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Reporting & Principles
Units |
2022 |
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GOVERNANCE |
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About Biogen |
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Revenue |
Million USD |
10,173 |
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R&D Spend |
Million USD |
2,231 |
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No. of Employees |
# |
8,725 |
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No. of FTEs |
# |
8,610 |
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No. of R&D Employees |
# |
1,613 |
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No. of Part-time Employees |
# |
115 |
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Workforce Located in the U.S. |
% |
57% |
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ESG Ratings, Rankings and Assessments 1 |
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S&P Global CSA (DJSI) |
Score |
71 |
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MSCI |
Rating |
AA |
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ISS ESG |
Rating |
C+ (Prime) |
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Sustainalytics |
Risk Score |
22.3 |
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Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index |
% |
100 |
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Disability: IN's Disability Equality Index |
% |
100 |
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CDP Climate Change |
Rating |
B |
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CDP Water |
Rating |
B |
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Corporate Knights Global 100 |
Rank |
- |
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100 Best Corporate Citizens |
Rank |
30 |
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America’s Most JUST Companies |
Rank |
41 |
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Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) |
Signatory or Participant |
X |
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United Nations Global Compact |
Signatory or Participant |
X |
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Workforce Disclosure Initiative (WDI) |
Signatory or Participant |
X |
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Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative Member |
Signatory or Participant |
X |
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ENVIRONMENTAL |
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Climate |
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Scope 1 |
MT CO2e |
64,867 |
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Scope 2 - Market based |
MT CO2e |
335 |
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Total Scope 1 & 2 (Market based) |
MT CO2e |
65,202 |
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Scope 1 & 2 Intensity |
MT CO2e / MM USD revenue |
6.4 |
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Total Purchased Carbon Offsets2 |
MT CO2e |
0 |
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Carbon Neutrality |
MT CO2e |
0 |
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Scope 2 – Location based |
MT CO2e |
31,765 |
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Scope 33 |
MT CO2e |
434,635 |
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Category 1 - Purchased goods and service |
MT CO2e |
334,900 |
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Category 2 - Capital goods |
MT CO2e |
40,859 |
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Category 3 - Fuel- and-energy-related activities |
MT CO2e |
12,219 |
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Category 4 - Upstream transportation and distribution |
MT CO2e |
13,622 |
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Category 5 - Waste generated in operations |
MT CO2e |
457 |
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Category 6 - Business travel |
MT CO2e |
10,240 |
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Category 7 - Employee commuting4 |
MT CO2e |
11,458 |
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Category 7 - Empoyee work from home5 |
MT CO2e |
1,702 |
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Category 8 - Upstream leased assets |
MT CO2e |
0 |
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Category 12 - End-of-life treatment of sold products |
MT CO2e |
9,177 |
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Scope 3 Intensity |
MT CO2e / MM USD revenue |
43 |
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Scope 3 (percent of Scope 1, 2 & 3) |
% |
87 |
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Total Value Chain (Scope 1, 2 & 3) |
MT CO2e |
499,837 |
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Targets and Performance |
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Scope 1 & 2 Absolute Reduction Since 2019 (Target: 55% by 2032) |
% |
-3 |
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Suppliers that set or pledged to set a climate goal via the Science Based Targets iniative (Target: 80% of Suppliers by Spend by 2025) |
% |
23 |
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Suppliers that have committed to 100% renewable energy by 2040 (Target: 50% of Suppliers by Spend by 2030; 90% of suppliers by 2040) |
% |
37 |
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Air Quality |
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CO emissions |
MT |
9.33 |
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NOx emissions |
MT |
18.97 |
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SOx emissions |
MT |
3.18 |
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VOC emissions |
MT |
5.23 |
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EV100 – Battery Electric Vehicle Program |
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Total Leased Vehicles |
# |
1,365 |
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Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) |
# |
132 |
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Battery electric vehicles (BEV) |
# |
163 |
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Fleet Carbon Efficiency |
g CO2e / mile |
248 |
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Energy |
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Total Energy Use |
MWh |
474,160 |
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Renewable Electricity |
MWh |
136,356 |
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PPA/Direct Contract |
MWh |
38,422 |
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Renewable Energy Certificates6 |
MWh |
97,934 |
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On-site Generation |
MWh |
0 |
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Non-Renewable Energy |
MWh |
337,804 |
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Fossil Fuels |
MWh |
337,323 |
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Municipal Steam |
MWh |
393 |
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Electricity |
MWh |
89 |
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Data Coverage |
% |
100% |
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Energy Intensity |
MWh/MM USD revenue |
47 |
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RE100 Target – Global Renewable Electricity7 |
% |
100 |
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Fossil Fuel Free – Renewable Energy Allocation |
% Total energy |
29 |
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Water |
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Major Facilities with Fair Share of Water Withdrawal |
% |
100 |
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Water Use (ex. non-contact cooling water) |
Million Cubic Meters (m3) |
1.064 |
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Water Use Intensity |
m3 / MM USD revenue |
104 |
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Water Reused/Recycled9 |
% |
6 |
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Water Withdrawal |
Million m3 |
1.237 |
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Municipal Supply (potable & grey water) |
Million m3 |
1.018 |
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Fresh Surface Water (non-contact cooling) |
Million m3 |
0.218 |
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Groundwater 10 |
Million m3 |
0 |
|||||||||
Rainwater |
Million m3 |
0.001 |
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Water Discharges |
Million m3 |
0.941 |
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Fresh Surface Water |
Million m3 |
0.218 |
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Wastewater |
Million m3 |
0.723 |
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Waste11 |
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Non-hazardous Waste12 |
MT |
4,224 |
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Reused |
MT |
127 |
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Recycled |
MT |
639.1 |
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Composted |
MT |
1,574 |
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Energy Recovery via Anaerobic Digestion |
MT |
0 |
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Waste to Energy13 |
MT |
1,336 |
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Incineration14 |
MT |
429 |
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Landfill |
MT |
119 |
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Non-hazardous Waste Intensity |
MT / MM USD Revenue |
0.41 |
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Waste to Landfill Diversion |
% |
97 |
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Recovery & Recycling Rate |
% |
55 |
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Hazardous and Biohazardous Waste |
MT |
237 |
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Recycled |
MT |
29 |
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Waste to Energy |
MT |
108 |
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Incineration |
MT |
84 |
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Landfill |
MT |
15 |
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SOCIAL |
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Community Engagement and Giving |
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Total Foundation Grants16,17 |
Million USD |
5.8 |
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Employee Matching Gifts Program18 |
Million USD |
2.1 |
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Corporate Grants and Sponsorships19 |
Million USD |
52.5 |
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Volunteer Hours |
Hours |
15,485 |
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Biogen Foundation STAR Initiative Investment |
Million USD |
1.9 |
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Responsible Supply Chain |
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Supplier Diversity Spend |
Million USD |
196 |
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Supplier Diversity Spend of Total U.S. Spend21 |
% |
11 |
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Workforce Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
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Women in: |
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Workforce |
% |
52.8 |
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Management 22 |
% |
52.2 |
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Director Level and Above |
% |
47.4 |
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Management in Revenue-Generating Functions23 |
% |
52.6 |
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STEM-related Positions |
% |
49.8 |
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Top Management (VP+) |
% |
45.1 |
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Executive Team |
% |
46 |
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Board of Directors |
% |
18 |
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Demographics in Workforce (U.S. Only): |
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Asian American |
% |
17.6 |
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Black or African American |
% |
10.7 |
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Hispanic or Latino |
% |
3.8 |
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White |
% |
59.2 |
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Indigenous or Native American |
% |
0.2 |
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Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
% |
0.1 |
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Two or More Races |
% |
1.8 |
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No Response |
% |
6.6 |
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Demographics in Management (U.S. Only):24 |
|
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Asian American |
% |
19.7 |
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Black or African American |
% |
5.5 |
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Hispanic or Latino |
% |
3.6 |
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White |
% |
63.4 |
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Indigenous or Native American |
% |
0.2 |
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Other Underrepresented Groups |
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Workforce Age 29 or Younger |
% |
8.1 |
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Workforce Age 30 to 50 |
% |
64.1 |
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Workforce Age 51 or Older |
% |
30.5 |
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Demographics in Board of Directors25 |
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Black or African 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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Director-level and Above Positions Held by Racial Minorities (U.S. Only) |
% |
27 |
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Represented by Union/Collective Bargaining Agreement |
% |
8.9 |
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Talent Attraction, Retention & Turnover |
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Employee Satisfaction |
% |
75 |
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Engagement Survey Response Rate |
% |
75 |
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Number of New Hires |
# |
1,351 |
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Open Positions Filled by Internal Candidates |
% |
31 |
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Training and Development |
Avg Hours/Employee |
32 |
|||||||||
Training Invested per Employee |
$ |
707 |
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Turnover Rate |
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Voluntary Turnover |
% |
14.8 |
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Involuntary Turnover |
% |
9.6 |
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Gender Pay Assessment26 |
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Executives |
% |
1.02 |
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Management |
% |
1.00 |
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All Other Professionals |
% |
0.99 |
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Occupational Health and Safety |
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Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR)27 |
Cases/200,000 working hours |
0.16 |
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Days Away Case Rate (DACR) |
Cases/200,000 working hours |
0.04 |
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3-Year Average DACR Industry Rank |
Rank |
2 |
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Contractor DACR29 |
Cases/200,000 working hours |
0 |
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Number of Fatalities for Employees |
# |
0 |
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Number of Fatalities for Contractors |
# |
0 |
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Collisions per Million Miles |
Collisions/million miles |
3.5 |
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1 Year of the result is based on the ranking publication year, which may use data from other time periods per the publication’s methodology.
2 2020 was the last year Biogen purchased carbon offsets as part of our abatement strategy.
3 Scope 3 categories 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15 were determined to be not applicable or negligible.
4 Increase in Scope 3 Category 7 Employee Commuting is due to post-pandemic return to office.
5 Decrease in Scope 3 Category 7 Employee work from home is due to post-pandemic return to office.
6 Renewable energy certificates retired include bundled and unbundled Green-e certified Renewable Energy Certifications, Guarantees of Origin, J-Credits, Australian RECs, I-RECs to match Biogen’s electricity usage in the U.S./Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia and South America/China/Mexico/ United Arab Emirates, respectively.
7 RE100 member Biogen achieved 100% renewable electricity (as defined by RE100) across 30 of the markets in which it operates.
8 Percent of major sites assessed for water withdrawal using a context-based methodology. Fair, just and proportionate share of locally available renewable supplies is defined as a ratio of less than 1.0 using the Center for Sustainable Organization’s’ Corporate Water Gauge tool, a context-based water metric.
9 Data reflect percentage of reclaimed water on-site, harvested rainwater, and municipal grey water compared to total water use.
10 Groundwater value reduced in 2022 due to historical clerical error in location of water attribution.
11 All waste disposal methods are covered in the table; no waste is disposed of by other or unknown methods.
12 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.
13 All non-hazardous waste with energy recovery is generated by incineration.
14 For 2022, 1,336 metric tons of waste were incinerated for energy recovery, and 429 metric tons were incinerated without energy recovery.
15 For 2022, due to a state-mandated landfill closure and subsequent increased statewide waste-to energy facility demands, non-hazardous waste of two sites included a portion sent to an out-of-state landfill, impacting 100% diversion rate.
16 Includes all grants awarded by the Biogen Foundation exclusive of the Biogen Foundation’s Employee Matching Gifts Program.
17 Total in foundation grants is inclusive of STAR Initiative investment.
18 Through our matching gifts program, employees donated more than $2 million to organizations around the world, giving particularly generously to address crisis situations, including the conflict in Ukraine and the 20th anniversary of the Biogen Foundation.
19 Corporate Grants and Sponsorships includes Global Medical Grants and Patient Education Grants, General Grants, Infrastructure Grants, Fellowships and Sponsorships.
20 The STAR Initiative is a coordinated funding strategy designed to help catalyze the development of local science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) ecosystems in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Somerville, Massachusetts. STAR stands for Science, Teacher support, Access and Readiness, and it is intended to strengthen and support the educational landscapes in these cities by helping increase access to STEM resources and opportunities for students most underrepresented in STEM college or career pathways.
21 In 2021, minority owned suppliers accounted for 19% of the diversity spend (2% of all Biogen supplier spending).
22 Women in management percentage is inclusive of all management levels, consisting of employees at Manager level and above.
23 Revenue generating functions include Pharmaceutical Operations & Technology, Commercial and Research & Development.
24 Demographics are inclusive of all management levels, consisting of employees at Manager level and above.
25 Racial and ethnic demographics that do not apply are excluded.
26 The gender pay assessment includes data covering all permanent global employees adjusted for the number of females and males at each level within the organization for base compensation only. 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.
27 Includes permanent and contracted employees; excludes contractors (e.g., construction, janitorial, food services).
28 Industry composed of 15 leading pharmaceutical company peers.
29 Contractor DACR: Includes construction-related contractors only.
N/A = Data were not collected in reporting year.
Version Date: April 26, 2023