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

As a part of the annual reporting process, Baxter measures and evaluates its performance, and communicates its progress and challenges. Together, these activities help the company continually improve its contributions toward addressing global sustainability challenges and advancing sustainability at Baxter.

Baxter’s exercise of collecting, analyzing and reviewing report content engages and educates people throughout the company on sustainability issues. As the most comprehensive source of sustainability information relating to Baxter’s activities, this report also helps illustrate the interconnection between content areas, such as how product innovation can support access to healthcare in emerging markets and the relationship between water use and 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. This 2008 Sustainability Report is available in two versions to address varying information needs:

Feedback

Stakeholder feedback is an important source of ideas to support continual improvement of Baxter's sustainability programs and annual 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 2008 unless stated otherwise. Some case studies and program descriptions include information from 2009.
  • This report covers Baxter's global operations, including subsidiaries, unless otherwise noted. Environment, Health and Safety data includes joint ventures where Baxter has a controlling interest.
  • All currency in this report is in U.S. dollars unless stated otherwise.
  • Any 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 e-mail at onebaxter@baxter.com.