Baxter Publishes Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report and Is Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America
11 Dezembro 2023 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Builds on Baxter’s more than 30-year history of
reporting on environmental
and sustainability performance
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), a global medtech leader,
today published its first report aligned with the Task Force on
Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations, which
were recently incorporated into the International Sustainability
Standards Board Standards. The TCFD framework is designed to help
improve climate-related disclosure that is relevant to Baxter’s
investors and other key stakeholders in the areas of governance,
strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets. The publication
of the TCFD report comes as Baxter is named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for 2023, recognizing the
company’s leading sustainability efforts. Baxter has proudly been
included in DJSI North America each year since it launched in
2005.
“Continuously enhancing our reporting on climate-related topics
that our stakeholders prioritize is a core and longstanding tenet
of Baxter’s corporate responsibility approach,” said José (Joe) E.
Almeida, chairman, president and chief executive officer at Baxter.
“The TCFD report offers a valuable framework for assessing our
strategy and performance in these key areas as we continue seeking
to make a positive impact on our patients, our planet, and our
people and communities.”
Baxter’s TCFD report includes information on the company’s
management of climate-related risks and opportunities. Baxter is
committed to transparency and strong disclosure in this area, as
the company drives progress toward its goal to achieve carbon
neutrality for its direct operations by 2040 and reduce absolute
Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions 25% by 2030, aligned with a
well-below 2⁰ Celsius science-based target. The TCFD report
complements Baxter’s annual Corporate Responsibility Report,
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Index and
submissions to CDP Climate and CDP Water, as well as other
environmental, social and governance-related disclosures. Moving
forward, Baxter expects to report against the TCFD framework in the
company’s annual Corporate Responsibility Report.
About Corporate Responsibility at Baxter: Making a Meaningful
Difference Worldwide
Responsible corporate citizenship advances Baxter’s aspirations
as a healthcare leader, sparks innovation globally and reinforces
the dedication of our employees to doing business the right way.
Our commitment to “Empower our Patients,” “Protect our Planet,” and
“Champion our People and Communities” guides our efforts as a
socially responsible and sustainable business and as an employer of
choice focused on diversity, equity and inclusion. We recently
maintained our EcoVadis Gold Sustainability Rating and were
included in 2023 on the FTSE Russell’s FTSE4Good Index Series and
JUST Capital’s America’s Most JUST Companies list, among numerous
other regional and country-specific recognitions across the globe.
Learn more about Baxter’s corporate responsibility initiatives
here.
About Baxter
Every day, millions of patients, caregivers and healthcare
providers rely on Baxter’s leading portfolio of diagnostic,
critical care, kidney care, nutrition, hospital and surgical
products used across patient homes, hospitals, physician offices
and other sites of care. For more than 90 years, we’ve been
operating at the critical intersection where innovations that save
and sustain lives meet the healthcare providers who make it happen.
With products, digital health solutions and therapies available in
more than 100 countries, Baxter’s employees worldwide are now
building upon the company’s rich heritage of medical breakthroughs
to advance the next generation of transformative healthcare
innovations. To learn more, visit www.baxter.com and follow us on
X/Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
This release includes forward-looking statements concerning
Baxter’s expectations about future TCFD disclosures, carbon
neutrality and emissions goals. The statements are based on
assumptions about many important factors, including the following,
which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements: satisfaction of regulatory and
other requirements; actions of regulatory bodies and other
governmental authorities (including with respect to climate change
and other sustainability matters); changes in law and regulations;
Baxter’s ability to execute on capital allocation plans; the
occurrence of manufacturing difficulties; future actions of third
parties; and other risks identified in Baxter's most recent filing
on Form 10-K and other SEC filings, all of which are available on
Baxter's website. Baxter does not undertake to update its
forward-looking statements.
Baxter is a registered trademark of Baxter International Inc. or
its subsidiaries.
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