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Head Office
Novartis International AG
CH-4002 Basel
Switzerland

+41 61 324 11 11
+41 61 324 80 01
Monday - Friday,
8:30 - 17:00, GMT+1
(Central European Time)

Investors

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Investor Relations
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Switzerland

+41 61 324 79 44

Media

Global Media Relations
Eric Althoff
Basel, Switzerland

+41 61 324 7999

Reporting side effects

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Key performance indicators

Corporate responsibility key performance indicators

Expanding access to healthcare1
Total patients reached with Novartis products (millions)1 1 200
Patients reached through access to healthcare programs (millions) 101.4
Value of access to healthcare programs (USD millions) 2 051

Doing business responsibly
Full-time equivalent positions 127 724
Resignations (incl. retirements), separations, hiring (% of associates) 9; 5; 17
Women in management3: % of management; % of Board of Directors 37%; 16.7%
Number of associate nationalities 155
Lost-time injury and illness rate (LTIR)4,5 (per 200 000 hours worked) 0.14
Total recordable case rate (TRCR) 4,5,6 (per 200 000 hours worked) 0.45
Transportation-related injuries leading to lost time4,5 37
Contact water use, excluding cooling water (million m3)7 17.2
Energy use (million GJ), on site and purchased7 19.3
GHG emissions, Scope 1 vehicles (1000 t)7 174
GHG emissions, total Scope 1, including vehicles, and Scope 2 (1000 t)7 1 651
Total operational waste not recycled (1000 t), hazardous and non-hazardous 132
Active associates trained and certified on
Code of Conduct via e-learning courses8
96 286
Cases of misconduct reported; substantiated 1 675; 907
Dismissals and resignations related to misconduct 426
Total number of suppliers 214 754
Suppliers informed of Novartis Third-Party Guidelines
(annual sales of more than USD 100 000 and not requiring a self-declaration)
39 000
Suppliers to confirm key standards (self-declaration) 3 318


  1. See access table for additional detail
  2. 2012 number not fully comparable to previous years due to methodology changes
  3. Management defined locally; the actual reporting relationship of these executives is to executives and/or the boards of directors within the companies that employ them. Data source % of management: FirstPort (Local Mgmt.Flag) as of October 2012.
  4. Excludes data for contractors
  5. Alcon data included in Group figures from 2011 onwards
  6. Includes all work-related injury and illness, whether leading to lost time or not
  7. Details see: 2012 HSE performance (1.3 MB)
  8. Prior to 2012: e-training was given to new hires only and certification was only required from all US associates as well as all managers worldwide