Subgroups and Service Companies

Bayer HealthCare is among the world's foremost innovators in the field of pharmaceutical and medical products. The subgroup’s mission is to research, develop, manufacture and market innovative products that improve the health of humans and animals throughout the world.

Innovations for better health care
As a health care company we develop and market innovative therapies and diagnostic procedures for people and animals. At the same time we assume social responsibility and allow broad access to our innovative products.

We do this through numerous collaborations with various private and government organizations.

We offer differentiated price models and customized access programs in medical care. In addition, we are also engaged in providing continuing education programs for physicians and other medical staff.

Bayer CropScience, with its highly effective products, pioneering innovations and keen customer focus, holds global leadership positions in crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. The company also has major activities in seeds and plant traits.

High-quality food for all
The challenge of the 21st century is to feed a continually growing world population in the face of dwindling resources, without negatively impacting on climate change and biodiversity. We are convinced that we can only meet this challenge with agriculture based on the principles of sustainable development.

We have committed ourselves to make as substantial a contribution as possible to sustainable development and, as a result, are continually integrating sustainability principles into our business strategies. This applies to all organizational units along the value chain. In this way we generate value for our customers, our company and our employees.

Bayer MaterialScience is a renowned supplier of high-tech polymers and develops innovative solutions for a broad range of applications relevant to everyday life. Products holding leading positions on the world market account for a large proportion of its sales.

Green products aren’t everything
An industrial company that wishes to be truly sustainable cannot limit itself merely to manufacturing “greener” products. As important as it is to focus our attention – especially in terms of innovation – on products that are environmentally friendly and that above all mitigate the consequences of climate change – we must not ignore other important areas if we are to become a truly sustainable business in the future.

As well as environmentally beneficial products we also include cleaner, low-carbon manufacturing processes and the safety of employees as key elements in developing a sustainable business model. These are joined by a healthy financial performance, the development of talented individuals and a corporate culture where change is wholeheartedly embraced.

Bayer Business Services is the Bayer Group’s global competence center for IT and business services. Its innovative solutions make the business processes of Bayer companies faster, simpler and cheaper, making an important contribution to sustainable development at Bayer.

IT and business services for sustainable development
Our “EcoFleet,” “Business Travel” and “Green IT” initiatives are part of the Bayer Climate Program. With EcoFleet, we are looking to cut the carbon dioxide emissions of Bayer company vehicles by 20 percent between 2007 and 2012. In 2010, Bayer received a “green card” from the Deutsche Umwelthilfe (German Environmental Aid) and a CSR Mobility Award 2010 for this initiative. Through the introduction of high-definition video conferencing systems, the Business Travel initiative is providing carbon-dioxide-cutting alternatives to business trips. And through Green IT we aim to increase the energy efficiency of our three data centers by 20 percent between 2009 and 2012.

Bayer Technology Services, the global technological backbone and a major innovation driver of the Bayer Group, is engaged in process development and in process and plant engineering, construction and optimization.

Technological expertise for environmental protection
Bayer Technology Services works closely with the Bayer subgroups to ensure that Group-wide ecological and social responsibilities are met globally. This includes implementing international standards at all sites, as well as developing processes, and planning and constructing plants in line with the latest technology and optimizing them during ongoing operation.

We have, for example, developed the Bayer Climate Check and hold responsibility for the process and plant safety platform for the entire Group.

Currenta is the manager and operator of Chempark with its three sites in Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld-Uerdingen. Including Bayer and Lanxess, more than 70 manufacturing and service companies enjoy the benefits of being located in Germany’s largest chemical park network.

Performance for the chemical industry
Currenta provides Chempark companies with ideal conditions for business with a variety of product networks and a comprehensive portfolio of services.

These include utilities, environmental services, safety and security, analytics, infrastructure and vocational training. Energy efficiency and environmental protection have a top priority at Currenta, an example from the field of environmental protection being our innovative process for the recycling of electronic scrap. Here, we focus across the board on using new, sustainable technologies. Precious metals such as gold, silver and copper can be recovered in this way from old computer circuit boards to an efficiency of up to 99 percent. The recovery rate of this process is thus around 20 to 30 percent higher than that of conventional methods.