Sustainability Starts Here at Our U.S. Headquarters

Bayer Corporation’s U.S. headquarters in Pittsburgh is not only the location for product innovation and green thinking. It’s where community out-reach, education and environmentalism all come together.

Learn about just a few of our sustainability initiatives below:

Wildlife Habitat

Bayer has dedicated 200 acres of our 300-acre Pittsburgh site to wildlife enhancement. Yes, we put away our mowers and reduced costs, while promoting tall grasses for wildlife habitats—now the location of fun and educational programs, hosted by trained Bayer volunteers.

The programs represent Bayer’s deep dedication to the Pittsburgh community, its education, and the local environment. Our Wings of Wonder program is a study that explores migratory wildlife, including a variety of Western Pennsylvania bird and butterfly species. Another program, the Pond Module, helps students understand Pennsylvania’s standards in environment and ecology by exploring the plants and wildlife that make up a pond ecosystem.

Since 2003, the Bayer wildlife habitat has been certified through the Wildlife Habitat Council’s (WHC) “Corporate Lands for Learning,” a science-based environmental education initiative. In 2008, the WHC additionally presented Bayer with its “Signature of Sustainability Award,” with Bayer one of just 21 companies nationwide-- and one of two sites in Pennsylvania-- to receive the award.

Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Mutual Aid Council (PAMAC)

Sometimes the most innovative ideas arise from crisis. It was following the 1988 Ashland Oil spill in the Monongahela River, that Mobay V. P. Walt Becker discovered the critical need to study Pittsburgh’s emergency resources, and the Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Mutual Aid Council (PAMAC) was formed. The Council’s work resulted in the publication of an Emergency Equipment and Resource Manual to enhance the city’s preparedness in the event of future disasters.

2000 USEPA Green Chemistry Challenge Award

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency presented the 2000 Green Chemistry Challenge Award to Bayer for the development of environmentally-friendly coatings with reduced organic solvent content. The new technology reduces volatile air emissions by as much as 99 percent.

Other Sustainability Initiatives

The Bayer Pittsburgh site has initiated day-time cleaning so that lights are off at night to save energy. All printers are defaulted to double-sided black and white printing, enabling us to save on printing and ink cartridge costs, and reduced paper use. As of Earth Day last year, we were using 250,000 less sheets of paper a month!