Community - Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Corporate Responsibility Report 2017

Spending on community involvement

€ million

2014

2015

2016^1,2

2017

1	Includes Sigma-Aldrich as of 2016
2	From 2016 on, we are separating spending on patient support programs such as our Erbitux^® China Patients Assistance Program from our community involvement figures.

Total spending

50.8

100.0

43.0

33.8

We calculate the value of pharmaceutical product donations according to the WHO Guidelines for Medicine Donations; for other product donations, we apply their fair value.

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Community involvement spending by region¹

Europe

North America

Asia-Pacific (APAC)

Latin America

Middle East and Africa (MEA)

2016

1	This table presents the regions across the globe in which we support initiatives. For projects that benefit multiple regions, we have calculated the amount per region by dividing the project spending evenly per country.

€ million

10.1

2.3

4.4

1.1

25.1

2017

€ million

8.7

2.9

3.2

0.5

18.5

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Focus of our local community involvement¹

2014

2015

2016^2,3,4

2017

1	Based on number of projects
2	Includes Sigma-Aldrich as of 2016
3	Since 2016, we have integrated our global projects into our community outreach figures, specifically the Global Pharma Health Fund, the Praziquantel Donation Program and the Deutsche Philharmonie sponsored by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. This change in approach was due to the increasingly international nature of our efforts. We are spearheading a rising number of global projects that account for a growing percentage of our project portfolio. To ensure maximal accuracy, we are therefore including all international initiatives in our figures as of 2016.
4	From 2016 on, we are separating spending on patient support programs such as our Erbitux^® China Patients Assistance Program from our charitable spending figures.

Health

Education and culture

Environment

Disaster relief

Other

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Motivations for our community involvement¹

2014

2015

2016^2,3,4

2017

1	Based on total spending on all projects
2	Including Sigma-Aldrich as of 2016
3	Since 2016, we have been integrating our global projects into our community outreach figures, specifically the Global Pharma Health Fund, the Praziquantel Donation Program and the Deutsche Philharmonie sponsored by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. This change in approach was due to the increasingly international nature of our efforts. We are spearheading a rising number of global projects that account for a growing percentage of our project portfolio. To ensure maximal accuracy, we are therefore including all international initiatives in our figures as of 2016.
4	As of 2016, we are separating patient support programs such as our Erbitux^® China Patients Assistance Program from our charitable spending.

Charitable activities

Community investment

Commercial initiatives in the community

We categorize the motivations for our activities based on the London Benchmarking Group model as well as the guidelines of the Bertelsmann Foundation for corporate social responsibility. Projects that primarily aim to make improvements within the community are classified as community investment.

Initiatives that are predominantly aimed at company-relevant factors such as image or personnel recruitment are classified as commercial initiatives in the community. Charitable activities cover any other projects that benefit a charitable organization, but cannot be listed under either of the other two motivation categories due to missing data or their narrow scope.

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