Performance Report

Reporting principles

Our Sustainable Development Report describes the economic, ecological and social challenges and opportunities that are linked to our operations and shows the strategies and solutions that we are applying to meet them.

Through the “Much More Rice” program Bayer wants to help rice farmers in Vietnam to increase both yields and quality of rice. Bayer employee Bui Van Kip (right) and farmer Phan Minh Phat check ears of rice in the Tan Tru district.

In our reporting we align ourselves to the G3.1 guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the 10 principles of the UN Global Compact (UNGC). The gri has checked and confirmed that level A+ has been maintained. You can find a statement to this effect and a summarized GRI index also listing the corresponding ungc principles inside the back cover. A comprehensive overview of the GRI indicators , an outline of our progress in implementing the 10 UNGC principles according to the advanced level and additional aspects relating to the Blueprint for Corporate Sustainability Leadership (LEAD) can be found on the internet.

We also align ourselves to the guidelines of the oecd and of iso 26000. Our selection of indicators and measurement of key data also took into account the recommendations of the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies (EFFAS) for the reporting of non-financial indicators, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for the field of greenhouse gas emissions, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC). This year we shall also submit a declaration of conformity with the German Sustainability Code.

Recording our sustainability indicators

Credible reporting is based on transparency and valid data. We register the data of all relevant organizational units and companies worldwide that fall within the scope of the Bayer Group’s consolidated financial statements. For all indicators with the exception of greenhouse gas emissions, the years 2008 to 2012 are shown as continuing operations.

All HSE (health, safety and environmental protection) performance indicators for the Group are recorded in Baysis, our Group-wide, site-based information system. The data undergo plausibility checks and cross-checks to ensure a high level of data integrity. The HSE data cover all companies in which we have a holding of at least 50 percent. The performance indicators of these companies are fully consolidated regardless of Bayer’s share in them.

More information about the reporting principles can be found in the Sustainability Report.

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