EHS Management

Systems
Note: This document is an excerpt from Pfizer’s Global EHS Management System manual and is intended
to
provide an overview of the manual itself.

Overview:

Pfizer’s Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Management Systems (EHSMS) framework is risk-based and
designed to meet Pfizer’s continually evolving and dynamic business and operating model. The risk-based
approach offers flexibility, within defined boundaries, for alternative solutions to risk management needs.
The framework recommends mandatory controls where there is potential for high consequence events and
also presents risk control measures that are proven effective and judged to be technically best.

Pfizer’s Global EHS team maintains a series of documents detailing the key components of Pfizer’s EHSMS.
These documents are designed to protect the environment and the health and safety of our colleagues and
the communities in which we operate by establishing consistent risk thresholds while allowing our
operations flexibility to make decisions to manage risk most effectively. The following diagram illustrates
the EHSMS documentation structure:

Corporate Establishes Pfizer’s commitment to health, safety and the

environment
EHS
Policy
Describes the Pfizer EHS management system - big picture
of
Systems who does what
Manual

Describes WHAT outcomes Pfizer expects and

also provides a framework for site programs
EHS
Standards
Describes HOW to achieve the
I mplementation Documents outcomes we expect. “Recommended
Practices”, where provided, are the
starting point for designing site
Recommended Practices Global EHS SOPs Reference programs
Documents

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Pfizer’s Corporate EHS Policy is positioned at the top of the structure. The policy establishes the company’s
overall commitment to protect the health and safety of colleagues and protect the environment, while
achieving high standards of Environmental, Health and Safety performance.

At the next level, the Systems Manual presents a high level overview of the EHSMS.

Pfizer’s EHS Standards make up the third tier of the documentation structure. The Standards are
arranged into four categories:

Management These Standards provide the framework for EHS risk management,
Systems incorporating many key elements to successful EHS management such as
Standards 100 regulatory compliance, risk assessment, communication, self audit, and
Series senior leadership engagement.

This group of documents sets expectations for management and control of

Risk Topic many important EHS programs including workplace safety, occupational
Standards hygiene, fire and life safety, and environmental impact reduction. These
200 Series Standards describe Pfizer’s performance expectations for these programs
and include mandatory requirements where appropriate.

Program These Standards address key program areas across Pfizer businesses such as
Standards office safety, fleet operations, contractor safety and EHS risk from suppliers
300 Series of materials and services.

Business These Standards ensure our operations maintain appropriate programs and
Resilience processes to protect the continuity of critical activities necessary to deliver
Standards safe and effective products to patients.
400 Series

Pfizer leadership is accountable for ensuring compliance with EHS Standards. Leadership teams are
responsible for assigning responsibilities and providing resources to ensure compliance with performance
expectations.

Business units, divisions and facilities are responsible for implementing EHS Standards applicable to their
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Implementation Documents make up the fourth and final tier of the structure. These documents, known
as Recommended Practices, Reference Documents and Global Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs),
describe practical and recommended methods for conforming to EHS Standards.

Recommended Practices (RPs) are:

• Developed for situations that present significant risk to Pfizer, where, if not well-managed, the
consequences of an incident would be severe (e.g., fatality, significant health impact, release, fire/
explosion leading to significant liability, harm to reputation, or business interruption) and where
approaches/techniques are established and proven to be effective
• Created by technical experts and subjected to a formal review and approval process
• Mandatory (subject to the exception criteria below) because they are the accepted method for
managing key risk areas

Exception: Operations wishing to adopt an alternative to a Recommended Practice must employ a risk based
decision making (RBDM) process to verify that the alternative achieves comparable control of risk.

Reference Documents are:

• Provided by the relevant Communities/Networks of Practice as aids to program implementation
for particular EHS Standards
• Non-mandatory; operations are not required to implement program elements and/or performance
requirements included in Reference Documents Global SOPs are detailed specifications that support
Global EHS/Risk Management programs

Pfizer’s Management Systems Standards (Series 100) are based on and aligned with the Plan-Do-Check-
Act
model shown in the following diagram. These Standards require facilities to:
• Assess and prioritize risks
• Establish goals to address highest priority risks and opportunities
• Document the processes used to accomplish those goals
• Evaluate progress and adjust processes as needed to address issues and ensure continual
improvement

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The Plan-Do-Check-Act model of Pfizer’s EHSMS conforms to external management system recognition standards such as
ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and OHSA VPP and is considered at least equivalent to these standards.

101 Compliance
102 Risk Assessment
103 Objective & Target Setting

Establish scope and resource

program based on risk and legal
and corporate drivers. Continually
review and evaluate program and
set objectives for improvement.

PLA
N 106 Management of
110 EHS Program Change 107 Operational
Review Control
104 Competency & 111 Emergency
Establish process to involve
AC Training 105 DO Preparedness
T Communications &
senior management in running Consultation
Establish roles and responsibilities
the
program. Review performance,
for key risk control activities, with
progress toward goals, and EHS
appropriate procedures and actions.
challenges and establish new CHEC
objectives and targets. K
108 Monitoring
&
Measurement
109 Self-Audit

Establish and operate systems to

monitor EHS performance- injury
and illness data, environmental
incidents, inspections, environmental
monitoring results, etc. Periodically
audit
programtoensuremanagement
systems are operating properly.

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Each component of the system is designed to work interdependently in an integrated manner that continually reinforces the
common objective of improving EHS performance. To ensure sustainability of the EHSMS, Pfizer facilities are required to
establish formal processes for core system components and to evaluate their effectiveness regularly.

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