Bayer
Company Score
-1.85Bayer AG is a German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Its areas of business include human and veterinary pharmaceuticals; consumer healthcare products; agricultural chemicals, seeds and biotechnology products.
Bayer products include: aspirin, prontosil (the first widely used antibiotic), the antibiotic Cipro (ciprofloxacin); and Yaz (drospirenone) birth control pills. In 2018 Byer acquired Monsanto, a leading producer of genetically engineered crops, for $63 billion. Bayer CropScience develops genetically modified crops and pesticides.
Read about Bayer and its impact below.
Impact notes
Bayer's Dicamba weedkiller is leading to up to 40% yield reduction
Ma So
Fri Jun 5th, 2020 at 10:50am
Monsanto has been trying to re-brand itself after the Roundup scandal, a herbicide that has been proven to be cancer-related1. Its 2016 Sustainability Report shows good achievement, aiming towards the SDGs2,p8-11.
Bayer needs to do more to tackle climate change
Sebastiaan Ioannis Petropoulos
Mon Mar 30th, 2020 at 9:29am
Climate change threatens our modern societies in many ways: Crop failure, increased sea levels that will lead to immigrations, an increase on extreme natural disasters are just some of the main risks that we phase1 . A vast majority of scientists, (97%), agrees that human actions are the main cause of this climate change2.
Bayer’s neonicotinoid pesticides imidacloprid and clothianidin negatively affects aquatic species
JR
Thu Feb 20th, 2020 at 10:51am
There is a compelling body of evidence that clearly demonstrates that neonicotinoids are having major impacts on biodiversity1. Neonicotinoids do not bind well to soils and are highly soluble in water, thus making the pesticides more likely to enter waterways during and after rain events2. This is very problematic because the use of neonicotinoids can impact non-target species in the aquatic system.
A Model of Agriculture that led to Mass Suicides
Rhythm Banerjee
Wed Nov 20th, 2019 at 12:10pm
Monsanto has been a critical player in selling hybrid and genetically modified/engineered seeds since 1972. Not only has it led the prevalence of the Green Revolution in the Global South, but began a new model of agriculture that is dependent on external inputs.
Bayer’s biennial Youth Ag Summit: a journey towards Zero Hunger
Clarisse
Fri Nov 8th, 2019 at 10:39am
Bayer, a global enterprise with core competencies in pharmaceuticals and life sciences, is committed to contributing to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly the SDG 2 aiming to achieve Zero Hunger and end all forms of malnutrition by 2030 [1].