Sustainability Reporting

Baxter is dedicated to sharing information about its sustainability programs, priorities, goals and performance. This report illustrates the company's commitment to good governance, balance and transparency. It also serves as an entry point for stakeholder engagement and is the main vehicle for disclosing information about and soliciting feedback on Baxter's sustainability initiatives and progress.

As a part of the annual reporting process, Baxter measures and evaluates its performance, and communicates its progress and challenges. These activities help the company contribute to addressing global social and environmental challenges while advancing sustainability at Baxter.

The company's annual exercise of collecting, analyzing and reviewing detailed report content engages and educates people throughout the company on sustainability issues. This report also illustrates the interconnection between content areas, such as how product innovation can support access to healthcare in emerging markets and the relationship between water use, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions contributing to global climate change.

Baxter released its first public environmental report in 1992 and published its first sustainability report in 1999. The company has produced a sustainability report every year since, and is committed to annual reporting. The comprehensive 2010 Sustainability Report is available online. Baxter also produces a downloadable PDF of each section and an overview brochure, available in multiple languages.

Baxter discloses information about its sustainability programs and performance through several additional communication channels as well. These include socially responsible investor surveys, award applications, press releases, customer requests for proposals, governmental reports such as the U.S. Employer Information Report (EEO-1) and the U.S. Toxics Release Inventory, participation in conferences, executive speeches, and targeted stakeholder communications.

Feedback

Stakeholder feedback is an important source of ideas to support continual improvement of Baxter's sustainability programs and reporting. We encourage readers to provide comments and suggestions through our Sustainability Survey.

About This Report

• This report is intended for global use. Please consult the appropriate country-specific Baxter website for more information. Some statements in the report about products or procedures may differ from the licensed indications in specific countries. Therefore, always consult the country-specific summary of product characteristics (SPC), package leaflets or instructions for use. For more information, please contact a local Baxter representative.
• The performance data in this report are from calendar year 2010 unless stated otherwise. Some case studies and program descriptions include information from 2011.
• This report covers Baxter's global operations, including subsidiaries, unless otherwise noted. Environmental, health and safety data include joint ventures where Baxter has a controlling interest.
• All currency in this report is in U.S. dollars unless stated otherwise.
• Significant restatements of data compared to prior years are noted in the section where they appear.
• For more information about this report, please contact the Center for One Baxter at 1-800-422-9837 or 1-847-948-4770, or by email at onebaxter@baxter.com.