Environment, Health and Safety 2010 Goals

Performance goals motivate continual improvement and demonstrate a company's commitment. Reporting progress against goals provides stakeholders a means to assess performance.

Goals-Setting and Business Integration

Baxter's Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) organization applies a strategic planning process to determine long-term goals; to assess resources required to meet those goals; and to ensure business alignment. In 2006, the EHS organization established and Baxter senior leadership endorsed the company’s 2010 EHS goals. Some of the goals are included in senior managers’ performance management objectives, which ultimately are a factor in compensation.

The following table summarizes 2008 performance against Baxter's 2010 EHS goals.

See Baxter's Sustainability Priorities and Goals for information about Baxter’s progress against EHS-related 2015 sustainability goals.

BAXTER’S 2010 EHS GOALS
EHS Goal	Progress Through 2008
Environmental (base year 2005)
Reduce environmental incidents by 50 percent.	Reduced 32 percent
Reduce energy usage 20 percent indexed to revenue.	Reduced 18 percent indexed to revenue
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent indexed to revenue.	Reduced 21 percent indexed to revenue
Reduce total waste (non-hazardous and regulated) 30 percent indexed to revenue.	Reduced 11 percent indexed to revenue
Reduce water usage 20 percent indexed to revenue.	Reduced 26 percent indexed to revenue
Product Stewardship
Successfully apply the Product Sustainability Review in the Baxter Product Development Process (PDP) for all new medical devices developed from 2006-2010.	On-target
Implement an electronic product take-back program.¹	Baxter implemented a take-back program in Europe for its medical devices in compliance with the European Union Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. Baxter also launched a “Producer Responsibility in Europe” customer information website
Develop an implementation plan to proactively eliminate certain hazardous substances² in our packaging and products.	Continued to partner with Baxter’s Device Center of Excellence to incorporate these requirements into new designs
Occupational Health and Safety³
Reduce cases with days lost rate to 0.16.^{4, 5, 6}	Achieved rate of 0.19 in 2008, reduced from 0.30 in 2005
Reduce work-related days lost rate to 3.98.^{4, 5, 7}	Achieved rate of 4.23 in 2008, reduced from 7.08 in 2005
Reduce recordable case rate to 1.25.^{4, 5, 8}	Achieved rate of 1.29 in 2008, reduced from 1.52 in 2005
Implement a case management program in 80 percent of facilities with 25 employees or more.⁹	Implemented in 82 percent of facilities with 25 employees or more
Industrial Hygiene
Ensure that 95 percent of manufacturing and R&D sites have current industrial hygiene risk assessments and monitoring plans.	Survey of facilities found that 90 percent have current industrial hygiene risk assessments and monitoring plans. Started corrective actions to address remaining 10 percent.
Evaluate and define hearing conservation programs and then use engineering and administrative controls to reduce the need for employees to use hearing protection by 25 percent.¹⁰	Currently reevaluating hearing protection program using American Council of Governmental Industrial Hygienists and European Union standards.
Specify the use of respiratory protection by establishing exposure criteria and then implement engineering and administrative controls to reduce the need for employees to use respiratory protection by 25 percent.	Conducted exposure sampling that resulted in 324 employees no longer needing respiratory protection, a 39 percent decrease.

¹ Baxter will expand this compliance-based program to other regions where the company’s customers want the service, such as North America.
² At or below maximum concentration limits for homogenous materials as defined in the European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive for lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium and brominated flame retardants.
³ In 2008, Baxter discontinued tracking performance against the 2010 goal to “Implement at least one health and one safety leading indicator in 90 percent of facilities with 100 employees or more.” Performance against this objective is monitored at the regional level. In place of this goal, Baxter developed specific criteria for an effective near-miss reporting program, illness and injury case management program, and preparedness program and monitors progress against defined criteria. Each of these programs provides a foundation for establishing effective safety leading indicators.
⁴ All rates based on 100 full-time employees working one year, which equals 200,000 work hours. For tracking purposes, Baxter applies U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordkeeping practices worldwide.
⁵ Cases with days lost - Work-related injuries or illnesses that cause an employee to lose at least one full day after the date of the incident.
Days lost - Number of days lost due to work-related injuries and illnesses.
Recordable cases - Work-related injuries or illnesses requiring medical attention beyond first-aid, including cases with days lost.
⁶ 2010 goal for cases with days lost rate was modified from 0.22 to a more ambitious rate of 0.16 based on 2008 safety performance that met the goal early.
⁷ 2010 goal for days lost rate was modified from 5.00 to a more ambitious rate of 3.98 based on 2008 safety performance that exceeded the goal two years early.
⁸ 2010 goal for recordable case rate was modified from 1.27 to a more ambitious rate of 1.25 based on 2008 safety performance.
⁹ 2010 goal adjusted up to 80 percent due to exceeding previous goal of 75 percent.
¹⁰ A new international noise and employee-protection standard may require Baxter to include additional employees in hearing conservation programs.