Safety and the Environment

 
Merck Ltd. acknowledges its responsibilities to environmental protection, Safety and occupational health to achieve the best safety, health and environment practice throughout all business activities. Merck has a renowned effort for HSE policy that is in line with MERCK KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. HSE-management at Merck Ltd. is based upon continuous improvement consistent with current knowledge and is a top-management issue.
With regards to its overall HSE-objectives and targets, Merck Ltd. will:
  • Comply with the requirements of relevant legislation and regulations.
  • Incorporate appropriate environmental/safety/health criteria and factors into business decisions.
  • Develop management processes and operational procedures whose functions are to prevent pollution and continuously improve environmental/safety/health performance.
  • Reduce the consumption of raw materials, minimize the use of environmentally sensitive materials and promote the use of recycled materials, wherever possible.
  • Avoid and minimize waste as far as possible and ensure all waste is managed, treated and disposed of in an environmentally acceptable manner.
  • Conduct audits on-site to ensure operations are in compliance with HSE-management requirements.
  • Provide appropriate levels of training and support to management and employees to ensure they are able to fulfil HSE-management responsibilities.
  • Work with major suppliers, contractors and customers to facilitate their HSE-performance improvement.
  • Make the environmental/safety policy and environmental/safety programs available to the public and be supportive of local HSE-initiatives.
  • Ensure appropriate resources are available to fully implement policy and continuously review the policy's relevance with respect to legal and business developments.
 
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Responsible Care®  
HSE Activities at the Chemicals Distribution Center

November 2000

Merck Thailand registered Responsible Care with the Federation of Thai Industries
 
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Retrologistics®  
December 2002
Merck Thailand launched its Retrologistics Project, which has brought the entire operations of Merck up to World standards in environmental protection. We invested about 500,000 Baht on the development and installation of Retrologistics equipment under the guidance of experts from Merck KGaA Germany.
 
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Outline of Retrologistics Project
Merck Thailand shows its support of, and responsibility to its business partners and to the broader social community by the re-collection of Merck packaging materials from key customers for recycling (in particular glass and plastic bottles).
 

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