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SHE Goals

According to the principles of a sustainable development Roche is striving for a continuous improvement also in the area of safety, health and environmental protection. This can be achieved by changing behaviour, by adapting equipment to the most recent standards or developing new innovative processes. However, a sustainable effect can only be obtained within a longer time frame.

Roche wants to further promote this trend of continuous improvement in the various areas of SHE and achieve progress where ever it is possible and economically viable.

This is why the following goals have been decided in 2005:

  • reducing the Roche Accident Rate (RAR) by 20% until 2010
  • reducing energy consumption in TJ/employee by 10% until 2010
  • improving the Group ecobalance in Mio environmental impact points/employee by 10% until 2015

Energy consumption (GJ/employee)

Ecobalance (mio environmental impact points/employee)

Roche Accident Rate (RAR)

Reducing the RAR as well as the environmental impacts of our operations are well on track. The lowering of energy consumption per employee showed good results in the beginning. However, additional efforts are required now to come down to the figure set as goal for 2010. Measures have been developed in action plans and are about to be implemented.

New mid and longterm goals have been defined which will be calculated on the basis of the 2010 keyfigures:

  • reducing the Roche Accident Rate (RAR) to 0.07 until 2015
  • reducing total environmental impacts by 15% until 2020 a new calculation broadening the scope will be applied
  • improving energy efficiency, measured in GJ/employee, by 10% until 2015 and 20% until 2020
  • reducing CO2 emissions through improved energy efficiency by 20% until 2020
  • reducing total toxicity of discharged waste water by 20% until 2020 an analytical method is still to be established as well as the 2015 baseline