Corporate Responsibility Report 2014

Specific Standard Disclosures DMA* and Indicators Comment Link External Assurance * Disclosures on Management Approach. KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft has provided limited assurance on the indicators in the chapter "Facts and figures", including explanatory notes, in the online Corporate Responsibility Report for the business year 2014 of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt. You can find the Independent Assurance Report in the Assurance Report KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft has audited the Consolidated Financial Statements together with the Group Management’s Report for the business year from January 1 to December 31, 2014 of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt. You can [...]

Environmental management Spending on environmental protection, safety and health (€ million) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Spending 140 141 146 142 146 These figures include both investments in as well as internal and external spending on waste and wastewater management, water, occupational safety, fire protection, noise reduction, air pollution prevention, decontamination, preservation of nature and the landscape, climate protection, and energy efficiency. Greenhouse gas emissions Total greenhouse gas emissions (metric kilotons) (Scope 1 and 2 of the GHG Protocol)* 2006** 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 * In line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, for all previous years (up [...]

A number of our innovative chemical and life science products contribute to environmental protection. We strive to continuously enhance the sustainability footprint of our products while helping our customers achieve their own sustainability goals. Energy efficient displays The Challenge The danger of serious climate damage has increased in recent years, and many natural resources are growing scarcer. As a result, people are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious, and more and more consumers are taking a product's power rating into account when deciding what to buy. Displays consume 20% less energy thanks to liquid crystals for PS-VA technology How we're [...]

Our responsibility to protect the environment is derived from our values and our Group strategy. We have instituted Group-wide principles, strategies and organizational structures for corporate environmental protection and have also implemented a certified environmental management system for our Group-wide activities. In this way, we aim to reduce our emissions and waste while also ensuring that resources such as energy, water and raw materials are utilized as efficiently as possible. Process safety is a key prerequisite here. Management We continually strive to reduce our impacts on the environment. Read more Plant and process safety We have defined high standards [...]

Our responsibility to protect the environment stems from our Values and our Group strategy. We aim to continually improve our performance and reduce our impact on the environment by applying the precautionary principle. This especially means efficiently conserving resources such as raw materials, auxiliaries, operating supplies, energy, and water. In addition to this, we strive to lower our emissions and waste so that we can reduce our costs as well as our impact on the environment. Our Corporate Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Policy , in effect throughout the Merck Group, establishes the framework for principles, strategies and organizational structures for [...]