Environmental Performance: Land Use and Biodiversity

At Bristol-Myers Squibb, we have a special interest in preserving biodiversity. Many important pharmaceutical products, including TAXOL®, are derived from natural plants and organisms. We therefore support natural resource stewardship from both a business and environmental perspective.

One of the tangible ways we support biodiversity is our commitment to purchase and preserve biologically diverse land in perpetuity.

In 2007, we exceeded our 2010 goal to protect land equal in area to the amount of land used by our research and development, manufacturing, distribution centers, and administrative offices. In addition to offsetting property used by Bristol-Myers Squibb's total operations worldwide, we also promote employee participation in protecting critical land areas and encourage local site conservation projects.

Protecting Species

Our facilities support a number of programs to protect local endangered or threatened species and habitats. We have established a 2010 goal: in countries and U.S. states where our manufacturing, research and development, and distribution sites are located, Bristol-Myers Squibb will sponsor a local endangered or threatened species or will partner with an organization that protects endangered local species and their habitats.

Below is a list of facilities and the animal or plant species they are helping to protect:

Facility Location	Endangered Species
Agen, France	European Pond Turtle
Bangkok, Thailand	Elephant
Cibinong Bogor, Indonesia	Komodo Dragon
Cruiserath, Ireland	Marsh Fritillary Butterfly
Deeside, UK	Great Crested Newt
Devens, Massachusetts, U.S.	Blanding Turtle
Evansville, Indiana, U.S.	Peregrine Falcon
Hopewell, New Jersey, U.S.	Marsh Hawk (Northern Harrier / Circus cyaneus)
Humacao, Puerto Rico, U.S.	Humacao Wildlife Reserve (various)
Lawrenceville, New Jersey, U.S.	Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, U.S.	Leather Back Sea Turtle and Cobana Negra
Moreton, UK	Natterjack Toad
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.	Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache eptoides)
New York, New York, U.S.	Peregrine Falcon
Plainsboro, New Jersey, U.S.	Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
San Angel, Mexico	Puma
São Paulo, Brazil	Brazil Nut Tree, Blue Macaw
Shanghai, China	Tiger
Skillman, New Jersey, U.S.	Arogos Skipper and Checkered White (butterflies)
Swords, Ireland	River Otter
Syracuse, New York, U.S.	Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail
Tlalpan, Mexico	Puma
Victoria, Australia	Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby
Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S.	Stiff or Prairie Goldenrod (Solidago rigida)

Preserving Land

As of the end of 2007, Bristol-Myers Squibb has funded conservation of 1,616 hectares of biologically diverse habitat in Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, China, Canada and the United States.

Working through Wetlands International-China, Bristol-Myers Squibb adopted 16.5 acres of wetlands at the Yalujiang National Nature Reserve in 2006. This is a wildlife protection area for bird migration, part of a path that stretches from Alaska in the United States to China, Australia, and New Zealand. Bristol-Myers Squibb is the first multinational company to adopt wetlands in China for environmental preservation.

Additional site conservation projects are underway. Several Bristol-Myers Squibb facilities support local programs — and encourage employee participation in projects — that protect critical land areas. These projects are often undertaken in conjunction with the endangered species 2010 goal. For example, in 2006, employees from the Bristol-Myers Squibb facility in Bangkok, Thailand, participated in a project to replenish a Mangrove forest in Samutsongkham province.

In Puerto Rico, where the company has four major manufacturing facilities – in Humacao, Barceloneta, Manati, and Mayagüez – the company is taking another approach to ecosystem survival. With a major grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation to The Nature Conservancy, a global organization that, as its motto says, seeks "To Save the Last Great Places," the company entered into a unique partnership to develop an ecoregional plan for the tropical island. The company and The Nature Conservancy are working with environmentalists and local authorities in Puerto Rico – through biodiversity workshops, educational efforts and employee volunteerism – to sketch out a strategy for sustainable conservation in Puerto Rico.

Together, the two organizations also are working with environmentalists and local authorities to promote environmental education in Puerto Rico. This educational initiative will share conservation learning and tools with Puerto Rico's kindergarten - 8th grade students. As a result of this alliance to promote environmental education in Puerto Rico, The Nature Conservancy and Bristol-Myers Squibb have completed a set of classroom materials in Spanish (722k PDF file) and English (713k PDF file) on marine conservation for students aged 5-12, along with a Teacher's Guide, which were delivered to the Puerto Rico Department of Education.

Bristol-Myers Squibb has also joined forces with The Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC), a nonprofit, nonlobbying group of corporations, conservation organizations, and individuals dedicated to protecting and enhancing wildlife habitat. Currently, we have earned certification for wildlife habitat projects at several of our facilities in New Jersey and Indiana.

Created in 1988, WHC helps large landowners, particularly corporations, manage their unused lands in an ecologically sensitive manner for the benefit of wildlife. WHC also works to broaden understanding of wildlife values. Over 120 companies are WHC members as are two dozen conservation organizations, plus many supporters and contributors. Over 2 million acres in 48 states, Puerto Rico, and fifteen other countries are managed for wildlife through WHC-assisted projects.

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