Crucell 2008
Combating Infectious Diseases
Annual Report and Form 20–F

• What Corporate Social Responsibility means to us
• What we do
• A CSR dilemma
• Crucell on its mission to combat infectious diseases
• Who we work with
• An example: Warm response to cold chain training
• How we do business
• A partnership with customers illustrated
• Crucell's PER.C6^® technology
• How we see our responsibility
• Crucell works in an environment that requires highly skilled employees
• Innovative safety approach
• Beyond legislation for safety
• Environmental impact
• An example: Combining vaccines for a diversity of benefits
• Energy & water consumption
• Economic aspects of our business

Environmental impact

Crucell's environmental efforts go beyond legal compliance.

Crucell understands its responsibilities with regard to the environment and strives to be as transparent as possible about its activities.

At Crucell, we are committed to ensuring that our environment, health and safety principles are integrated throughout our business units and facilities worldwide. In 2008 the decision was made to strengthen this commitment through the development of a management system that measures performance. Using a comprehensive plan-do-check-act model, our future EHS Management System is consistent with international standards such as OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001.

At this stage, our system for reporting environmental indicators is still in its infancy and does for example not enable CO₂ calculations. Crucell is working on developing this reporting system so that we will be able to publish more comprehensive and more comparable data in the future.

Crucell is aware of the environmental footprint of packaging, and is researching the potential for improvements in this area, such as biodegradable products/packaging. We will continue to explore our options in this regard.

In the area of greening our information services, we have already made significant progress by moving towards ‘virtual’ servers, replacing paper-based data storage with digital archives and working wherever possible with environmentally friendly suppliers. For example, our intranet supplier was chosen partly because it offers a sustainable C0₂-neutral hosting service.

Further opportunities for reducing Crucell’s impact on the environment include improving insulation and making better logistical use of our existing facilities. As new facilities are built, environmentally friendly solutions are being incorporated into the design of the building, utilities and equipment from the blueprint stage. A case in point is the design of the Valerio building, our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Leiden, the Netherlands.

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