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Social Standards

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GRI Standard and disclosure

 

Reference

 

Omission reason and Comment

GRI 401: Employment 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Career with us
Corporate culture
Human rights

 

 

401-1 New employee hires and employee turnover

 

Indicators: employees

 

 

401-2 Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees

 

Career with us

 

Omission reason: Information unavailable/incomplete

 

 

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.

401-3 Parental leave

 

Career with us
Indicators: employees

 

 

GRI 402: Labor/Management Relations 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Corporate culture

 

 

402-1 Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes

 

Corporate culture

 

Omission reason: Not applicable

 

 

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.

GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2018

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Health & safety
Plant, process & transport safety

 

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.

403-1 Occupational health and safety management system

 

Health & safety

 

 

403-2 Hazard identification, risk assessment, and incident investigation

 

Health & safety
Plant, process & transport safety

 

 

403-3 Occupational health services

 

Health & safety

 

 

403-4 Worker participation, consultation, and communication on occupational health and safety

 

Health & safety

 

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.

403-5 Worker training on occupational health and safety

 

Health & safety
Plant, process & transport safety

 

 

403-6 Promotion of worker health

 

Health & safety

 

 

403-7 Prevention and mitigation of occupational health and safety impacts directly linked by business relationships

 

Health & safety
Human rights
Plant, process & transport safety

 

 

403-8 Workers covered by an occupational health and safety management system

 

Health & safety

 

 

403-9 Work-related injuries

 

Health & safety
Plant, process & transport safety
Indicators: employees

 

Comment: We have identified the lost time injury rate (LTIR) as a key performance indicator for our company.

403-10 Work-related ill health

 

Health & safety
Plant, process & transport safety
Indicators: employees

 

Omission reason: Information unavailable/incomplete

 

 

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.

GRI 404: Training and Education 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Career with us
Diversity, equity & inclusion
Corporate culture

 

 

404-1 Average hours of training per year per employee

 

Career with us

 

Omission reason: Not applicable

 

 

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.

404-2 Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition assistance programs

 

Sustainable supply chain management
Human rights
Product-related crime
Plant, process & transport safety
Career with us
Corporate culture
Diversity, equity & inclusion
Environmental protection

 

 

404-3 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews

 

Career with us
Indicators: employees

 

 

GRI 405: Diversity and Equal Opportunity 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Diversity, equity & inclusion
Career with us
Corporate culture
Objectives of the Supervisory Board with respect to its composition

 

 

405-1 Diversity of governance bodies and employees

 

Diversity, equity & inclusion
Indicators: employees
The Executive Board
The Supervisory Board
Objectives of the Supervisory Board with respect to its composition
Diversity policy

 

 

405-2 Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men

 

Career with us
Diversity, equity & inclusion

 

Omission reason: Not applicable

 

 

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.

GRI 406: Non-discrimination 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Diversity, equity & inclusion
Corporate culture

 

 

406-1 Incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken

 

Diversity, equity & inclusion
Indicators: business ethics

 

 

GRI 407: Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Sustainable supply chain management
Human rights
Corporate culture

 

 

407-1 Operations and suppliers in which the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at risk

 

Sustainable supply chain management
Human rights

 

 

GRI 408: Child Labor 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Sustainable supply chain management
Mica supply chain
Human rights

 

 

408-1 Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of child labor

 

Sustainable supply chain management
Human rights
Mica supply chain

 

 

GRI 409: Forced or Compulsory Labor 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Sustainable supply chain management
Mica supply chain
Human rights

 

 

409-1 Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor

 

Sustainable supply chain management
Mica supply chain
Human rights

 

 

GRI 410: Security Practices 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Human rights
Sustainable supply chain management

 

 

410-1 Security personnel trained in human rights policies or procedures

 

Human rights

 

Omission reason: Information unavailable/incomplete

 

 

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.

GRI 414: Supplier Social Assessment 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Sustainable supply chain management
Mica supply chain
Human rights

 

 

414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria

 

Sustainable supply chain management

 

Omission reason: Not applicable

 

 

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.

414-2 Negative social impacts in the supply chain and actions taken

 

Sustainable supply chain management
Mica supply chain

 

 

GRI 415: Public Policy 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Stakeholder dialogue

 

 

415-1 Political contributions

 

Stakeholder dialogue

 

 

GRI 416: Customer Health and Safety 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Clinical studies
Patient safety
Product-related crime
Chemical product safety
Sustainable products & packaging
Report on Risks and Opportunities

 

 

416-1 Assessment of the health and safety impacts of product and service categories

 

Chemical product safety

 

 

416-2 Incidents of non-compliance concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services

 

Clinical studies
Chemical product safety
Report on Risks and Opportunities

 

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

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Compliance management
Responsible interactions with health systems
Patient safety
Chemical product safety

 

 

417-1 Requirements for product and service information and labeling

 

Patient safety
Chemical product safety

 

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.

417-2 Incidents of non-compliance concerning product and service information and labeling

 

Patient safety
Chemical product safety
Report on Risks and Opportunities

 

 

417-3 Incidents of non-compliance concerning marketing communications

 

Report on Risks and Opportunities

 

Comment: As applicable, we report on risks from litigation and legal proceedings in our Report on Risks and Opportunities.

GRI 418: Customer Privacy 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

 

Data protection & cyber security
Clinical studies

 

 

418-1 Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data

 

Data protection & cyber security
Clinical studies
Indicators: business ethics

 

 

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.

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