| Achievement of previous goals |
| Strategic goals | Action | By when? | Status | |
| Achieve ISO 14001:2004 group certification | | 2010 | In 2009, all 54 sites were successfully certified, and recertified in November 2010. | achieved |
- Certification of the 15 Millipore production sites acquired in July 2010
| 2011 | | ongoing |
Reduce the Merck Group’s direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by 20% (Scopes 1 and 2) (based on 2006 levels) | - Systematic analysis of energy consumption at the sites
- Improvement of economic energy-saving potentials
- Reduction of process-related emissions
| | In 2009, greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 9% compared to 2006 levels. In addition to achieved savings, e.g. 4% at the two largest sites – Darmstadt and Gernsheim – the decline was also attributable to the global economic crisis.
In 2010, greenhouse gas emissions rose by 14% compared to 2009, by 4% compared to 2006 levels. This was primarily due to the positive economic trend and the resulting increase in production volumes. | ongoing |
| Increase the waste recycling rate (proportion of recycled waste to total waste) by 20%, to at least 57% | No special actions were defined | 2010 | - Recycling rate in 2009: 59%.
- Recycling rate in 2010: 62%.
The recycling rate is strongly influenced by construction and remediation measures. In 2010, we found that when collecting the data, excavation waste that was recycled at landfills (surface cover and design) was incorrectly classified as waste for disposal instead of as waste for recycling (non-hazardous excavation waste; 2010: 12,700 t, 2009: 26,700 t). We have corrected this retroactively to 2006. As a result, the goal of a recycling rate of > 57% was subsequently achieved. | |
