The efficient use of energy and energy conservation at the company’s numerous sites, facilities and buildings worldwide are important to Schering-Plough and its colleagues. These issues play a big role in reducing our energy costs, which are significant, and more importantly our emission of greenhouse gases, which come primarily from the consumption of energy in various forms at our worldwide locations.

The company has long been an advocate of energy conservation and stressed the efficient use of electricity, fuel oil, and natural and propane gas.