Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Progress Report

Overview

The report describes Merck's 2020 ESG performance across access to health, employees, environmental sustainability and ethics and values. Highlights include 74,000 employees, Science-Based Targets certification for Scope 1 and 2 and Scope 3 reduction goals, and detailed reporting of 2020 emissions, water use and waste. The report records 77,578 metric tons of operational waste and no workplace fatalities. It also states that the full Board oversees the company's ESG matters.

Document

Report type: Sustainability Report
Class: Dedicated
Scope: Full report
Fiscal year: 2020-2021
Period: 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020
Language: English
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Science Based Targets initiative

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