The Bristol-Myers Squibb sustainability website is a GRI-based report. We believe we are among the first companies to issue a GRI-based report, following the criteria in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2006 G3 Sustainability Reporting
Guidelines.
The GRI Application Level grid (below) is included in this report to support our self-declaration of this report at Application Level B+. An independent third-party review of this website confirms that it meets the content and quality requirements of GRI G3 Application Level B+. Additionally, we are requesting that GRI conduct its own review of our Application Level.
| Report Application Level |
C |
B |
A |
| |
(C+ = Report
Externally Verified) |
(B+ = Report
Externally Verified) |
(A+ = Report
Externally Verified) |
| G3 Profile Disclosures |
Report on: 1.1, 2.1-2.10, 3.1-3.8, 3.10-3.12,
4.1-4.4, 4.14-4.15 |
Report on all criteria listed for Level C plus: 1.2,
3.9, 3.13, 4.5-4.13, 4.16-4.17 |
Same as requirement for Level B |
| G3 Management Approach Disclosures |
Not Required |
Management Approach Disclosures for each Indicator
Category |
Management Approach Disclosures for each Indicator
Category |
| G3 Performance Indicators and Sector Supplement
Performance Indicators |
Report on a minimum of 10 Performance Indicators,
including at least one from each of: social, economic, and environmental |
Report on a minimum of 20 Performance Indicators,
including at least one from each of: economic, environmental, human
rights, labor, society, product responsibility |
Respond on each core G3 and Sector Supplement
indicator with due regard to the materiality principle by either:
a) reporting on the indicator or b) explaining the reason for its
omission |
The following index is designed for stakeholders who are familiar with
the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2006 G3 Sustainability Reporting
Guidelines. For each G3 performance indicator below, we include a link to the pertinent
section of the Bristol-Myers Squibb sustainability website.
| G3 Indicator |
Description |
Location within www.bms.com/sustainability |
1. Strategy and Analysis |
1.1 |
Statement from senior decision-maker |
CEO Message, Welcome, Vision
and strategy |
1.2 |
Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities |
Executive summary, Material issues |
2. Organizational Profile |
2.1 |
Organization's name |
Company
profile |
2.2 |
Major products |
Company
profile – Major products |
2.3 |
Operational structure and major divisions |
Structure
and governance
Company
profile – Major products |
2.4 |
Location of headquarters |
New York, New York, USA |
2.5 |
Countries of operation |
Company
profile – Location of operations, Facility information |
2.6 |
Nature of ownership |
Company
profile – Ownership and markets served |
2.7 |
Markets served including geographic breakdown/sectors
served/customers |
Company
profile – Ownership and markets served |
2.8 |
Scale of organization including number
of employees, nets sales/revenues, total capitalization |
Company
profile – Scale of activity |
2.9 |
Significant changes during reporting period |
Company
profile – Significant changes in operation |
2.10 |
Awards |
Awards and recognition |
3. Report Parameters |
3.1 |
Reporting period |
About this report – Reporting period and scope |
3.2 |
Date of previous report |
About this report – Reporting period and scope |
3.3 |
Reporting cycle |
About this report – Reporting period and scope |
3.4 |
Contact point |
About this report – Contact point for questions |
3.5 |
Process for defining report content |
About this report – Defining report content |
3.6 |
Boundary of the report |
About this report – Reporting period and scope |
3.7 |
Limitations on the scope or boundary of the report |
About this report – Reporting period and scope |
3.8 |
Basis for reporting on joint ventures, etc. |
About this report – Reporting period and scope |
3.9 |
Data measurement techniques and bases
of calculations including assumptions |
Environmental performance– energy; water;
biodiversity; emissions, effluents, and waste; transport |
3.10 |
Restatements of information |
About this report – changes in reporting |
3.11 |
Significant changes from previous reporting periods |
About this report – changes in reporting |
3.12 |
GRI Content Index table |
Global Reporting Initiative content index |
3.13 |
Policy and practice for seeking independent
assurance for report |
About this report – Assuring accuracy and reliability in reporting; verification |
4. Governance, Commitments & Engagement |
4.1 |
Governance structure including committees |
Structure
and governance |
4.2 |
Indicate whether chair of highest governance
body is also an executive officer |
Structure
and governance – Board of Directors |
4.3 |
Percent of independent directors |
Corporate governance– Board of Directors |
4.4 |
Mechanisms for shareholders and employees
to provide recommendations/direction to highest governance body |
Structure
and governance – Stockholder resolutions |
4.5 |
Linkage between compensation and organization’s
performance for members of highest governance body/senior executives |
Structure
and governance – Compensation and non-financial goals |
4.6 |
Process for the Board to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided |
Corporate governance – Guidelines |
4.7 |
Processes for determine qualifications and expertise for guiding strategy |
Corporate governance – Guidelines |
4.8 |
Mission and values statements, codes of
conduct, principles relevant to economic, environmental and social
performance, and status of implementation |
Governance structure and management systems – Overarching
policies |
4.9 |
Procedures of highest governance body for
overseeing economic, environmental and social performance including
compliance, codes of conduct |
Governance structure and management systems –Operational structure |
4.10 |
Processes for evaluating performance of
governance body with respect to economic, environmental and social
performance |
Corporate governance – Guidelines |
4.11 |
Explanation of how precautionary approach/principle
is addressed by organization |
Governance structure and management systems – Overarching
policies |
4.12 |
Externally developed, voluntary economic,
environmental, and social charters, sets of principles, or other
initiatives |
Overarching
policies – Voluntary standards |
4.13 |
Significant memberships in associations
and/or advocacy organizations |
Overarching
policies – Business association memberships |
4.14 |
List of stakeholder groups |
Governance Structure and Management Systems: Stakeholder Engagement |
4.15 |
Basis for identification and selection
of stakeholders with whom to engage |
Governance Structure and Management Systems: Stakeholder Engagement |
4.16 |
Approaches to stakeholder engagement,
including frequency and type |
Governance Structure and Management Systems: Stakeholder Engagement |
4.17 |
Key issues raised through stakeholder
engagement and how organization has responded |
Governance Structure and Management Systems: Stakeholder Engagement |
Economic Performance Indicators |
|
Management approach |
Economic performance – Management approach |
EC1 |
Direct economic value generated and distributed |
Economic performance – customers; Economic
performance – employees; Economic performance – public sector |
EC2 |
Financial implications and other risks and opportunities due to climate change |
Material issues –Energy and Water |
EC3 |
Coverage of the defined benefit plan obligations |
Annual Report |
EC8 |
Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided for public benefit |
Social performance – philanthropic contributions |
EC9 |
Indirect impacts |
Economic performance – indirect impacts |
Environmental Performance Indicators |
|
Management approach |
Environmental performance– Management approach |
EN3 |
Direct energy consumption |
Energy use |
EN4 |
Indirect energy consumption |
Energy use |
EN8 |
Total water withdrawal |
Water use |
EN13 |
Habitats protected or restored |
Biodiversity |
EN16 |
Direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions |
Environmental performance – Greenhouse gas emissions |
EN19 |
Emissions of ozone-depleting substances |
Environmental performance – Ozone-depleting substances |
EN20 |
NO, SO, and other air emissions |
Environmental performance – acid gas emissions; priority reduction chemical emissions |
EN21 |
Water discharge |
Environmental performance – effluents to water |
EN22 |
Waste |
Environmental performance – nonhazardous waste; hazardous waste |
EN26 |
Initiative to mitigate environmental impacts of products |
Environmental performance – products and services |
EN28 |
Compliance |
Environmental performance – compliance |
EN29 |
Transport |
Environmental performance – transport |
Social Performance Indicators |
|
Management approach |
Social performance– Management approach |
LA3 |
Benefits |
Benefits Program Highlights |
LA7 |
Health and safety rates |
Social performance – employees health and safety |
LA8 |
Programs to assist employees, families, or community members regarding serious diseases |
Social performance – employees HIV/AIDS in the workplace; pandemic planning; philanthropic contributions |
LA11 |
Skills management and lifelong learning |
Social performance – employees training and education |
LA13 |
Diversity |
Social performance – employees diversity and work/life integration |
HR6 |
Operations having significant risk for incidents of child labor |
Social performance – human rights |
HR7 |
Operations having significant risk for incidents of forced labor |
Social performance – human rights |
SO5 |
Public policy development and lobbying |
Economic performance – political contributions |
SO6 |
Total value of contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions |
Economic performance – political contributions |
PR6 |
Program for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications |
Social performance– Management approach; Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics; Direct-to-Consumer Communications Code
|
*In addition to the locations listed in this table, many of
the indicators are summarized in the Key
Performance Indicators section of this website. For more help in
locating sustainability topics, see the site Index.