Sustainability
Sustainability is central to our operations in the UK and Ireland. A growing world population and the increasing burden on natural ecosystems are among the biggest challenges humanity is facing. Furthermore, these crises clearly show how important it is to protect health and ensure food security worldwide – and how these goals are in jeopardy.
Our Overall Goal: From Margin to Impact
As a global leader in healthcare and nutrition, Bayer can contribute more than any other enterprise to solving global challenges through its business.
With this goal in mind, Bayer is committed to ambitious targets that it aims to achieve through its own business activity and the endeavours of its employees.
To support Bayer’s mission of “Health for all, Hunger for none,” we defined three areas, where we have a significant impact and aim to both boost our ambitions and drive our business solutions forward:
- Climate action
- Health equity
- Food security
Bayer is uniquely positioned to provide solutions to these challenges, alongside our partners.
Our Targets
Our biggest sustainability target is for Bayer UK and Ireland to become carbon neutral by 2030 and net zero by 2050.
We’re already making an impact as we work to reduce our carbon footprint, contributing to Bayer’s global goal of being carbon neutral in operations by 2030.
Initiatives include:
- Listing only electric and hybrid vehicles for our sales and management fleet
- Minimising waste and emissions by working with retailers to reduce, recycle, and reuse packaging
- Piloting carbon farming initiatives with UK farmers
- Sharing best practice, exchange of ideas and mutual support with our local business neighbours
- Running workshops for our people to embed our sustainability agenda into their daily lives
- Holding health and wellbeing events to keep our employees happy and healthy