Corporate Responsibility Report

The report describes Merck KGaA's 2018 Group-wide corporate responsibility performance across 66 countries. It reports 51,749 employees, 698,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalents from Scope 1 and 2, and 2,232 GWh of energy consumption. The company also conducted a comprehensive materiality assessment, explicitly applying double materiality, and reports a 20% Scope 1 and 2 reduction goal against a 2006 baseline by 2020. A limited assurance audit covered the report's substantive chapters, while the report also documents GRI Standards Comprehensive reporting and extensive UN Global Compact and CDP engagement.