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Sourcing

Pfizer's commitment to effective and responsible environment, health and safety (EHS) management goes far beyond our facilities' boundaries. We are an industry leader in the use of environmental performance criteria in the assessment and selection of contract manufacturers and key Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient suppliers ("key suppliers"). And we are committed to helping our contract manufacturers and key suppliers in the developing world improve their EHS competency. In short, our program does well by doing good: we help to elevate the EHS performance of our contract manufacturers and key suppliers, which benefits their workers and communities, while at the same time protecting against business interruption that could impact contractual obligations to Pfizer.

Goals and Commitments:

• To adhere to internal standards for the engagement of contract manufacturers and researchers, assuring they have sufficient resources and systems to avoid or mitigate potential EHS impacts arising from the activities conducted on Pfizer's behalf.
• To conduct EHS assessments for all contract manufacturers and key suppliers before contract manufacturing or supply begins and at least once every four years thereafter.
• To remain an industry leader in the development of EHS performance expectations for contract manufacturers and key suppliers. Pfizer expects its contract manufacturers and key suppliers to comply with legal requirements, and to understand and minimize the potential for adverse impacts to the environment, to the health and safety of its worker, and to the community.
• To the basic EHS competency of our contract manufacturers and key suppliers.

Programs and Actions:

• Training: Building the EHS competency of our key suppliers.
• Focus on Key Suppliers: Engaging in targeted efforts that focus on one key supplier at a time.
• Goods and Services: Integrating EHS criteria into our decision-making process for the purchase of goods and services to reduce our cost, improve the quality of products and services, reduce risks to our business, and reduce environmental degradation. Pfizer has been examining categories of goods and services and identifying opportunities and risks in these purchases.
• Green Purchasing: Exploring procurement opportunities that provide botheconomic and environmental benefits. For example, the purchase of remanufactured toner cartridges, recycled, building materials,hybrid vehicles, re-purposed cafeteria supplies.

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