Greener Products and Solutions

We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to develop products and tools that deliver the highest performance in innovation, quality, safety and effectiveness, while minimizing environmental impact. These efforts enable our customers to carry out cutting-edge research, while positively contributing to their own environmental impact goals.

Designing products for sustainability, evaluating and selecting suppliers against sustainability criteria, pursuing green chemistry, and reducing packaging and end-of-life impact through recycling are all recognized as important aspects of greener products and solutions.

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Innovation & Technology

On a Quest To Make All Chemistry Green Chemistry
The story behind a tool that helps chemists bring a greener lens to the bench.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Life Science Business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Wins Sustainability Excellence Award
The Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany was named a World Sustainability Awards 2023 winner at the World Sustainability Awards 2023.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Unpacking SMASH Packaging 2.0, MilliporeSigma’s Newest Plan To Reduce the Impact of Packaging
SMASH Packaging 2.0, a program from MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, will help drive improvements to the company's packaging without sacrificing safety, quality or performance.

Responsible Production & Consumption

How To Reduce the Environmental Impact of Labs
Jeffrey Whitford, VP of Sustainability & Social Business Innovation at MilliporeSigma discusses the impact of reducing emissions in the lab to benefit not only the environment, but businesses as well in this article originally posted on Labcompare.

Education

MilliporeSigma Partner Beyond Benign Launches New Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community Online Platform
MilliporesSigma partner, Beyond Benign, has launched its Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community free online platform to help the green chemistry community around the world connect and learn together.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MilliporeSigma Leaders Receive Business Intelligence Group Sustainability Awards
Jeffrey Whitford and Chris Famolare from MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, were named Sustainability Hero of the Year and Sustainability Champion of the Year in the BIG™ 2023 Sustainability Awards program.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MilliporeSigma’s Dustin Andre Named a GreenBiz 30 Under 30 Honoree for Advancing Packaging Sustainability
Dustin Andre, product and packaging sustainability specialist at the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has been recognized by GreenBiz’s 30 Under 30 List for his passion for the environment that led to the pilot launch of MilliporeSigma’s Greener Cooler.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Tackling Sustainable Packaging: The Life Science Business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Wraps Up Its First Four Years of SMASH Packaging
Four years after it began SMASH Packaging, MilliporeSigma continues to drive significant improvements in sustainable packaging while exceeding customer expectations. The company will soon announce the next generation of its SMASH Packaging plan to reduce resource consumption.

Innovation & Technology

Greener Product Growth: How MilliporeSigma Built Its Greener Alternative Product Portfolio
Green chemistry principles serve as a guiding framework for many of MilliporeSigma’s sustainability initiatives and how the company measures product sustainability improvements.

Education

Partnering for Greener Chemistry Education Globally: MilliporeSigma Announces Expanded Partnership With Beyond Benign
MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, is expanding its partnership with global green chemistry education nonprofit Beyond Benign.
The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada

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