Goals

Implementing REACH

• Registering the substances with a registration deadline of 2013/2018 by the relevant deadlines and registering non-phase-in substances 
• Publishing the ScIDeEx® calculation program on the Merck Chemicals portal in 2011 
• Creating new safety data sheets for all mixtures in accordance with REACH annex II by December 1, 2012
  

Implementing REACH

• Around 100 substances were registered by the Dec. 1, 2010 deadline under REACH
• Publication of the use portal online for communication in the supply chain
  

Implementing GHS/CLP

• Classifying mixtures and sets according to the CLP regulation by June 1, 2015 

Implementing GHS/CLP

• Around 4,200 substances were reclassified and labeled under CLP and provided with new safety data sheets under REACH
• All imported and self-manufactured substances were reported in the Classification and Labeling Inventory of the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) by the Jan. 3, 2011 deadline

Implementing GPS

• Providing product safety summaries within GPS for all hazardous substances registered under REACH by 202

Implementing GPS

• Commitment made to support the Global Product Strategy (GPS) and first product safety summaries published online

Hazard communication projects

• Updating safety data sheets for non-hazardous substances;
• Expanding the production of safety data sheets to a globally uniform standard

Hazard communication projects

• Implementation of a new IT environment and new processes aimed at achieving globally uniform hazard communication
• Information material on REACH and GHS created for customers
  

• Anchoring the rules of the Social Charter and BME Supplier Code of Conduct in the Group wide supplier management processes

• The criteria are already a binding element of the supplier self-disclosure for the first suppliers.
• Sustainability criteria integrated into the global supplier evaluation system of Merck.