Environment

Environment (photo)

Our responsibility to protect the environment is derived from our values and our Group strategy. We have instituted Group-wide principles, strategies and organizational structures for corporate environmental protection and have also implemented a certified environmental management system for our Group-wide activities. In this way, we aim to reduce our emissions and waste while also ensuring that resources such as energy, water and raw materials are utilized as efficiently as possible. Process safety is a key prerequisite here.

Management

We continually strive to reduce our impacts on the environment.

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Plant and process safety

We have defined high standards for plant and process safety worldwide.

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Climate protection

We contribute to environmental protection and climate change mitigation by conserving energy and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.

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Waste management

The prevention and proper disposal of waste is an important task.

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Resources

We strive for operational efficiency and therefore use raw materials, energy and water economically.

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Water

We strive for operational efficiency and therefore use raw materials, energy and water economically.

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Biodiversity

Ecosystem services are indispensable to our operations.

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DISCLAIMER

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In the United States and Canada the subsidiaries of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operate under the umbrella brand EMD.

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