SHE Performance

Careful use of resources with minimal environmental impact is an important element in sustainable development. Reflecting its commitment to sustainability, Roche is continuously endeavouring to reduce its consumption of materials and energy and to cut the quantities of waste and emissions it generates.

We evaluate the Group SHE performance by annually collecting and aggregating the relevant data from the individual sites.

To ensure the quality of our internal reporting systems and enhance the credibility of our sustainability reporting, our SHE performance figures undergo an external verification since 1998.

A company's SHE-performance is assessed by means of indicators which are defined by international organisations, professional and industry associations and other interest groups. For the environmental dimension these indicators are referring to impacts on living and non living natural systems, land, air and water. Safety and health indicators describe occupational impacts on our employees such as accidents and diseases.

In terms of the selection of indicators, data collection and reporting, Roche follows the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Reporting Guidelines of CEFIC, the umbrella organisation for European chemical industry associations.

Performance information is provided in terms of both absolute figures and normalised measures. Absolute figures provide a sense of scale or magnitude of impacts which allows the user to consider performance in the context of larger systems. Normalised figures illustrate the organisation’s efficiency and support comparison between organisations of different sizes.

Amendments of reporting guidelines and the constant state of flux in Roche's business environment (purchases or sales of business areas, changes of product ranges, etc.) mean that the values for individual parameters are not exactly comparable year on year. We nevertheless can demonstrate continuous improvement in our SHE performance.