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Environment Health and Safety: An Integral Part of our Corporate Responsibility

As a pharmaceutical company, we advance good health not only through the innovation, production and distribution of medicines, but also through the preservation and creation of a healthy environment. At Pfizer, we are committed to protecting the environment, health and safety of our colleagues and the communities where we operate around the world. We seek to identify emerging environmental issues relevant to the pharmaceutical and biotechnical industry and stakeholders and lead efforts to address them strategically and tactically through innovative policies and technology programs.

Learn more about how we integrate our EHS principles throughout our organization.

EHS Program Highlights

  • In 2006, IChemE once again recognized Pfizer for Green Chemistry practices for Lyrica® and Vfend®. Lyrica® won the top European GC Award — the Excellence in Green Chemistry and Engineering Award, and Vfend® was a finalist for the Faraday Award.
  • Pfizer facilities were awarded numerous recognitions in 2006 including the third successive Missouri Water Environmental Association "Gold Star Certificate" for pretreatment achievements by our St. Louis R&D facility and the prestigious National Award from the Irish National Safety Organization to our Ireland-based manufacturing sites.
  • The Clinical Research Unit (CRU) located in New Haven, was designed with green building principles integrated through all stages of the project. The CRU was awarded Silver LEED™ Certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), the first such designation for a building in Connecticut.
  • As an example of habitat conservation throughout our facilities, our Kalamazoo, Michigan site has achieved program recertification from the Wildlife Habitat Council, which said of our colleagues — "the efforts of the employees at the Kalamazoo Manufacturing site, particularly in the continued development of the nest box, pollinator, invasive species, woodland management, and public outreach programs have been truly exceptional."
  • Pfizer continues to partner with global and local environmental organizations including the Alliance to Conserve the Maya Forest. This Alliance has been promoting sustainable growth and conservation in the Maya Forest, the second largest rainforest in the Americas after the Amazon.
  • 2006 marked the completion of Pfizer´s second year using 30% post-consumer content recycled paper as the preferred paper for all US-based operations.

Pfizer EHS Strategy

Driven by Pfizer’s dynamic business environment, we are seizing opportunities to advance the efficiency and effectiveness of Pfizer’s EHS programs by focusing on six strategic imperatives:

  • Integrate EHS into business functions and product development
  • Drive risk-based EHS decision making
  • Capture opportunity and mitigate risk associated with sourcing
  • Build the business and technical capabilities of EHS colleagues
  • Shape a positive environment through selective stakeholder engagement
  • Drive advantage through EHS performance

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