Sustainability in the subgroups and service companies

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

Working together to improve health care services worldwide
Through our products, we aim to achieve a higher quality of life for people and animals. One of our primary objectives is to facilitate needs-based access to medical products for people around the world and to help limit the spread of diseases through education programs. But the problem of inadequate health care in many countries will not be solved by individual companies or organizations acting on their own. That’s why a key focal point of our social commitment is long-term cooperation in public-private partnerships with recognized aid organizations and international bodies. Our activities in this area center on customized access programs for medical care and we are also heavily involved in helping to train physicians in a number of regions.

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.

Innovative technologies and production processes
As an industrial company that wishes to be truly sustainable, it is important that where possible our products are environmentally acceptable. We focus on cleaner, low-carbon manufacturing processes and innovative technologies. In our business we are closely involved with the latest trends in vehicles, architecture and entertainment electronics. Innovation is part of our everyday activities with functionality, design, efficiency and intelligence all growing in demand. With our new technologies we are providing solutions to global challenges such as urbanization, a growing population, a revolution in health care and accelerating technological change. We include environmentally efficient processes and the safety of our employees as key elements in developing a sustainable business model.

Bayer Business Services is the Bayer Group’s global competence center for IT and business services. Its portfolio is focused on services in the core areas of IT infrastructure and applications, procurement and logistics, human resources and management services, and finance and accounting.

IT and business services for sustainable development
Our EcoFleet, Business Travel and Green IT initiatives are part of the Bayer Climate Program. Our goal is to significantly reduce the carbon dioxide emissions generated by the Bayer vehicle fleet and our IT infrastructure and to offer Bayer employees climate-friendly alternatives to business travel such as innovative HD video conferencing technology.
This year will see us achieve our target of cutting CO₂ emissions from the vehicle fleet by 20 percent between 2007 and 2012. And we have made even more progress in our Green IT project, achieving our target of boosting energy efficiency in our data centers by 20 percent between 2009 and 2012 a year earlier than planned. There has also been an outstanding response to the new forms of virtual cooperation we have introduced, which stretch from high-end video conferencing systems to a whole range of collaboration options provided by our cutting-edge PC workstations. These innovative technologies are actively helping to eliminate unnecessary business trips and the associated CO₂ emissions.

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. Bayer Technology Services is the gateway to the Bayer Group for young engineers.

Technological expertise for sustainable operations
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 increasing safety, efficiency and availability of facilities. We have, for example, developed the Bayer Climate Check and applied it worldwide at Bayer and hold responsibility for the process and plant safety platform for the entire Group.

Currenta offers services for the chemical industry including utility supply, waste management, infrastructure, safety, security, analytics and vocational training.

Chemical park sites safeguard sustainable development for industry
As a chemical park operator, we play an important role in supporting energy-efficient and resource-friendly production among our customers. For example, we provide efficient material and production networks and professional waste disposal and environmental management services. As a result, the chemical park model also helps safeguard long-term jobs in local communities. The consistent implementation of our climate protection program A++ alone created some 200 individual projects up to 2011, which helped to cut annual CO₂ emissions by a total of approximately 159,000 metric tons compared to 2005 levels. A further key aspect of this commitment is the continuous support and training that we offer employees regarding health management in the workplace and occupational health and safety.