Merck: Environmental Sustainability

We consider the impacts of our operations and strive to operate our business sustainably to support the health of our planet and its people.

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Environment

Merck VIDEO | Reducing Our Environmental Impact, One Goal at a Time
At Merck, we are working to find new ways to reduce our use of natural resources and lower our environmental impacts. We have approved a new set of Environmental Sustainability Goals that will direct our actions into the next decade as we work to reduce our environmental impacts.

Sustainable Development Goals

Go Boldly: We Can Grow Our Business While Protecting the Health of Our Planet

Energy

Merck Advances Clean Energy Goals with Invenergy
Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Invenergy, North America’s largest privately held renewable energy company, today announced a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) that adds 60 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy to the electrical grid and supports

Environment

Merck Receives 2018 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award From U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Merck announced today that it has received an ENERGY STAR 2018 Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its continued leadership in energy management in both the pharmaceutical and industrial sectors, and superior co

Sustainable Development Goals

Merck Supports U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals
Brenda Colatrella, executive director of Corporate Responsibility at Merck, has coauthored a paper on developing health-focused public-private partnerships that will support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and are based on governments’ sustainable development pl

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Receives the EPA's 2017 Green Chemistry Challenge Award
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Merck its Green Chemistry Challenge Award for innovative technologies and state-of-the-art approaches to sustainable processes for one of our investigational products. Merck and other Green Chemistry Challenge Award recip

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Receives 2016 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award From U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Receives 2017 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award from U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
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