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Bayer Consumer Health Sees Going Green As 'Good For Business'

 
• By David Ridley

Bayer Consumer Health's approach to sustainability is "baked into how we look at the business, how we think about the future of the company," says public affairs and sustainability head Daniella Foster. Companies looking to take a more proactive approach to sustainability should focus on their strengths and make targets measurable and accountable, Foster advises.

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Sustainability is without doubt one of the top consumer healthcare market trends emerging from the global coronavirus pandemic.

Although on the agenda for many companies before the pandemic hit Europe and North America last Spring, time spent reflecting on our impact on the world, as well as the...

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