglobalcompact.org/
The following table provides a concise summary of the activities and management systems at Bayer that support the 10 principles of the Global Compact and the results which were achieved in 2010.
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Systems
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Measures 2010
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Achievements 2010
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Principle 1:
Support of human rights
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- Human Rights Position
- Corporate Compliance Policy
- Bayer Sustainable Development Policy
- Bayer policy guideline on procurement
- Procedure for selecting
and evaluating suppliers ,
- Supplier Code of Conduct ,
- Guidelines on occupational
health and safety
- Establishment of a Safety Council
- New program of targets for 2015
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- Strategy development and expansion of the alliances for sustainable health care and partnerships for good harvests
- Information campaign (brochure / training presentation) on the theme of human rights extended to all Group countries by the start of 2011
- Continuous information and training on the theme of compliance
- E-learning tool for new employees, "Discovering Bayer” with chapter on human rights
- Purchaser training on sustainability and on the Supplier Code of Conduct
- Roll-out of the Supplier Code of Conduct from December 2009
- Occupational safety: ideas and activities
- Launch of Group-wide initiative on process and plant safety
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- Increase in the Group-wide training
rate for human rights issues
- Training rate for our strategic purchasers
worldwide almost at 100%, plus training for new purchasers
- Supplier training sessions on the Code of Conduct and assessments
- Employee union representatives already elected at six sites of our Group companies in China; three more to follow shortly
- In 2010, 61% of managerial employees completed web-based compliance training
- Number of occupational injuries to Bayer employees that led to lost days fell again (to 1.7 MAQ)
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Principle 2:
Exclusion of human rights violations
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- Human Rights Position
- Corporate Compliance Policy
- Supplier Code of Conduct ,
- Procurement / Supplier
management ,
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- Information campaign (brochure / training presentation) on the theme of human rights extended to all Group countries by the start of 2011
- Supplier management: risk analysis using the Bayer Country Sustainability Risk Index
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Principle 3:
Observance of the right to freedom of association
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- Collective agreements
such as sector or in-house agreements
- Bayer European Forum
- Human Rights Position
- Supplier Code of Conduct
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- Constitution of union representation at Bayer China
- Information campaign (brochure /
training presentation) on the theme
of human rights extended to all
Group countries by the start of 2011
- Roll-out of the Supplier Code of Conduct from December 2009
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- Employee union representatives already elected at six sites of our Group companies in China; three more to follow shortly
- Purchaser and supplier training on the Code of Conduct
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Principle 4:
Abolition of all forms of forced labor
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- Human Rights Position
- Corporate Compliance organization
- Supplier Code of Conduct
- Procurement / Supplier
management ,
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- Purchaser training on sustainability
and on the Supplier Code of Conduct
- Roll-out of the Supplier Code of Conduct from December 2009
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- Supplier training sessions on the
Code of Conduct and assessments ,
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Principle 5:
Abolition of child labor
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- Human Rights Position
- Corporate Compliance organization
- Procurement / Supplier management ,
- Supplier Code of Conduct ,
- Bayer Child Care Program , ,
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- Expansion of system for countering child labor , ,
- Purchaser training on sustainability and on the new Supplier Code of Conduct
- Roll-out of the Supplier Code of Conduct from December 2009
- Learning for Life initiative (India)
for improved personal circumstances
(in cooperation with NGO),
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- Brochure on child labor
- Renewed confirmation by auditsm that there is no systematic child labor in the supply chain for cotton seeds in India
- Bayer Child Care Program expanded
to seed production for hybrid rice in 2010
- Learning for Life initiative (India): in
2010, 535 school students received
educational support at 23 Academic Learning Centers. In the year under review, 834 children attended 29 Early Childhood Education Centers. In Karnataka, 1,949 trainees regularly attended vocational lessons in the 2009 / 2010 and 2010 / 2011 academic years
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Principle 6:
Elimination of discrimination
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- Human Rights Position
- Bayer diversity policy
- Bayer diversity councils
- Corporate Compliance Policy
- Supplier Code of Conduct
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- Equal opportunities programs at BHC ,
- Promotion of diversity through networks ,
- Bayer USA program for training and employing people with disabilities
- New target for 2015: increase the proportion of women in management positions to approaching 30%
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- Continued increase in percentage of women in senior management
positions
- SPEED program to support talented
young employees and managerial
staff in Asia / Pacific region
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Principle 7:
Precautionary environmental protection
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- Bayer Sustainable Development
Policy ,
- HSEQ management
systems , ,
- Risk management systems ,
- Global Product Strategy
- Supplier Code of Conduct
- “BayRisk” instruction
- Establishment of a Safety Council
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- Regular HSE(Q) audits
- Analysis of pharmaceuticals in the
environment
- Training in methods of sustainable agriculture worldwide , ,
- Biodiversity projects ,
- Launch of Group-wide initiative on process and plant safety
- New target for 2015: roll out Global
Product Strategy in another 10 countries with different
languages
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- REACH: successful registration of 125 substances that are produced or imported in volumes greater than 1,000 metric tons per
year or that are particularly hazardous
- Presentation of the CEO Safety
Award initiated by BMS
- Registration in the Inventory of
the European Chemicals Agency
(ECHA) of all substances marketed
in the E.U. and classified as GHS by
the deadline of November 30, 2010
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Principle 8:
Specific commitment to environmental protection
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- Bayer Sustainable
Development Policy
- Group Program of
Objectives 2006+
- New program of targets for 2015
- Bayer Sustainability
Program , ,,
- Bayer Climate Program,,
- UNGC Caring for Climate ,
- CEO Water Mandate of
the UN Global Compact ,
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- Application of the Bayer Climate Check
- Implementation of the STRUCTese™ energy efficiency management system
- Green IT (resource efficiency with
servers and printers ,
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- Climate Check concluded in 2010
- STRUCTese™ successfully installed
in 30 plants by end of 2010
- Reduction in emissions of carbon
monoxide, sulfur oxides and
particulates
- Reduction in discharges of phosphorus, nitrogen and TOC into water
- Reduction of waste and hazardous waste
- Achievements with respect to the
CEO Water Mandate
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Principle 9:
Diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies
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- Core business of BTS,
BMS and CURRENTA , , ,
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- Use of waste material and climate gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from energy industry as alternative raw material for the production of high-quality plastics. A pilot plant was taken
into operation at the CHEMPARK Leverkusen site to trial
the new process on a technical scale. ,
- New pre-treatment method for electronic scrap: special thermal
pre-treatment method to recover valuable metals such as gold, silver and copper from old computer PCBs and cell phones
- Development of an automated test
method to protect the functionality of Bayer’s wastewater treatment plant in Dormagen. Enables the early identification of the harmful impact
of wastewater on bacteria for nitrification. This increases the operational reliability of the wastewater treatment plant and the reliability of waste management at Bayer
- In future, a climate-friendly method of chlorine production (oxygen depolarized cathode technology based on common salt) will make it
possible to reduce the energy used
in chlorine production by 30%. Bayer is planning to take a facility with an initial annual capacity of 20,000 metric tons into operation in Germany in 2011. By 2020, this
method should cut emissions of CO2 equivalents by 250,000 metric tons
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- Modernization of the central waste air incineration in Dormagen is complete
- A new process cuts nitrous oxide emissions in Dormagen by up to 99%, thus reducing CO2 equivalents by 220,000 metric tons per year. Installation of a secondary catalytic unit at the Caojing site (China) has already reduced nitrous oxide emissions by around 50%
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Principle 10:
Measures to fight corruption
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- Corporate Compliance
Policy and organization
- Code of Conduct for
Responsible Lobbying
- Directive on Integrity
& Responsibility in
Communications
and Marketing
- Code of the “Voluntary
Self-Monitoring by the
Pharmaceutical Industry” (FSA) association
- Export controls (directive and manual)
- Supplier Code of Conduct
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- Procurement management: risk
analysis
using the Bayer Country Sustainability Risk Index
- Continuous information and training on the theme of compliance
- Entry in lobby register of the E.U.
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- Corporate compliance training, 61% of managerial employees completed web-based compliance training
- Purchaser training sessions
- Supplier training sessions on the
Code of Conduct and assessments
- Use of the Bayer Country Sustainability
Risk Index
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