Performance Report

Our performance and objectives

In the following Performance Report, we render a detailed account of our sustainability performance in the year under review 2008 on the basis of clearly defined objectives and performance indicators. In this way we want to provide the reader with transparent and rapid access to all essential data and information on sustainability in the Bayer Group. The report is divided up into different sections dealing with economics, employees, human rights, corporate social responsibility, ecology and product stewardship and makes detailed statements on the level of achievement of the objectives. “Governance through objectives and indicators is an essential component of sustainability management at Bayer – and this is based on transparency and measurability,” says Dr. Wolfgang Große Entrup, Head of Environment & Sustainability at Bayer AG.

With its Group Sustainability Program 2006+ and specific focal initiatives such as the Bayer Climate Program, Bayer therefore sets clear objectives and backs them up with actions.

In this Performance Report we provide clear and concise information on the issues that our stakeholders and ourselves have identified as being essential for Bayer. It complies with the current guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), achieving level A+, and covers all of the indicators recommended by the GRI.

Our selection of indicators and measurement of key data also took into account the recommendations of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) and the European Chemical Industry Council (Conseil Européen de l’Industrie Chimique, CEFIC).

The Performance Report is supplemented by a table showing the status of implementation of the Group Sustainability Program 2006+

. We also report annually on our progress in implementing the 10 principles of the UN Global Compact