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Progress report on the implementation of the principles of the un Global Compact

	Systems	Measures 2008	Achievements 2008
Principle 1: Support of human rights	Human Rights Position   Procurement Community Policy   Guide: “Requirements for our suppliers” Corporate Compliance System	Strategy development and expansion of our global commitment in the field of health care provision   Distribution of Bayer brochure on human rights   Development of a code of conduct for suppliers
Principle 2: Exclusion of human rights violations	Corporate Compliance System   Procurement management   Human Resources Governance Code in China	Risk analysis in Procurement Dialogue with politicians and NGOs on implementing employee rights in China
Principle 3: Observance of the right to freedom of association	Group works councils Bayer European Forum   Human Rights Position	Expansion of Bayer European Forum to include Eastern European countries   Appointment of employee representatives in China
Principle 4: Abolition of all forms of forced labor	Human Rights Position Corporate Compliance System Procurement management	No measures necessary
Principle 5: Abolition of child labor	Human Rights Position   Corporate Compliance System   Procurement management	Expansion of program system for countering child labor in India	Renewed confirmation by audits that there is no systematic child labor in the supply chain for cotton seeds in India
Principle 6: Elimination of discrimination	Human Rights Position   Social Charter (Sustainable Development Report 2006)   Bayer Diversity Policy (Sustainable Development Report 2007)   Bayer Diversity Councils   Corporate Compliance Policy	Adoption of the Declaration of Diversity at Bayer e. g. the Women’s Leadership Initiative at Bayer HealthCare (launch 2009)   Diversity management in the United States, Sandwich Generation Network Group and mentoring programs	Continued increase in percentage of women in senior management positions
Principle 7: Precautionary environmental protection	HSEQ management systems    Group regulation: “Ecological Assessment of New Investments”	e. g. regular HSE audits Training in methods of sustainable agriculture worldwide	Successful pre-registration of more than 1,000 substances under REACH
Principle 8: Specific commitment to environmental protection	Group Sustainability Program   Bayer Climate Program CEO Water Mandate of the UN Global Compact  Statement of the Caring for Climate initiative of the UN Global Compact	e. g. application of the Bayer Climate Check   First Bayer Climate Award Introduction of the Waste Water Recycling Tool   Investigations into pharmaceuticals in the environment   Development of the Green Bayer Data Center Program	Reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions of 7.1 %  Reduction in emissions of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and particulates Reduction in phosphorus discharges into surface water of 21 %
Principle 9: Diffusion of environmentally friendly and technologies	Core business of BTS, BMS and CURRENTA	Development of innovative wastewater treatment processes   Construction of a production facility for manufacturing carbon nanotubes	Completion of the world’s largest hydrochloric acid recycling plant in Shanghai, China   Start-up of an energy-efficient production facility for MDI   Potential energy savings of €1 million through special CURRENTA employee campaign
Principle 10: Measures to fight corruption	Corporate Compliance Policy Code of conduct for responsible lobbying Code of the “Voluntary Self-Monitoring by the Pharmaceutical Industry” (FSA) association	Corporate compliance campaign and training sessions Entry in lobby register of the E. U.	Increase in proportion of employees to undergo training in corporate compliance to 77 %