• Values and Commitments
• Global Health
• Community Programs
• U.S. Patient Assistance Programs
• Medicine Safety
• Environment, Health and Safety
  • EHS Integration
    • EHS Guidelines
    • EHS Roles and Responsibilities
  • Programs and Performance
  • Partnering and Community Outreach
  • Case Studies
• Diversity
• Education
• Food Safety

EHS Integration

At Pfizer, we are committed to ensuring that our EHS principles are integrated throughout our business units and facilities worldwide. We achieve this through a management system that demonstrates performance. Using a comprehensive plan-do-check model, our EHS Management System is consistent with international standards such as ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and US programs such as NEPT (National Environmental Performance Track). Many individual facilities have achieved external certifications of the quality of their management systems.

• Learn more about site certifications
• Learn about our sites recognized as NEPT facilities

The Pfizer Inc Environmental Health Safety (EHS) Policy

Based on established international EHS standards, our Pfizer Inc EHS Policy commits us to:

• Seek continuous improvements in our environment, health and safety performance
• Maintain safe and environmentally sound manufacturing operations
• Integrate environment, health and safety considerations into our research and product development activities
• Contribute to the common effort to protect the natural and workplace environment
• Foster openness and dialogue with colleagues and the public
• Download Pfizer's EHS policy (PDF)

As part of our commitment to the global community, Pfizer has signed several charters designed to support international EHS principles. Visit the sites below to learn more.

• The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Business Charter on Sustainable Development
• The UN Global Compact
• The Global Sullivan Principles of Social Responsibility
• The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative

EHS Guidelines

Our EHS Guidelines are our performance expectations. They describe what is required, yet allow sufficient flexibility for our facilities to best determine how to achieve EHS excellence.

The Pfizer EHS Guidelines are organized into four groups:

• Management Guidelines: Define and describe the EHS management tasks and functions required in a typical facility-level EHS management program
• Health & Safety Guidelines: Define the elements of our program to protect the health and safety of colleagues and contractors under Pfizer supervision from general workplace and process-specific risks
• Environment Guidelines: Define the elements of our resource conservation and pollution prevention programs
• External Affairs Guidelines: Address and manage EHS risks and opportunities that go beyond everyday facility-based EHS issues associated with the development or manufacture of our products, including acquisitions and divestitures, the management of contract manufacturers and researchers, post-manufacturing product risks and community outreach
• Learn more about our EHS Guidelines

Roles and Responsibilities

With EHS colleagues integrated at every level of our organization, the Pfizer EHS management system defines roles for all colleagues. Strategic direction and performance expectations are documented and our global operations implemented. Clearly defined roles and responsibilities and open lines of communication from facilities to senior management help assure EHS issues and opportunities are well understood and effectively managed.

• Read more about Roles and Responsibilities

Global EHS Engagement

EHS success occurs when all colleagues are engaged and understand what is expected of them. Better decisions are made when EHS is considered and integrated into our business units.

To ensure engagement, our EHS centers of excellence are global networks for colleague, process, and occupational hygiene safety as well as product registration, wastewater, waste, and air environmental programs, all-of-which include representative colleagues from around the world. EHS also supports programmatic communities of practices in areas such as fleet safety, occupational medicine, hazard communications, supplier review, and energy and climate change. Through these channels, we exchange information, establish best practices, and identify and share tools, openly communicating globally across the EHS community to better achieve excellence.

• Learn more about our specific EHS goals, programs and performance.

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