Certifications and memberships of Bayer AG,
its subgroups and service companies

Certifications of the subgroups and service companies relevant to the product portfolio:

Bayer HealthCare

GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice), ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001, GLP (Good Laboratory Practice)

Bayer CropScience

ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001. Individual sites or departments are also certified to ISO 17025, GLP (Good Laboratory Practice), GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) or local environmental standards.

Bayer MaterialScience

Based on the integrated management system, certification to ISO 9001 applies to all sites and business units. Individual sites or departments are also certified to ISO 14001; in individual cases in accordance with ISO 17025 or local environmental or safety standards, e.g. Responsible Care Management System (RCMS) in the United States.

Bayer Business Services

ISO 9001:2000, SAP Customer Competence Center

Bayer Technology Services

ISO 9001 (Design and Construction of Industrial Plants), SCC (Construction and Erection Activity for Industrial Plants), ISO 17025 (Materials Testing), Profepa Industria Limpia (environmental protection certificate in Mexico as site operator)

Currenta

ISO 14001, ISO 9001 (in relevant areas), EfbV (German Ordinance on Specialized Waste Management Companies), SCC (Contractors), ISO 17025, GLP, GMP, § 25 LAfG (German Agricultural Promotion Act) BAM/OFD (Federal Ministry for Material Research and Examination/Higher Financial Authorities), § 15 (4) TrinkwV (German Ordinance on Drinking Water) 2001, ZLS (Central Authority of the Federal States for Safety) § 9 para. 6 German Ordinance on Dangerous Goods, right to inspect contaminated sites on real estate belonging to the German Federal States and according to the German Association for the Quality Assurance of Secondary Fuels

Memberships of Bayer AG and its subgroups and service companies:

Bayer AG

Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. (VCI ) (German Chemical Industry Association), European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC), Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e. V. (GDCh) (German Chemical Society), European Center for Ecotoxicology & Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC), American Chemistry Council (ACC), Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Donors’ Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany), Bundesverband der deutschen Industrie e.V. (BDI) (Federation of German Industries), Asien-Pazifik-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft (APA) (Asia-Pacific Committee of German Industry), BusinessEurope: The Confederation of European Business, World Economic Forum, econsense: Forum Nachhaltige Entwicklung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (Forum for Sustainable Development of German Business), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

Bayer HealthCare

Verband forschender Arzneimittelhersteller (VfA) (Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies), Bundesverband der Arzneimittelhersteller (BAH) (Federal Association of Drug Manufacturers), Verband der Diagnostica Industrie e. V. (VDGH) (Diagnostics Industry Association), Bundesverband für Tiergesundheit e. V. (BfT) (Federal Association for Animal Health), European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA), Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle für die Arzneimittelindustrie (Association for the Voluntary Self-Control of the Pharmaceutical Industry), German Pharma Health Fund e. V. (GPHF)

Bayer CropScience

CropLife International (international association of crop protection manufacturers and the bioindustry), European Crop Protection Association (ECPA), EuropaBio – European Association for Bioindustries, Deutsche Industrievereinigung Biotechnologie e. V. (DIB) (German Association of Industrial Biotechnology), Bundesverband der deutschen Pflanzenzüchter (Federal Association of German Plant Breeders), Industrieverband Agrar (IVA) (Association of the Crop Protection and Fertilizer Industry in Germany)

Bayer MaterialScience

PlasticsEurope (association of plastics manufacturers), Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI), European Diisocyanate & Polyol Producers Association (ISOPA), European Aliphatic Isocyanates Producers Association (ALIPA), EUROCHLOR (organization representing the European chlor-alkali industry) and others

Bayer Business Services

Institute of Electronic Business (IEB), IT Service Management Forum, German-language SAP user group (DSAG), Bundesverband für Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik e. V. (BME) (Federal Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics)

Bayer Technology Services

Forschungsgesellschaft Verfahrenstechnik e. V. (GVT) (Research Society for Process Technology), Verein Deutscher Ingenieure - Gesellschaft Verfahrenstechnik und Chemieingenieurwesen (VDI - GVC) (Association of German Engineers – Society for Chemical and Process Engineering), Interessengemeinschaft Automatisierungstechnik der Prozessindustrie (NAMUR) (Association of Users of Automation Technology in the Process Industry)

Currenta

Neues Unternehmertum Rheinland e. V. (Rheinland Association of New Business), Wuppertaler Kreis (a German association for the promotion of further education for executives)