Environmental Performance At-a-Glance
In 2008, Baxter concluded its third year of progress on its 2010 environmental goals and launched a set of longer-term 2015 sustainability goals. As the graph below indicates, Baxter met or exceeded its 2010 water usage and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions goals and is on track to meet or exceed its 2010 energy usage goal. However, progress toward the total waste-reduction and environmental incidents-reduction goals slowed due to increased waste generation from Baxter’s BioScience operation and continued wastewater exceedances at a single location in Europe.
The following table describes total savings and cost avoidance realized in 2008 from activities completed in 2008. See the Environmental Financial Statement for more detail.
| ENVIRONMENTAL SAVINGS AND COST AVOIDANCE (DOLLARS IN MILLIONS) | |
| Indicator | Savings |
| Energy Use | $5.1 |
| GHG Emissions | n/a |
| Total Waste Generation | $1.0 |
| Water Use | $0.7 |
