EHS Goals

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

Goals-Setting and Business Integration

Baxter's Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) organization conducts strategic planning to determine long-term goals, assess resources required to achieve those goals, and ensure business alignment. In manufacturing operations, goals related to energy, waste and water reduction are included in many senior managers' and plant managers' annual objectives. Annual manager performance evaluations, including considerations related to compensation, are based partly upon business unit and facility performance in these areas. In 2010, annual bonuses for manufacturing executives were tied to the company's performance in energy, waste, water and safety.

The following interactive table summarizes performance against Baxter's EHS 2010 and 2015 goals. This reporting year concludes performance against the company's EHS 2010 goals. Baxter recognizes the importance of aspirational targets and in 2011 launched its EHS 2015 goals, which integrate into the company's overarching sustainability priorities.

See Priorities and Goals – Our Operations and Products for progress against EHS-related 2015 sustainability goals.

• EHS 2010 Goals
• EHS 2015 Goals

Goal	Progress through 2010

Environmental (base year 2005)

Reduce environmental incidents by 50%.	Increased incidents by 71%. See Environmental Compliance for detail.
Reduce energy usage 20% indexed to revenue.	Reduced 20% indexed to revenue.
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20% indexed to revenue.	Reduced 29% indexed to revenue (decreased 7% on an absolute basis).
Reduce total waste (non-hazardous and regulated) 30% indexed to revenue.	Reduced 20% indexed to revenue.
Reduce water usage 20% indexed to revenue.	Reduced 31% 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.	Applied the Product Sustainability Review to all medical devices subject to the PDP during this period.
Implement an electronic product take-back program.	Baxter implemented a take-back program in Europe for its electronic products in compliance with the European Union Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. Baxter assessed the feasibility of an electronic product recycling program in North America in 2009 and determined that the projected environmental benefits would not merit the required financial investment.
Develop an implementation plan to proactively eliminate certain hazardous substances1 in new packaging and products developed.	Continued to partner with Baxter's product development groups to incorporate these requirements into new designs, including for two electronic devices currently under development.
1 Substances targeted include those regulated by the European Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive and those identified as "Substances of Very High Concern" under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Directive.

Occupational Health and Safety

Reduce recordable case rate to 1.25.1, 2, 3	Decreased rate to 1.00 in 2010 from 1.52 in 2005.
Reduce cases with days lost rate to 0.16.1, 2, 4	Decreased rate to 0.17 in 2010 from 0.30 in 2005.
Reduce work-related days lost rate to 3.98.1, 2, 5	Decreased rate to 4.56 in 2010 from 7.08 in 2005.
Implement a case management program in 75% of facilities with 25 employees or more.	Implemented case management programs in 90% of facilities with 25 employees or more.
1 All rates based on 100 full-time employees working one year, which equals a total of 200,000 work hours. For tracking purposes, Baxter's position is to follow U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordkeeping requirements worldwide. In cases where an injury occurs and conflicting medical opinions arise as to the number of days away and/or restricted days that should be recorded, Baxter records on the basis of the most authoritative physician's opinion. 2 Recordable cases - Work-related injuries or illnesses requiring medical attention beyond first-aid, including cases with days lost. 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 - The number of days lost recommended by the most authoritative physician's opinion (including weekends and holidays) due to work-related injuries and illnesses. 3 2010 goal for recordable case rate was modified in 2008 from 1.27 to a more ambitious rate of 1.25 based on 2008 safety performance. 4 2010 goal for cases with days lost rate was modified in 2008 from 0.22 to a more ambitious rate of 0.16 based on 2008 safety performance that exceeded the goal two years early (was originally set at 0.23 in 2005). 5 2010 goal for days lost rate was modified in 2008 from 5.00 to a more ambitious rate of 3.98 based on 2008 safety performance that exceeded the goal two years early (was originally set at 6.00 in 2005).

Industrial Hygiene

Ensure that 95% of manufacturing and R&D sites have current industrial hygiene risk assessments and monitoring plans.	Ninety-seven percent have current industrial hygiene risk assessments and monitoring plans.
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%.1	Continuing to reevaluate hearing conservation program using American Council of Governmental Industrial Hygienists and European Union standards. Reduced the need for employees to use hearing protection by 32% from 2007.
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%.	Conducted exposure sampling and reduced the number of employees that need respiratory protection by 31%.
1 A new international noise and employee-protection standard may require Baxter to include additional employees in hearing conservation programs.

Goal	Items in blue font are also companywide sustainability goals. Click on those items to view progress.

Environmental (base year 2005, unless otherwise noted)

Reduce total waste generation 30% indexed to revenue.

Reduce energy usage 30% indexed to revenue.

Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 45% indexed to revenue.

Increase facility energy usage of renewable power to 20% (of total).

Reduce environmental compliance incidents1 by 75%.

Reduce water usage 35% indexed to revenue.

Implement two projects to help protect vulnerable watersheds or provide communities with enhanced access to clean water.

Reduce the carbon footprint of Baxter's U.S. car fleet by 20% from 2007 baseline.

Eliminate 5,000 metric tons of packaging material from products sent to customers from 2007 baseline.

1 Defined as releases to the air, water or land in excess of permit limits, and other spills or releases reportable to the government.

Product Stewardship

Identify and minimize life cycle impacts for new products.

Eliminate or minimize known substances of concern in new products and packaging, as feasible.

Pursue at least five strategic sustainability-related product marketing opportunities with Baxter business groups.

Incorporate green principles into Baxter's purchasing program with select 100 suppliers.

Occupational Health and Safety and Industrial Hygiene

Implement best-in-class programs designed to protect the safety and improve the health of employees that result in performance in the top three of industry peers.1

Fully deploy the BeWell@Baxter health-promotion program according to defined criteria.

Implement a flexible strategy to increase employee awareness and ownership of their individual health status.

Reduce the need for employees to use hearing protection by 15% from 2010 levels by using new equipment, and applying engineering and administrative controls.

Develop a formal process to ensure site-level industrial hygiene competency to perform industrial hygiene risk assessments and monitoring.

Implement a uniform program for employee handling and use of hazardous chemicals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) beyond compliance with local laws.

1 In a comparison of healthcare companies reporting cases with days lost rate data to Mercer.