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Countries: --
Basins: Rhine (635)
Org. Type: Business
Industry Sector: Materials
Language: English
Org. Website: www.bayer.com
Org. Source: User
Profile Completion: 65%
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Organization Overview

Bayer is a German multinational, pharmaceutical and life sciences company. It is headquartered in Leverkusen, where its illuminated sign is a landmark. Bayer's primary areas of business include human and veterinary pharmaceuticals; consumer healthcare products; agricultural chemicals and biotechnology products; and high value polymers.

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WASH is critical to leading healthy lives. Yet billions of people every day still do not have access to safe and clean water for drinking or washing, toilets and basic hygiene requirements to ensure that they stay healthy and well. … Learn More

The Water Resilience Coalition, founded in 2020, is an industry-driven, CEO-led coalition of the UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate that aims to elevate global water stress to the top of the corporate agenda and preserve the world's freshwater resources … Learn More

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Our Supplier Code of Conduct (SCoC) and our Sustainability Contract Clause are the main strategy to protect us against sustainability related supplier risks, e.g. it contains aspects related to water management and responsible water use. The SCoC is an important … Learn More

Our digital farming platform Field Viewª enables seamless linking and unlimited storage of machine-generated agronomic data on farmersÕ accounts. The application of this data not only helps farmers, but also creates substantial advantages for the environment. Precision agricultural machinery and … Learn More

Bayer AG is programing meetings with neighbors that use the same water sources in order to jointly promote make a better use of the water. The site also shares its rain water harvest experience with the neighbors. With regards to … Learn More

Bayer is actively engaged in a continuous dialogue with stakeholders including e.g. employees, customers, neighbors, NGOs, politicians and the general public. We are actively participating in stakeholder panels at river-basin level ranging from the participation in community panels, e.g. in … Learn More

Active pharmaceutical ingredients can enter the environment through human or animal excreta, through improper disposal or during production. Surface waters are particularly relevant here. In connection with the approval process for human and veterinary pharmaceuticals in Europe and the United … Learn More

At the start of 2015, the company initiated a €10 million (US$ 11.3 million) partnership with the European Commission under the Innovative Medicines Initiative. This project – called Intelligent Assessment of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment – aims to develop screening … Learn More

We promote best practice and awareness through several water meters to monitor water use at different areas and find out any water leakage. As a site-specific target, the site set a maximum threshold for fresh water costs in 2016. We … Learn More

The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative (PSCI) is a group of pharmaceutical and healthcare companies who share a vision of better, social, environmental and economic outcomes in the communities where we buy. We believe that collectively PSCI members can share knowledge … Learn More

For water protection in agricultural areas, Crop Science recommends the use of biological remediation systems such as Phytobacª. This system is designed to prevent water contamination with residues of crop protection chemicals generated during the filling and cleaning of spraying … Learn More


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