Amersham plc: Environment and social review 2001 - Our businesses and their impacts

A world leader in the provision of integrated systems and solutions that enable its customers to study the causes of disease and to develop and manufacture new medicines. Its products are used by pharmaceutical and biotech companies, research and academic institutions.

There are a range of environmental impacts and social and community issues associated with our business. We outline here the key issues, although some additional impacts occur at individual sites.