After the Celgene acquisition closed in late November 2019, BMS decided to keep heritage BMS (hBMS) and heritage Celgene (hCelgene) sites separate as both companies were on the same 2020 Sustainability Goal reporting timeline (ending in 2020). BMS wanted to close the 2020 Sustainability Goal period without restating it for just one year. In addition, hCelgene had just initiated their sustainability data capture process a few years earlier. Integrated sustainability reporting for the combined company began in the first quarter of 2021. BMS is also in the process of baselining hBMS and hCelgene sustainable metrics to 2019 data levels as COVID-19 impacts have clearly been significant in 2020 and will likely continue to be in 2021.
Here is our 2020 environmental data vs. 2019. In addition, we are comparing the percent change seen in 2020 to the previous four-year change (the Sustainability 2020 Goal reporting period) to illustrate the impact of COVID-19 on our operational metrics.
