Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. At the same time Bayer creates value through innovation, growth and improved earning power. Bayer HealthCare AG researches, develops, manufactures and markets innovative products for disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Bayer CropScience AG is a global leader in crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. Bayer MaterialScience AG is a renowned supplier of high-performance materials and innovative system solutions used in a wide range of products for everyday life. The Group is committed to the principles of sustainable development and acknowledges and accepts its role as a socially and ethically responsible corporate citizen, economy, ecology and social responsibility are corporate policy objectives of equal rank.