Management Systems
Our environment, health and safety management system provides the structure for implementing proactive sustainable business practices within Bristol-Myers Squibb. Its purpose is to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements, drive continuous improvement, and support the company's strategy to be a next-generation biopharmaceutical leader helping patients prevail in their fight against serious disease. The Bristol-Myers Squibb plan encompasses the following elements:
Policy, Principles and Strategy
Building on the foundation of the Bristol-Myers Squibb pledge, we develop policies, sustainability goals, implementation strategies, directives and guidance, and site-level standard operating procedures. These define expectations of employees, contractors, service providers, suppliers, and management to meet compliance requirements and ensure continuous improvement.
Accountability, Organization, Roles and Responsibilities
We clearly define the actions of corporate, divisional and facility-level managers and EHS professionals to most efficiently meet company and business unit EHS goals, objectives and expectations and comply with EHS regulations.
Risk Management
We have processes in place for risk identification, monitoring and mitigation, and incident management related to employee and environmental protection, facilities and assets, products, compliance, reputation and communications.
Compliance Management
We have systematic yet flexible approaches to addressing emerging regulations and standards, operational changes, global sustainability trends, process safety management, acquisitions and divestitures due diligence, and rapid new business integration.
Metrics and Key Performance Indicators
To drive improvement, we report publicly on our safety performance; air, water and waste emissions; resource consumption; site remediation activity; compliance activity; and progress against sustainability goals. In addition, we track corrective and preventive actions from audits and self-assessments.
Resources Planning
Environment, Health and Safety and business management provide the financial and human resources to maintain compliance, support programs, and drive innovative leadership initiatives; review capital investments; and develop individuals to maintain and continuously improve competencies and skills to carryout their environment, health and safety responsibilities.
Auditing and Monitoring
Our company’s evaluation processes include independent and objective corporate audits of environment, health and safety compliance, management systems and directives; business unit monitoring of progress to address corrective actions; and facility self-assessments of compliance, management systems, and standard operating procedures.
Training and Communications
We educate and train employees to conduct their activities safely and in an environmentally-responsible manner, foster openness and dialogue with external stakeholders, and orient new employees, contractors and suppliers to environmental, health and safety expectations.