ERM Certification and Verification Services, Inc. (ERM CVS) provided limited third-party assurance on data related to climate and energy, water, waste, social and safety (bolded data points). Environmental indicators include impacts from 100% of Biogen operations including owned and leased facilities. The financial indicators include the company's consolidated financial statements. Social indicators include Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) unless otherwise noted. See the ERM CVS Assurance Statement for full details of the assurance scope, assurance standards used, work undertaken and conclusions.
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Reporting & Principles
Units |
2024 |
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GOVERNANCE |
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About Biogen |
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Revenue |
Million USD |
9,676 |
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Research & Development (R&D) Spend |
Million USD |
2,042 |
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Employees |
# |
7,604 |
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FTEs |
# |
7,577 |
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R&D Employees |
# |
1,408 |
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Workforce Located in the U.S. |
% |
56 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL |
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Climate |
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Scope 1 – |
MT CO2e |
56,611 |
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Scope 2 – Market Based |
MT CO2e |
507 |
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Total Scope 1 & 2 (Market Based) |
MT CO2e |
57,118 |
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Total Purchased Carbon Removals2 |
MT CO2e |
45 |
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Scope 2 – Location Based |
MT CO2e |
32,858 |
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Scope 33 |
MT CO2e |
267,059 |
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Category 1 - Purchased Goods and Services4,5 |
MT CO2e |
184,411 |
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Category 2 - Capital Goods4,6 |
MT CO2e |
27,953 |
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Category 3 - Fuel- and Energy-Related Activities |
MT CO2e |
10,048 |
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Category 4 - Upstream Transportation and Distribution4,7 |
MT CO2e |
4,231 |
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Category 5 - Waste Generated in Operations |
MT CO2e |
240 |
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Category 6 - Business Travel8 |
MT CO2e |
18,067 |
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Category 7 - Employee Commuting |
MT CO2e |
11,727 |
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Category 7 - Employee Work From Home |
MT CO2e |
1,601 |
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Category 8 - Upstream Leased Assets |
MT CO2e |
0 |
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Category 9 - Downstream Transportation and Distribution9 |
MT CO2e |
4,372 |
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Category 12 - End-of-Life Treatment of Sold Products |
MT CO2e |
4,380 |
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Scope 3 (Percent of Scope 1, 2 and 3) |
% |
82 |
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Total Value Chain (Scope 1, 2 and 3) |
MT CO2e |
324,178 |
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Targets and Performance |
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Suppliers That Set or Pledged to Set a Climate Goal via the Science Based Targets Initiative10 |
% |
37 |
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Suppliers That Have Committed to 100% Renewable Energy by 204011 |
% |
56 |
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Air Quality |
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CO Emissions |
MT |
9.0 |
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NOx Emissions |
MT |
18.9 |
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SOx Emissions |
MT |
2.5 |
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VOC Emissions12 |
MT |
2.3 |
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Energy |
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Total Energy Use |
MWh |
443,701 |
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Renewable Electricity |
MWh |
139,757 |
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Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)/Direct Contract13,14 |
MWh |
35,912 |
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Renewable Energy Certificates15 |
MWh |
103,845 |
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On-Site Generation |
MWh |
0 |
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Non-Renewable Energy |
MWh |
303,944 |
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Fossil Fuels |
MWh |
303,663 |
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Municipal Steam |
MWh |
186 |
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Total Non-Renewable Electricity |
MWh |
95 |
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Energy Intensity |
MWh/MM USD revenue |
46 |
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Global Renewable Electricity16 |
% |
100 |
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Renewable Energy Allocation (% Total Energy) |
% |
31 |
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Water |
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Water Use (ex. Non-Contact Cooling Water) |
Million m3 |
1.144 |
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Water Use Intensity |
m3 / MM USD revenue |
118 |
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Water Reused/Recycled17 |
% |
6 |
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Water Withdrawal |
Million m3 |
1.195 |
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Municipal Supply (Potable and Gray Water) |
Million m3 |
1.076 |
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Fresh Surface Water (Non-Contact Cooling) |
Million m3 |
0.117 |
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Rainwater |
Million m3 |
0.001 |
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Water Discharges |
Million m3 |
0.903 |
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Fresh Surface Water |
Million m3 |
0.117 |
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Wastewater |
Million m3 |
0.786 |
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Waste18 |
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Total Non-Hazardous Waste18,19 |
MT |
3,133 |
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Reused20 |
MT |
16 |
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Recycled18 |
MT |
492 |
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Composted18 |
MT |
1,423 |
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Energy Recovery via Anaerobic Digestion |
MT |
0 |
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Waste to Energy18,21 |
MT |
1,126 |
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Incineration |
MT |
6 |
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Landfill22 |
MT |
70 |
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Non-Hazardous Waste Intensity |
MT / MM USD Revenue |
0.32 |
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Waste-to-Landfill Diversion22 |
% |
98 |
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Recovery and Recycling Rate (Non-Hazardous Waste) |
% |
62 |
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Total Hazardous and Biohazardous Waste18 |
MT |
188 |
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SOCIAL |
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Community Engagement and Giving |
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Total Foundation Grants23 |
Million USD |
1.6 |
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Employee Matching Gifts Program24 |
Million USD |
1.0 |
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Corporate Grants and Sponsorships25 |
Million USD |
25.3 |
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Volunteer Hours |
Hours |
12,385 |
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Workforce |
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Women in: |
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Workforce |
% |
52.5 |
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Director Level and Above |
% |
48.3 |
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Demographics in Workforce (U.S. Only): |
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Asian American |
% |
17.7 |
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Black or African American |
% |
11.2 |
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Hispanic or Latino |
% |
3.7 |
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Indigenous or Native American |
% |
0.3 |
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Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
% |
0.1 |
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White |
% |
55.6 |
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Two or More Races |
% |
1.6 |
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No Response |
% |
9.4 |
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Demographics in Management (U.S. Only; Level 9+) |
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Asian American |
% |
19.4 |
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Black or African American |
% |
5.5 |
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Hispanic or Latino |
% |
3.7 |
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Indigenous or Native American |
% |
0.2 |
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White |
% |
60.1 |
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Demographics by Age |
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29 or Younger |
% |
7.3 |
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30 to 50 |
% |
66.7 |
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51 or Older |
% |
26.0 |
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Demographics in Board of Directors |
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Women |
# |
3 |
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Asian American |
# |
1 |
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Hispanic or Latino |
# |
2 |
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White |
# |
7 |
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Did Not Disclose Demographic Background |
# |
1 |
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Talent Attraction, Retention and Turnover |
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Employee Satisfaction |
% |
65 |
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Engagement Survey Response Rate |
% |
76 |
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Open Positions Filled by Internal Candidates |
% |
25 |
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Turnover Rate |
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Voluntary Turnover |
% |
9.6 |
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Involuntary Turnover |
% |
5.4 |
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Pay Ratio Assessment26 |
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Executives |
# |
1.01 |
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Management |
# |
0.96 |
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All Other Professionals |
# |
1.02 |
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Occupational Health and Safety |
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Employee and Type 1 Contractor Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) |
Cases/200,000 working hours |
0.29 |
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Employee and Type 1 Contractor Lost Time Incidental Rate (LTIR)27 |
Cases/200,000 working hours |
0.12 |
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Number of Fatalities for Employees |
# |
1 |
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Number of Fatalities for Contractors |
# |
0 |
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Motor Vehicle Collisions (U.S. Fleet and Canada Fleet)28 |
Collisions/million miles |
3.8 |
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- Scope 2 Market-Based emissions achieved through the purchase of Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs), Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and purchased CO₂ Removal Certificates (CORCs).
- Purchased CORC 100+ credits certified by Puro.earth to offset municipal steam.
- Scope 3 Categories 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15 were determined to be not applicable or negligible.
- Metric reflects data collection from 90% of the top suppliers.
- Decrease in the 2024 value is due to updated emission factors, change in spend due to business priorities and supplier emission reduction efforts.
- Decrease in the 2024 value is due to updated emission factors, decrease in spend due to business climate and supplier emission reduction efforts.
- Decrease in the 2024 value is due to improved supplier categorization.
- Change in the 2024 value is due to increase in air travel.
- New disclosure as data sources have improved.
- This metric represents our top 80% of suppliers by 2024 spend and is inclusive of near- and long-term targets.
- This metric represents our top 50% of suppliers by 2024 spend and is inclusive of near- and long-term targets.
- Decrease in the 2024 value due to updated calculation following the replacement of a boiler at the RTP Pharma site, in line with Biogen’s end-of-life strategy.
- Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) are used to claim use of renewable electricity.
- Decrease in Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) is due to the shift from a PPA to Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) obtained through the Liberty Solar Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA). After Biogen’s VPPA came online in September 2024, the Cambridge site’s energy contract was updated in November 2024 to no longer include a PPA."
- RECs retired include bundled and unbundled Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs), including Green-e certified Renewable Energy Certifications, Guarantees of Origin, J-Credits, Australian RECs and I-RECs to match Biogen’s electricity usage in the U.S./Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia and other global affiliate locations, respectively.
- As a member of RE100, our 100% renewable energy goal covers our imported electricity, which we continue to maintain through acquiring Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs). Biogen takes a global approach to calculating the percentage of electricity consumed by our global operations matched by acquiring EACs. Biogen aims to procure EACs in the same grids where we consume electricity. In certain cases, Biogen may procure renewable energy in other locations. The residual emissions from these regions represent 0.07% of Global Renewable Electricity.
- Represents the amount of water reused/recycled, comprised of reclaimed water onsite, harvested rainwater and municipal gray water, as a portion of total water use.
- Decrease in the 2024 values are due to improved process efficiency and improved segregation, alongside operational fluctuations and changes in the workforce. This impacts metrics for non-hazardous waste, including: recycled, composted and waste to energy, as well as total hazardous and biohazardous waste.
- All waste disposal methods are covered in these metrics; no waste is disposed of by other methods. Data include non-hazardous waste generated by Biogen operations (e.g., non-hazardous solid waste and trucked off wastewater). Waste derived from construction and demolition debris, incinerator ash and other contractor activities is not included.
- Decrease in value in 2024 is attributed to substantial donation of office supplies and furniture during the 2023 office consolidation in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Biogen uses both co-processing programs and non-hazardous waste with energy recovery, which is generated by incineration.
- Decrease in the 2024 value is due to proactive partnerships with waste vendors to divert waste landfills where feasible.
- Includes grants awarded by the Biogen Foundation exclusive of the Foundation’s Employee Matching Gifts Program. Total in grants is inclusive of STAR (Science, Teacher support, Access and Readiness) Initiative investment.
- Employee Matching Gifts consists of Foundation giving through 1:1 and 2:1 donation campaigns.
- Corporate Grants and Sponsorships includes global medical grants and patient education grants, general grants, infrastructure grants, donations, in-kind donations, fellowships and sponsorships.
- Includes data covering all permanent global employees adjusted for the number of women and men at each level within the organization for base compensation only. Permanent employees are total employees, removes limited term contractors and educational employees/interns. The ratio is calculated by averaging the mean base pay for women in the stated role in comparison to the mean base pay of men in a similar role.
- This metric was formerly reported as Days Away Case Rate (DACR) and is now referred to as LTIR to align with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) terminology. The calculation methodology remains unchanged.
- Collisions metric is compiled based on data from Wheels, Biogen’s primary fleet management firm.
Version Date: April 25, 2025