Sustainability 2015 Goals

Strengthening our commitment and setting our course

Bristol Myers Squibb took another significant step forward on the road to sustainability.

For Bristol Myers Squibb, sustainability means conducting our business to help patients prevail over serious diseases in a manner that contributes to economic growth, social responsibility and a healthy environment now and in the future. As it expressly states in the company Commitment: “We take our commitment to economic, social and environmental sustainability seriously, and extend this expectation to our partners and suppliers.”

During the past two decades, Bristol Myers Squibb has been recognized as an industry leader in setting innovative and ambitious environmental and sustainability goals, and sharing the company’s annual progress in meeting these goals with the public. Among these recognitions have been Newsweek magazine’s Green Ranking and listing among the leading sustainability-driven companies in Corporate Responsibility magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens.

Building on this foundation, Bristol Myers Squibb implemented a set of five-year goals that strengthened the company’s fundamental business and supported its position as a sustainability leader.

For Bristol Myers Squibb, sustainability is much more than meeting environmental mandates. The company’s approach to sustainability is comprehensive and global, and encompasses the products we make and how we make them, our facilities, our employees and our communities. We continually challenged ourselves to higher standards in setting the Sustainability 2015 Goals

Sustainability 2015 Goals

The Sustainability 2015 Goals addressed a broad spectrum of company responsibilities to its stakeholders – patients and customers, employees, global communities, shareholders and the natural environment.

These goals focused attention on those areas of great importance for the future success of the company’s biopharma strategy and for the health and well-being of the global community.

Bristol Myers Squibb developed these goals through a rigorous process, with the active participation of employees representing Research and Development, Global Manufacturing and Supply, Commercial Operations, Public Affairs, Human Resources, the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation and other staff functions. The goals were benchmarked against those of other companies in the biotech, pharmaceutical and other industry sectors, and were developed considering key issues and expectations of company stakeholders. The goals were reviewed and approved by the CEO and the company’s senior Leadership Team.