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Our contribution to Sustainable Development
Bayer CropScience recognizes that financial prosperity is only achievable through a long term commitment to Sustainable Development, whereby the proper balance of economic (prosperity), social (people) and environmental (planet) considerations is maintained.
Our core competencies lie in developing and supplying locally adapted agricultural technologies and solutions focused on improving crop productivity, quality and health. Our portfolio includes crop protection products, traditionally bred seeds and seeds enhanced by plant biotechnology as well as products designed for pest control in home and garden and for preserving public health and hygiene.
The company is committed to maximizing its contribution to Sustainable Development and thereby to its future value creation by:
Our core competencies lie in developing and supplying locally adapted agricultural technologies and solutions focused on improving crop productivity, quality and health. Our portfolio includes crop protection products, traditionally bred seeds and seeds enhanced by plant biotechnology as well as products designed for pest control in home and garden and for preserving public health and hygiene.
The company is committed to maximizing its contribution to Sustainable Development and thereby to its future value creation by:
- Contributing innovative technologies and solutions through Research and Development.
- Securing the production of crops to meet a continually increasing global demand for food and non-food crops through the reduction of pre- and post-harvest losses.
- Supplying technologies for integrated, conventional, and organic farming systems while supporting the coexistence of these systems at farm level.
- Partnering so that international, national and local efforts throughout the food chain contribute to healthy nutrition.
- Enhancing healthy living conditions thus improving the quality of life by preventing or minimizing the hazards associated with pests, in particular those that transmit human diseases.
- Securing the quality of the urban environment through the reduction of noxious plants and pests, thus enhancing the public and private green areas that contribute to the well-being of a city population.
- Ensuring that we maintain a focus on global challenges in the areas of natural resource management such as water, soil, biodiversity, energy or climate change.
- Adopting the principles of Responsible Care and promoting a life cycle approach to Product Stewardship, which includes care throughout R&D, production, distribution, use and disposal.
- Engaging various stakeholders, including the supply chain in initiatives to promote good practices in various areas.
[ last update: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 ]
