Overarching Policies
Bristol-Myers Squibb Mission and Commitment
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Mission and Commitment is, in essence, our company’s sustainable development policy. In it we support economic responsibility, environmental stewardship and social responsibility.
Social and Economic-Related Policies
Through the Bristol-Myers Squibb Mission and Commitment, our company fosters an ethic of promoting social and economic progress. From fair wages and equitable treatment for employees to ethical practices with our contractors and suppliers, the Pledge addresses a full range of sustainability issues.
Corporate Environment, Health and Safety Policy
We developed a worldwide environmental protection policy in 1983. The policy has been reviewed and updated periodically and today encompasses environmental, health and safety issues.
Voluntary Standards
Bristol-Myers Squibb was one of the first companies in the world to self-declare that our companywide EHS management system meets or exceeds the requirements of ISO 14001, a voluntary, international specification for environmental management systems. Many of our facilities have obtained third-party certification to the ISO standard.
Bristol-Myers Squibb facilities in Princeton, New Jersey, and Wallingford, Connecticut, have been accepted into U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's performance track. This program motivates facilities to take extra steps in preventing pollution, improving community involvement and enhancing economic prosperity. The Hopewell and Princeton, New Jersey, sites were accepted into the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's silver track program.
The Swords and Cruiserath sites in Ireland, participate in the International Responsible Care® program, the pharmaceutical industry’s global voluntary initiative under which companies work together to continuously improve their health, safety and environmental performance, and to communicate with stakeholders about their products and processes.
Bristol-Myers Squibb is reporting our carbon emissions through the Carbon Disclosure Project. Bristol-Myers Squibb partnered with the World Resources Institute and a group of large companies based in the northeast United States on a project to help corporations address climate change. This project, known as Climate Northeast, brought together businesses from different economic sectors. A report on the partnership’s activities, A Climate of Innovation: Northeast Business Action to Reduce Greenhouse Gases, is available to the public.
Bristol-Myers Squibb endorsed the Copenhagen Communiqué on Climate Change, an initiative of The Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change which is run by the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership.