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Global commitment to sustainability/Financial Calendar
Social responsibility and sustainability are integral to Bayer’s corporate policy. This commitment is also evidenced by the company’s participation in numerous initiatives and projects around the world. Logos relating to a selection of these activities appear below.
Bayer has long practiced the concept of external link: Responsible Care. A member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development since 1997, Bayer is also among the founding members of German industry’s sustainable development forum “econsense.” Bayer was one of the first companies to sign the new “Responsible Care Global Charter” in 2006.
Bayer is listed in major indices and represented in investment funds that focus on companies pursuing responsible and sustainable corporate strategies. Examples are the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, the FTSE4Good index series, the Storebrand Principle Funds and the Advanced Sustainable Performance Indices (ASPI) Eurozone. Bayer actively supports the Global Reporting Initiative as an organizational stakeholder.
The company places maximum importance on climate protection. For example, in 2007 Bayer again received the “Best in Class” award of the Carbon Disclosure Project and was the only European company in its industry sector to be included in the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index. Bayer is one of the 17 founding members of the climate protection initiative “3C: Combat Climate Change.”
Bayer is also a founding member of the Global Compact initiative of the United Nations, actively promoting its principles through numerous projects. In Brazil, for example, Bayer supports the Abrinq Foundation in its efforts to combat child labor and cooperates with the non-governmental organization Agência Mandalla in the fight against hunger and poverty. external link: Bayer’s partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is widely regarded as setting a new trend in public-private partnerships. One of the joint activities is the “Bayer Young Environmental Envoy” program, in which young environmental activists are invited to Germany to give them greater insight into related issues. This has now been extended to 17 countries on four continents.
Bayer set up the external link: Global Exploration Fund together with National Geographic, the world’s largest non-profit scientific organization. Since 2007 this fund has supported nine research projects aimed at protecting the quality of drinking water worldwide and enhancing supplies.
For years, Bayer has also been an active member of the Global Business Coalition on HIV / AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which is committed to the fight against these three epidemic diseases. The company is cooperating with the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, a U.S. non-profit organization, on the development of a new remedy for tuberculosis.
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For years, Bayer has also been an active member of the Global Business Coalition on HIV / AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which is committed to the fight against these three epidemic diseases. The company is cooperating with the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, a U.S. non-profit organization, on the development of a new remedy for tuberculosis.
Financial Calendar
- Q2 Interim Report
July 29, 2009 - Q3 Interim Report
October 27, 2009 - Annual Stockholders’ Meeting 2010
April 30, 2010 - Sustainable Development Report 2009
scheduled for May 2010