Community

Spending on community involvement

We calculate the value of pharmaceutical product donations according to the WHO Guidelines for Medicine Donations; for other product donations, we apply their fair value.

Total spending includes the community outreach activities of Versum Materials and Intermolecular from October to December 2019.

Community involvement spending by region

Regional spending includes the community outreach activities of Versum Materials and Intermolecular from October to December 2019.

From 2018 on, we are separating spending on programs of the Merck Foundation from our community involvement figures.

Focus of our local community involvement

Spending per category includes the community outreach activities of Versum Materials and Intermolecular from October to December 2019.

Motivations for our community involvement

We categorize the motivations for our activities based on the London Benchmarking Group model as well as the guidelines of the Bertelsmann Foundation for corporate social responsibility. Projects that primarily aim to make improvements within the community are classified as community investment.

Initiatives that are predominantly aimed at company-relevant factors such as image or personnel recruitment are classified as commercial initiatives in the community. Charitable activities cover any other projects that benefit a charitable organization, but cannot be listed under either of the other two motivation categories due to missing data or their narrow scope.

Spending per category includes the community outreach activities of Versum Materials and Intermolecular from October to December 2019.