Sustainability

Sustainable Development

In the debate about progress in society as a whole, the concept of sustainability plays a central role. The basis of sustainable development is to keep a balance between economic, ecological and social considerations. For Bayer, this entails in specific terms a commitment to safeguard the long-term commercial success of the company through innovative products, conserve resources, treat the environment responsibly and make a global contribution to maintaining a humane society. For this reason, we have developed special management structures and strategies, set ourselves objectives against which we allow ourselves to be judged and endeavor to report transparently. In our annual Sustainable Development Report we inform, for example, on how we put into practice our commitment to the ten principles of the Global Compact . In so doing, we align ourselves to the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the OECD.

In addition, we pursue dialogue with our stakeholders, i.e. Bayer engages in a continuous and intensive exchange of views with the interest groups of the company: stockholders, business partners, staff, the media, non-governmental organizations, suppliers and authorities.

Strategy: Sustainability management – lived in all areas of the company

Sustainable development is a core activity at Bayer; it is lived in all parts of the company. Group-wide control of this task is handled by the Bayer Corporate Sustainability Board, the most important committee for sustainability management at Group level. >> More

Economy: Sustainable business practices

Today, Bayer is one of the world's largest chemical and health care groups. That is reflected by our stock, which was one of the top-performers on Germany's dax index in 2005. And Bayer stock should remain a good investment in the future, both on economic grounds and from a social and ecological viewpoint.
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Ecology: Future-oriented, efficient and safe

We exercise the greatest possible care towards humankind and the environment. The efficient deployment of resources and energy is at the heart of our environmental protection activities in day-to-day production. >> More

Employees and Society: Equal opportunities for all

Equal treatment of all employees is an important principle of our corporate policy. >> More

Our Performance Indicators

The data section details the performance indicators of the Bayer Group for health, safety and the environment (HSE), also covering employee and social issues, for the 2005 reporting period. >> More