GRI Standard and disclosure |
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Omission reason and Comment |
GRI 401: Employment 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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401-1 New employee hires and employee turnover |
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401-2 Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees |
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Omission reason: Information unavailable/incomplete |
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Comment: Part-time employees receive the same eligibility for employee benefits as full-time workers. Employees with temporary contracts, however, may not be entitled to all company benefits, such as a company pension. |
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401-3 Parental leave |
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GRI 402: Labor/ |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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402-1 Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes |
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Omission reason: Not applicable |
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Comment: The regulations on periods of notice vary worldwide. We apply the rules that are in force locally. There is no need for us to track periods of notice at Group level. |
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GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2018 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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Comment: The disclosures under GRI 403 pertain to our employees as well as supervised temporary staff. They do not include employees of contractors. Consequently, not all the employee groups specified by GRI are reflected. |
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403-1 Occupational health and safety management system |
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403-2 Hazard identification, risk assessment, and incident investigation |
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403-3 Occupational health services |
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403-4 Worker participation, consultation, and communication on occupational health and safety |
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Comment: Occupational health and safety committees are required by law in Germany. All employees of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany are therefore represented by such committees, which operate at site level. These employees represent around 13% of our global workforce. The majority of sites outside Germany also have health and safety committees to represent their employees. The organization of these committees is the responsibility of our individual sites. Health and safety issues are governed Group-wide by our EHS Policy. The organizational implementation of this policy is the responsibility of our individual sites and is subject to local laws and regulations. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, which accounts for approximately 13% of our global workforce, has company agreements in place on occupational health and safety. |
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403-5 Worker training on occupational health and safety |
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403-6 Promotion of worker health |
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403-7 Prevention and mitigation of occupational health and safety impacts directly linked by business relationships |
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Health & safety |
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403-8 Workers covered by an occupational health and safety management system |
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403-9 Work-related injuries |
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Health & safety |
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Comment: We have identified the lost time injury rate (LTIR) as a key performance indicator for our company. |
403-10 Work-related ill health |
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Health & safety |
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Omission reason: Information unavailable/incomplete |
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Comment: At Group level, we do not collect data regarding the types of potential work-related illnesses or fatalities. Our sites may collect data on the incidence of occupational illness as needed. |
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GRI 404: Training and Education 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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Career with us |
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404-1 Average hours of training per year per employee |
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Omission reason: Not applicable |
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Comment: We do not keep track of the average hours our employees spend on vocational training and continuing education because this indicator does not have any bearing on the quality or success of our efforts. |
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404-2 Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition assistance programs |
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Sustainable supply chain management |
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404-3 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews |
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GRI 405: Diversity and Equal Opportunity 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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Diversity, equity & inclusion |
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405-1 Diversity of governance bodies and employees |
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Diversity, equity & inclusion |
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405-2 Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men |
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Omission reason: Not applicable |
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Comment: As a core principle, our compensation systems and processes do not distinguish between women and men. The salaries we offer are predicated on the respective job description and are based on our Global Job Catalog, which has fixed salary bands that are identical for men and women. Variable salary components that fall under performance-based compensation are paid based on whether mutually agreed targets have been achieved. A performance management system governs this process. |
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GRI 406: Non-discrimination 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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406-1 Incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken |
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GRI 407: Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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Sustainable supply chain management |
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407-1 Operations and suppliers in which the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at risk |
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GRI 408: Child Labor 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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Sustainable supply chain management |
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408-1 Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of child labor |
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Sustainable supply chain management |
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GRI 409: Forced or Compulsory Labor 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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Sustainable supply chain management |
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409-1 Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor |
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Sustainable supply chain management |
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GRI 410: Security Practices 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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410-1 Security personnel trained in human rights policies or procedures |
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Omission reason: Information unavailable/incomplete |
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Comment: As part of our Security Governance Framework, we plan to integrate human rights aspects even more strongly into security-relevant processes, for instance in training courses for security personnel. To this end, we will offer webinars on the topic of human rights on the established Security Academy platform in regular intervals, among other things. |
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GRI 414: Supplier Social Assessment 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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Sustainable supply chain management |
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414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria |
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Omission reason: Not applicable |
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Comment: We do not report the “percentage of new suppliers that were screened using social criteria” since this information is not relevant for managing our sustainable supplier management activities. |
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414-2 Negative social impacts in the supply chain and actions taken |
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GRI 415: Public Policy 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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415-1 Political contributions |
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GRI 416: Customer Health and Safety 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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Clinical studies |
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416-1 Assessment of the health and safety impacts of product and service categories |
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416-2 Incidents of non-compliance concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services |
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Clinical studies |
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Comment: As applicable, we report on risks from litigation and legal proceedings in our Report on Risks and Opportunities. |
GRI 417: Marketing and Labeling 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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Compliance management |
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417-1 Requirements for product and service information and labeling |
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Comment: All pharmaceuticals are subject to reporting and notification requirements, which we fulfill. In line with the statutory requirements, we provide our customers with easily accessible and relevant information on the safe handling and use of our chemical products. We report on the individual requirements in the respective chapters. |
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417-2 Incidents of non-compliance concerning product and service information and labeling |
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Patient safety |
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417-3 Incidents of non-compliance concerning marketing communications |
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Comment: As applicable, we report on risks from litigation and legal proceedings in our Report on Risks and Opportunities. |
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GRI 418: Customer Privacy 2016 |
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3-3 Management of material topics |
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418-1 Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data |
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Data protection & cyber security |
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EHS
Short for “Environment, Health and Safety”, this refers to environmental management, health protection and occupational safety throughout a company.
LTIR
The lost time injury rate measures the number of accidents resulting in missed days of work (one or more days) per one million working hours.