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Reporting & Principles
Units |
2023 |
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GOVERNANCE |
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About Biogen |
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Revenue |
Million USD |
9,836 |
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R&D Spend |
Million USD |
2,462 |
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No. of Employees |
# |
7,570 |
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No. of FTEs |
# |
7,455 |
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No. of R&D Employees |
# |
1,364 |
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Workforce Located in the U.S. |
% |
55 |
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ESG Ratings, Rankings and Assessments 1 |
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S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (DJSI) |
Score |
69 (Industry Leader) |
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MSCI |
Rating |
AA |
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ISS ESG |
Rating |
B- (Prime) |
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Sustainalytics |
Risk Score |
22.2 |
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Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index |
% |
100 |
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Disability Equality Index's Best Places to Work |
% |
100 |
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CDP Climate Change |
Rating |
B |
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CDP Water |
Rating |
B |
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100 Best Corporate Citizens |
Rank |
15 |
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JUST Capital's America's Most Just Companies |
Rank |
33 |
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United Nations Global Compact |
Signatory or Participant |
✔ |
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Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative Member |
Signatory or Participant |
✔ |
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ENVIRONMENTAL |
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Climate |
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Scope 1 |
MT CO2e |
57,237 |
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Scope 2 - Market based |
MT CO2e |
373 |
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Total Scope 1 & 2 (Market based) |
MT CO2e |
57,611 |
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Total Purchased Carbon Offsets2 |
MT CO2e |
0 |
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Scope 2 – Location based |
MT CO2e |
31,059 |
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Scope 33,4 |
MT CO2e |
304,105 |
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Category 1 - Purchased goods and service5 |
MT CO2e |
225,728 |
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Category 2 - Capital goods6 |
MT CO2e |
27,466 |
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Category 3 - Fuel- and-energy-related activities |
MT CO2e |
10,325 |
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Category 4 - Upstream transportation and distribution7 |
MT CO2e |
10,609 |
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Category 5 - Waste generated in operations |
MT CO2e |
503 |
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Category 6 - Business travel |
MT CO2e |
10,740 |
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Category 7 - Employee commuting8 |
MT CO2e |
11,932 |
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Category 7 - Employee work from home |
MT CO2e |
1,581 |
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Category 8 - Upstream leased assets |
MT CO2e |
0 |
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Category 12 - End-of-life treatment of sold products |
MT CO2e |
5,220 |
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Scope 3 (percent of Scope 1, 2 & 3) |
% |
84 |
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Total Value Chain (Scope 1, 2 & 3) |
MT CO2e |
361,715 |
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Targets and Performance |
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Suppliers that Set or Pledged to Set a Climate Goal via the Science Based Targets Initiative |
% |
32 |
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Suppliers that have Committed to 100% Renewable Energy by 2040 |
% |
26 |
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Air Quality |
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CO Emissions |
MT |
8.7 |
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NOx Emissions |
MT |
17.5 |
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SOx Emissions |
MT |
2.3 |
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VOC Emissions |
MT |
5.1 |
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Energy |
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Total Energy Use |
MWh |
435,314 |
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Renewable Electricity |
MWh |
133,329 |
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PPA/Direct Contract |
MWh |
36,210 |
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Renewable Energy Certificates |
MWh |
97,119 |
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On-site Generation |
MWh |
0 |
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Non-Renewable Energy |
MWh |
301,985 |
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Fossil Fuels |
MWh |
301,550 |
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Municipal Steam |
MWh |
296 |
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Electricity |
MWh |
140 |
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Energy Intensity |
MWh/MM USD revenue |
37 |
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Global Renewable Electricity9 |
% |
100 |
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Renewable Energy Allocation (% Total energy) |
% |
31 |
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Water |
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Water Use (ex. non-contact cooling water) |
Million m3 |
1.068 |
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Water Use Intensity |
m3 / MM USD revenue |
109 |
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Water Reused/Recycled10 |
% |
5 |
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Water Withdrawal |
Million m3 |
1.197 |
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Municipal Supply (potable & gray water) |
Million m3 |
1.009 |
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Fresh Surface Water (non-contact cooling) |
Million m3 |
0.187 |
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Rainwater |
Million m3 |
0.0009 |
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Water Discharges |
Million m3 |
0.894 |
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Fresh Surface Water |
Million m3 |
0.187 |
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Wastewater |
Million m3 |
0.707 |
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Waste |
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Total Non-hazardous Waste11 |
MT |
4,012 |
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Reused12 |
MT |
195 |
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Recycled13 |
MT |
648.1 |
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Composted |
MT |
1,800 |
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Energy Recovery via Anaerobic Digestion |
MT |
0 |
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Waste to Energy14 |
MT |
1,154 |
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Incineration |
MT |
12 |
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Landfill |
MT |
203 |
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Non-hazardous Waste Intensity |
MT / MM USD Revenue |
0.41 |
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Waste to Landfill Diversion |
% |
95 |
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Recovery & Recycling Rate (Non-hazardous Waste) |
% |
66 |
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Total Hazardous and Biohazardous Waste |
MT |
208 |
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SOCIAL |
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Community Engagement and Giving |
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Total Foundation Grants15 |
Million USD |
4.4 |
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Employee Matching Gifts Program16 |
Million USD |
1.7 |
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Corporate Grants and Sponsorships17 |
Million USD |
22.5 |
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Volunteer Hours |
Hours |
10,071 |
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Responsible Supply Chain |
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Supplier Diversity Spend |
Million USD |
156 |
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Supplier Diversity Spend of Total U.S. Spend |
% |
6.6 |
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Workforce |
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Women in: |
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Workforce |
% |
53.0 |
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Management (Level 9+)18 |
% |
52.7 |
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Director Level and Above |
% |
48.6 |
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Management in Revenue-Generating Functions (Level 9+)19 |
% |
53.7 |
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STEM-related Positions20 |
% |
49.4 |
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Top Management (VP+) |
% |
46.8 |
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Executive Team |
% |
46 |
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Board of Directors |
% |
33 |
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Demographics in Workforce (U.S. Only): |
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Asian American |
% |
18.1 |
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Black or African American |
% |
11.2 |
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Hispanic or Latino |
% |
3.6 |
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Indigenous or Native American |
% |
0.3 |
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Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
% |
0.1 |
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White |
% |
58.0 |
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Two or More Races |
% |
1.6 |
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No Response |
% |
7.2 |
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Demographics in Management (U.S. Only; Level 9+) |
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Asian American |
% |
20.2 |
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Black or African American |
% |
5.4 |
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Hispanic or Latino |
% |
3.6 |
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Indigenous or Native American |
% |
0.2 |
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White |
% |
62.5 |
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Director-Level and Above Positions Held by Racial Minorities (U.S. Only) |
% |
31.2 |
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Other Underrepresented Groups |
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Workforce Age 29 or Younger |
% |
10.0 |
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Workforce Age 30 to 50 |
% |
65.0 |
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Workforce Age 51 or Older |
% |
25.0 |
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Demographics in Board of Directors21 |
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Asian American |
# |
1 |
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Hispanic or Latino |
# |
2 |
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White |
# |
5 |
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Did Not Disclose Demographic Background |
# |
1 |
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Represented by Union/Collective Bargaining Agreement |
% |
9 |
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Talent Attraction, Retention & Turnover |
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Employee Satisfaction |
% |
62 |
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Engagement Survey Response Rate |
% |
73 |
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Open Positions Filled by Internal Candidates |
% |
27 |
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Training and Development |
Avg Hours/Employee |
37 |
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Turnover Rate |
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Voluntary Turnover |
% |
10.1 |
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Involuntary Turnover |
% |
22.9 |
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Gender Pay Assessment22 |
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Executives |
% |
1.02 |
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Management |
% |
0.96 |
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All Other Professionals |
% |
1.03 |
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Occupational Health and Safety |
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Employee and Type 1 Contractor Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) |
Cases/200,000 working hours |
0.22 |
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Employee and Type 1 Contractor Days Away Case Rate (DACR) |
Cases/200,000 working hours |
0.10 |
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3-Year Average DACR Industry Rank |
Rank |
2 |
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Number of Fatalities for Employees |
# |
0 |
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Number of Fatalities for Contractors |
# |
0 |
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Motor Vehicle Collisions (U.S. Fleet)23 |
Collisions/million miles |
3.6 |
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1. Year of the result is based on the ranking publication year, which may use data from other time periods per the publication’s methodology.
2. 2020 was the last year Biogen purchased carbon offsets as part of our climate strategy.
3. Scope 3 Categories 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15 were determined to be not applicable or negligible.
4. Scope 3, Category 9 is identified as an immaterial category of emissions. However, we do plan to disclose data when it has met our data quality requirements.
5. Metric reflects data collection from 90% of the top suppliers. Biogen recognizes a decrease in the 2023 value due to updated emission factors and a decrease in spend due to business climate.
6. Metric reflects data collection from 90% of the top suppliers. Biogen recognizes a decrease in the 2023 value due to updated emission factors and a decrease in spend due to business climate.
7. Metric reflects data collection from 90% of the top suppliers.
8. Reflects ongoing shift toward hybrid and in-person work.
9. Biogen maintained 100% renewable electricity (as defined by RE100) in all markets where we operate.
10. Data reflect percentage of reclaimed water on-site, harvested rainwater and municipal gray water compared to total water use.
11. All waste disposal methods are covered in these metrics; no waste is disposed of by other methods.
12. Data include non-hazardous waste generated by Biogen operations (e.g., non-hazardous solid waste and trucked off wastewater). Waste derived from construction and demolition debris, incinerator ash and other contractor activities is not included.
13. Re-use continued to increase for a variety of reasons, notably the donation of material goods in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
14. Biogen uses both co-processing programs and non-hazardous waste with energy recovery, which is generated by incineration.
15. Includes all grants awarded by the Biogen Foundation exclusive of the Biogen Foundation’s Employee Matching Gifts Program. Total in foundation grants is inclusive of STAR Initiative investment.
16. Employee matching gifts consists of Foundation giving through 1:1 and 2:1 donation campaigns. With Foundation match, Biogen employees donated more than $3.3 million to organizations around the world.
17. Corporate Grants and Sponsorships includes Global Medical Grants and Patient Education Grants, General Grants, Infrastructure Grants, Fellowships and Sponsorships.
18. Percentage includes employees at Manager level and above.
19. Includes Manager-level employees and above. Revenue-generating functions include Pharmaceutical Operations & Technology, Commercial, Research & Development, Worldwide Medical and Biosimilars.
20. STEM-related Positions (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) roles at Biogen are defined by specific “job families” as assigned to job positions and include categories such as Worldwide Medical, Technical Development, Research & Development, Quality, Pre-Clinical Safety, Manufacturing, IT, Engineering, Clinical Sciences and Biotherapeutic & Medicinal Sciences.
21. Racial and ethnic demographics that do not apply are excluded from the calculation.
22. The gender pay assessment includes data covering all permanent global employees adjusted for the number of women and men at each level within the organization for base compensation only. The ratio is calculated by averaging the mean base pay for women in the stated role in comparison to the mean base pay of men in a similar role.
23. Collisions metric is compiled based on data from Wheels, Biogen's primary fleet management firm.
Version Date: May 2, 2024