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Merck reports 76% circularity and 42% women in senior leadership in Brazil
Merck, a pharmaceutical and scientific research solutions company, says its Brazil operations reached 76% circularity, up from 57% in 2023.
Circularity measures efforts to reduce waste and put materials back into use through recycling instead of disposal.
The company also reported women held 42% of senior leadership roles in Brazil.
In 2025, Merck's Life Science and Healthcare divisions sent no waste to landfill.
These results are part of a sustainability strategy launched in Brazil in 2025, with goals set through 2030.
Merck says 63% of the strategy's targets were met by the end of 2025, across human progress, sustainable business partnerships and reducing its environmental footprint.
Merck reported a 76% circularity rate in its Brazilian operations and women held 42% of its senior leadership roles.
The figures were included in the company’s 2026 Sustainability Report, released in October.
The circularity rate rose from 57% in 2023.
In 2025, Merck’s Life Science and Healthcare divisions sent no waste to landfills.
By the end of 2025, the company said it had achieved 63% of the targets in its Brazil sustainability strategy through 2030.
- Who
- Merck, a pharmaceutical and scientific research solutions company.
- What
- It reported 76% circularity in Brazil and 42% women in senior leadership.
- When
- The figures were reported in October 2026. The company said its two divisions sent no waste to landfills in 2025.
- Where
- Merck’s operations in Brazil.
- Why
- The results form part of the company’s Brazil sustainability strategy through 2030.
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Merck’s circularity rate in Brazil was 57%.
Merck launched its sustainability strategy in Brazil, with targets through 2030.
The Life Science and Healthcare divisions sent no waste to landfills.
Merck said it had achieved 63% of the strategy’s targets.
Merck released its 2026 Sustainability Report.
- Brazil circularity
- 76%, up from 57% in 2023
- Women in senior leadership
- 42%
- Waste sent to landfills
- Zero from Life Science and Healthcare in 2025
- Sustainability strategy
- Launched in Brazil in 2025, with targets through 2030
- Targets achieved
- 63% by the end of 2025
- Plastic offset
- 86 tonnes reported; 198.1 tonnes accumulated since the partnership began
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