São Paulo, Brazil
Facts and Figures
- The São Paulo facility is approximately 38,000 square meters
on a site of approximately 52,000 square meters and includes 14 buildings.
Community and Social Progress
Environmental, Health and Safety has an environmental educational program for the children of employees and contractors. Nearly 350 children, ranging from four to 12 years old, attend
and learn many things about environmental protection through games, painting,
recycling activities and lectures.
Environmental Performance
Environmental sustainability is one of the top priorities at the São
Paulo facility. Its Environmental Management System was recognized as
a best practice by the state environmental agency resulting in an extension
of the validity of the Bristol-Myers Squibb environmental license.
- Each year the facility managers draft environmental plans to reduce consumption
of water, energy, and minimization of waste generation.
- The facility uses environment-friendly refrigeration gas.
A program for awareness and control of pollutants emitted by trucks driven
inside the company premises by suppliers and service providers has been
implented. More than 200 trucks per year have been inspected.
Health Performance
- Our São Paulo managers conduct health campaigns promoted by EHS,
including ergonomic programs, flu vaccinations, visual health, and cardiovascular
disease prevention, among others.
- Workout series were developed for each section and stretching exercises
were implemented. Employees exercise 15 minutes at the beginning of
each shift. The exercise program includes administrative areas.
Safety Performance
Health and safety is a priority of the facility. Significant improvements
have been made in accident prevention over the last few years. The basis
for reducing the number of accidents and preventing injuries/illness is
anticipating the risks present in the activities. The facility is working
hard to increase the number of near misses reported by employees. These
near misses show unsafe conditions or unsafe attitudes that could have
led to an accident. There is a hotline (Disque Segurança - extension
2005) which employees can use to report any near miss or unsafe condition
to EHS staff.
Another action that supports accident prevention is the periodical communication
to employees of the accidents/near misses that have occurred in the facility.
Every week a bulletin with summary of accidents/ near misses is distributed
by e-mail.
| Total energy use |
72,000 gigajoules |
| Water use |
56,000,000 liters |
| Nonhazardous waste disposed |
476,000 kilograms |
| Hazardous waste off-site treatment/disposal |
63,000 kilograms |
Facility Contact Information
+1-55-11-3882-2000