Vision and Strategy

Our company's core values – as embodied in the Bristol-Myers Squibb Pledge – center on sustaining and improving the lives of people throughout the world. This specifically includes our employees and shareholders, customers and consumers, suppliers and contractors, and members of the communities in which we operate.

Our Policy and Sustainability 2010 Goals

The mission of our company is to extend and enhance human life. Our environmental, health and safety (EHS) policy reflects the promise of our Pledge and mission. In support of our policy, we set sustainability goals for 2010. These goals, by design, support our company’s business objectives and should result in environmental, social, and financial benefits to the company, our stakeholders, and the world around us.

When developing our Sustainability 2010 Goals, we proactively asked representatives from stakeholder groups having expertise in environmental, economic, and social issues for their ideas on goals for the next decade and beyond. In particular, we solicited input from internal and external stakeholders in the developing world. The insight from these stakeholders greatly influenced our goals and vision for what sustainability means for Bristol-Myers Squibb and society at large.

The goals we set for our company were, by design, stretch goals for the coming decade and are fitting for a leadership company in our industry. They encompass a broad range of interconnected social, community, and business issues. As such, these are sustainability goals for the company — based upon the definition of sustainability as economic activity that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. It is our sincere expectation that our Sustainability 2010 Goals will advance Bristol-Myers Squibb businesses while contributing to a better world for us all.

The company’s Sustainability 2010 Goals fit into three broad classifications:

Continuous improvement
Leadership expectations
Environmental stewardship

Each of the above categories contains several specific objectives.

Cross-functional teams from all of our businesses around the world worked together to identify, refine, and track implementation of the 2010 goals.

Critical Success Factors

We have identified the following overarching factors that are critical to the success of the Sustainability 2010 Goals:

Top management commitment and support
Business and facility access to implementation tools and companywide centers of excellence
Measurement and recognition of progress
Effective communications both internally and externally

With these factors in hand, Bristol-Myers Squibb is well positioned to meet our 2010 goals and maintain our recognized position as a leader among industry peers. We commit to publicly report on our progress toward achieving the goals.

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