Targets

General Environmental Protection, Health and Safety Targets 2005 - 2010

Since 1995 the Boehringer Ingelheim group of companies regularly publishes Environmental protection, Health and Safety (EHS) targets for the upcoming years. Most targets were successfully achieved and we aim for continuous improvement. The following tables show our current and updated targets for the period 2005 to 2010 - state: April 2009.

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Improve CO2-balance by conversion to wood-fired power plant at our largest site in Ingelheim. Our site in Ingelheim, Germany, started up a new wood-fired power plant in 2004. achieved
Reduce water consumption at selected chemical production site. Stepwise conversion to recirculating cooling system at Fornovo, Italy. achieved
Adapt wastewater treatment at major sites to increasing COD loads by implementing state-of-the-art technologies. Modern treatment technologies were already implemented at our sites in Biberach, Germany, and Petersburg, USA. In Ingelheim, Germany, an upgrade was inaugurated in 2008. achieved
Halve total Volatile Organic Compounds emissions through implementation of thermal oxidation at our chemical site in Malgrat, Spain. Central waste air incineration plant in Malgrat was officially opened in August 2007. achieved
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Support systems to improve counterfeit-proof packaging. Corporate procedure gives clear guidance. Pilot project started. ongoing
Conduct environmental risk assessment for existing products. Environmental risk assessments completed for major products. Further assessments started. ongoing
Implement requirements of REACH in European production sites. All significant substances identified. Preregistration at the European Chemicals Agency. achieved
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Strive for zero accidents and incidents. Continuous improvement of accident/incident rate over the past years. ongoing
Promote a safety culture through programmes such as behavioural-based safety and "near miss" reporting. Innovative programmes at major sites in implementation. ongoing
Implement programmes on field force safety at all operative business units. Operation Units set up policy and programmes and started implementation (training etc.). ongoing
Implement Boehringer Ingelheim Exposure Limit Programme worldwide. Worldwide framework established. Sites are in implementation phase. ongoing
Develop and begin implementation of Boehringer Ingelheim fire protection standards worldwide. Fire protection procedure effective since March 2005. Implementation started. ongoing
Update current process safety procedures. Corporate procedure on process safety in chemical production updated. A new procedure for process safety in pharmaceutical production was developed. achieved
Thoroughly evaluate contractors' safety performance. Benchmark performed. Corporate procedure on contractors' safety updated. achieved
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Prepare priority sites for certification of ISO 14001. Management systems are established. Five sites certified, thereof two (Fornovo, Italy, Yamagata, Japan) in 2006 and one (Malgrat, Spain) in 2009. ongoing
Implement Boehringer Ingelheim supplier qualification procedure including EHS qualification. Supplier qualification procedureapproved. Application started. ongoing
Include auditing of social aspects in supplier qualification procedure. Revised supplier qualification procedure effective since 2006. Implementation started. ongoing
Implement combined audits with Quality Assurance to take advantage of integrated management systems. Six combined audits took place in a pilot phase. The audit systems were successfully adapted. We stopped to do combined audits as there was no major added value. not achieved
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  • achieved achieved
  • ongoing ongoing
  • not achieved not achieved
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