Bayer Distribution Safety Principles

Each employee of Bayer and its agent(s) is responsible for the safe handling and offering of Bayer materials for distribution. It is the responsibility of all levels of management and supervision to assure that materials being handled and offered for distribution are done so in compliance with Bayer safety procedures. Bayer will develop, implement, maintain and monitor training programs which will ensure that its employees are fully informed of the corporation’s safe material handling and regulatory requirements. Bayer will provide its customers and vendors with product information and literature to assist in their development of safe distribution, handling, use, packaging, recycle, and disposal practices for its materials. Bayer management and its employees are committed to working with all parts of the distribution network (customers, carriers, freight forwarders, warehouses, shippers and vendors) to assure the safe handling of all Bayer materials being tendered for distribution. Bayer is committed to utilizing transportation carriers, regardless of mode, with proven safety records and who maintain acceptable levels of safety fitness, exhibited through their ability to transport all materials offered, in a safe manner and in compliance with all regulatory statutes and Bayer Safety Guidelines. Bayer will develop and implement audit protocols that determine a carrier’s continued safety fitness. Bayer will implement procedures for feedback to carriers to communicate discrepancies and will work with carriers to improve safety fitness. Bayer will select and utilize warehousing and bulk terminal operations which are capable of meeting and maintaining the required level of Bayer safety fitness. Bayer will develop and implement audit protocols that will determine the safety fitness of all warehousing and bulk terminals utilized by Bayer. Bayer will implement procedures which provide feedback for discrepancies and will work with warehouse and bulk terminal operators to improve/maintain required levels of safety fitness. Bayer will promote selection and utilization of packaging for its materials which meet all regulatory requirements and will provide consistent corporate-wide packaging. Further, Bayer will continually strive to assure that all packages utilized will provide 100% containment of the contents and, where possible, can be recycled, reused, or disposed of in an environmentally safe manner. Bayer will develop, implement, and maintain a corporate emergency response plan with procedures for receiving notification of, response to, and handling of all emergencies resulting from accidental releases, fires, or exposures to any Bayer material. Bayer will further provide and maintain 24-hour response capabilities for the handling of such emergencies. Additionally, Bayer will provide assistance, upon proper notification, to the public and other mutual aid response personnel when requested. Bayer will establish and maintain emergency response T.E.A.M.s (Transportation Emergency Assistance Methods) whose members are adequately equipped and trained to provide on-scene assistance for emergencies involving Bayer materials, regardless of location.