Performance Report

Consistent management and monitoring of sustainable development: 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.