Global Reporting Initiative Content Index

The Bristol-Myers Squibb sustainability website is a GRI-based report. We believe we are among the first companies to issue a GRI-based report, following the criteria in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2006 G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines.

The GRI Application Level grid (below) is included in this report to support our self-declaration of this report at Application Level B+. An independent third-party review of this website confirms that it meets the content and quality requirements of GRI G3 Application Level B+.


Report Application Level C B A
  (C+ = Report
Externally Verified)		 (B+ = Report
Externally Verified)		 (A+ = Report
Externally Verified)
G3 Profile Disclosures Report on: 1.1, 2.1-2.10, 3.1-3.8, 3.10-3.12, 4.1-4.4, 4.14-4.15

Report on all criteria listed for Level C plus: 1.2, 3.9, 3.13, 4.5-4.13, 4.16-4.17

Same as requirement for Level B
G3 Management Approach Disclosures Not Required Management Approach Disclosures for each Indicator Category Management Approach Disclosures for each Indicator Category
G3 Performance Indicators and Sector Supplement Performance Indicators Report on a minimum of 10 Performance Indicators, including at least one from each of: social, economic, and environmental Report on a minimum of 20 Performance Indicators, including at least one from each of: economic, environmental, human rights, labor, society, product responsibility Respond on each core G3 and Sector Supplement indicator with due regard to the materiality principle by either: a) reporting on the indicator or b) explaining the reason for its omission

We are interested in your feedback. Please send us your comments on the GRI Content Index below and our self-declaration as a GRI-based report.

The following index is designed for stakeholders who are familiar with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2006 G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. For each G3 performance indicator below, we include a link to the pertinent section of the Bristol-Myers Squibb sustainability website.


G3 Indicator Description Location within www.bms.com/sustainability
1. Strategy and Analysis
1.1 Statement from senior decision-maker CEO Message
1.2 Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities Sustainability issues
 
2. Organizational Profile
2.1 Organization's name Key Facts
2.2 Major products Key Facts
2.3 Operational structure and major divisions Key Facts
2.4 Location of headquarters New York, New York, USA
2.5 Countries of operation Economic Responsibility , Economic performance, Facility information
2.6 Nature of ownership Key Facts, Economic Responsibility
2.7 Markets served including geographic breakdown/sectors served/customers Economic Responsibility, Economic performance
2.8 Scale of organization including number of employees, nets sales/revenues, total capitalization Key Facts, Economic performance, Key Performance Indicators
2.9 Significant changes during reporting period A Brief History of Bristol-Myers Squibb
2.10 Awards Awards & Recognition
 
3. Report Parameters
3.1 Reporting period About this Report– Reporting Period and Scope
3.2 Date of previous report About this Report– Reporting Period and Scope
3.3 Reporting cycle About this Report– Reporting Period and Scope
3.4 Contact point About this Report– Contact Point for Questions
3.5 Process for defining report content About this Report– Defining Report Content
3.6 Boundary of the report About this Report– Reporting Period and Scope
3.7 Limitations on the scope or boundary of the report About this Report– Reporting Period and Scope
3.8 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, etc. About this Report– Reporting Period and Scope
3.9 Data measurement techniques and bases of calculations including assumptions Process for Data Collection; Environmental performance– Energy, Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Other Air Emissions, Waste, Safety
3.10 Restatements of information About this Report– Changes in Reporting
3.11 Significant changes from previous reporting periods About this Report– Changes in Reporting
3.12 GRI Content Index table Global Reporting Initiative Content Index
3.13 Policy and practice for seeking independent assurance for report About this Report, Verification
 
4. Governance, Commitments & Engagement
4.1 Governance structure including committees Corporate Governance– Board of Directors, Committee Charters
4.2 Indicate whether chair of highest governance body is also an executive officer Key Facts, Corporate Governance Guidelines, Corporate Governance – Organization
4.3 Percent of independent directors Corporate Governance Guidelines, Corporate Governance– Board of Directors
4.4 Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations/direction to highest governance body Codes of Conduct
Contact Our Directors
Dialogue
4.5 Linkage between compensation and organization’s performance for members of highest governance body/senior executives Corporate Governance Guidelines, Corporate Governance – Compensation and non-financial goals
4.6 Process for the Board to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided Corporate Governance Guidelines
4.7 Processes for determine qualifications and expertise for guiding strategy Committee on Directors and Corporate Governance
Management System Components
4.8 Mission and values statements, codes of conduct, principles relevant to economic, environmental and social performance, and status of implementation Codes of Conduct, Management Systems
4.9 Procedures of highest governance body for overseeing economic, environmental and social performance including compliance, codes of conduct Corporate Governance - Organization, Management Systems
4.10 Processes for evaluating performance of governance body with respect to economic, environmental and social performance Corporate Governance Guidelines
Management System Components
4.11 Explanation of how precautionary approach/principle is addressed by organization Systems for Managing Risk
4.12 Externally developed, voluntary economic, environmental, and social charters, sets of principles, or other initiatives Overarching Policies– Voluntary standards
4.13 Significant memberships in associations and/or advocacy organizations Stakeholder Engagement– Business association memberships
4.14 List of stakeholder groups Stakeholder Engagement
4.15 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage Stakeholder Engagement
4.16 Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency and type Dialogue
4.17 Key issues raised through stakeholder engagement and how organization has responded Website Feedback
 
Economic Performance Indicators
  Management approach Economic Responsibility– Management Approach
EC1 Direct economic value generated and distributed Economic performance, Key Performance Indicators
EC2 Financial implications and other risks and opportunities due to climate change Material issues –Energy and Water
EC3 Coverage of the defined benefit plan obligations Annual Report
EC8 Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided for public benefit Philanthropy, Foundation and Corporate Philanthropy
EC9 Indirect impacts Indirect impacts
 
Environmental Performance Indicators
  Management approach Environmental Performance– Management Approach
EN3 Direct energy consumption Energy Conservation, Sustainability Issues –Energy and Water, Key Performance Indicators
EN4 Indirect energy consumption Energy Conservation, Sustainability Issues –Energy and Water, Key Performance Indicators
EN5 Energy saved sue to conservation and efficiency improvements Energy Conservation, Sustainability Issues –Energy and Water
EN7 Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption Energy Conservation, Sustainability Issues –Energy and Water
EN8 Total water withdrawal Water use, Sustainability Issues –Energy and Water, Key Performance Indicators
EN13 Habitats protected or restored Biodiversity and Land Use
EN14 Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity Biodiversity and Land Use
EN16 Direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Key Performance Indicators
EN18 Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Energy Conservation
EN19 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances Other air emissions
EN20 NO, SO, and other air emissions Other air emissions, Key Performance Indicators
EN21 Water discharge Wastewater effluents, Key Performance Indicators
EN22 Waste Waste, Key Performance Indicators
EN26 Initiative to mitigate environmental impacts of products Product Stewardship
EN28 Compliance Compliance and Remediation
EN29 Transport Transportation
 
Social Performance Indicators
  Management approach Social performance–Management Approach
LA3 Benefits Benefits Program Highlights, Wages and Benefits
LA7 Health and safety rates Safety
LA8 Programs to assist employees, families, or community members regarding serious diseases Health and Wellness
LA11 Skills management and lifelong learning Training and Education
LA13 Diversity Diversity and Work/Life Integration, Key Performance Indicators
HR6 Operations having significant risk for incidents of child labor Workplace Policies - Labor
HR7 Operations having significant risk for incidents of forced labor Workplace Policies - Labor
SO5 Public policy development and lobbying Political Contributions
SO6 Total value of contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions Political Contributions
PR6 Program for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications Product Responsibility, Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics, Direct-to-Consumer Communications Code

*In addition to the locations listed in this table, many of the indicators are summarized in the Key Performance Indicators section of this website. For more help in locating sustainability topics, see the site Index.