Strategy & Values

We are: Sparking Discovery, Elevating Humanity. Together as a unified force, we are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to improve the lives of millions of customers, patients and communities worldwide.

We Believe in Science and Technology as force for good

Together we are unlocking customer and patient values within each business sector and across our organization.

Our Strategy: Mobilize for Growth

With our “Mobilize for Growth” strategy, we are pursuing a clear ambition. Our strategy is about unlocking our full potential to take the company to the next level. Our set-up is unique, thanks to our three diverse and distinct sectors, with leading positions in fast-growing science and technology markets. By creating superior value for our customers, patients, and society, we are set to shape some of the most important growth and technology trends of the 21st century.

We want to continue accelerating our leading role in science and technology. We aim to increase Group sales to approximately € 25 billion by 2025. Around 80% of the planned sales growth is to come from the “Big 3” businesses – from Process Solutions and Life Science Services within Life Science (Read more on the Life Science Strategy or on the Life Science Business), new Healthcare products (Read more on the Healthcare Strategy or on the Healthcare Business), and Semiconductor Solutions within our Electronics business sector (Read more on the Electronics Strategy or on the Electronics Business).

Sustainability is firmly anchored in our corporate strategy. Our ambition is to leverage science and technology to achieve lasting progress for mankind. For us, sustainable entrepreneurship and profitable growth go hand in hand. Through our business activities, we want to be economically successful and create value for society. In doing so, we are helping tackle the great challenges facing today’s world, such as disease, poverty, hunger, and climate change.

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Quality remains a key element of our Culture

Starting in 1851 ...

Our company set standards for the purity of its products early on. 1851, Emanuel Merck personally guaranteed the quality of his products: “I always guarantee you the purity of my preparations and undertake to reimburse you for any damage that may arise through one of my preparations being impure.”
... till today

Our Quality Vision is signed by the Executive Board Members of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and is established as a solid basis for quality in our daily business.

Career Portal

Curious how to become part of our vibrant science and technology company? Check out our open positions.

Science & Technology

Science is at the heart of everything we do. Our work is fueled by the belief that science is a force for good. Get inspired by our open innovation partnerships and collaborations or learn more about our R&D approach.

Investor Relations

Visit our Investors section to find everything you as a shareholder or potential investor might need to know about the company.

We passed our Compliance Assessment

Focus on the areas Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering

In March/May 2023 an Adequacy Assessment of our Compliance Management System was successfully conducted by following the Assessment Standard IDW AsS 980 (IDW PS 980).

The Assessment was conducted on our behalf by Baker Tilly GmbH & Co. KG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Germany.

Shared values

Our success is built on courage, achievement, responsibility, respect, integrity and transparency. These values shape our daily work, the way we meet challenges and our interactions with our customers, business partners and colleagues.

Our values are the foundation of our success

Courage opens the door to the future.
- Courage requires trust in one’s own abilities.
- Courage leads to a healthy self-perception.
- Courage supports the competence needed to execute decisions in change processes.
- Courage means: We challenge ourselves.
- Courage opens us to new ideas.
Achievement makes our entrepreneurial success possible.
- Achievement shapes individual and entrepreneurial ability.
- Achievement challenges and promotes our people.
- Achievement supports the personal development of our people.
- Achievement can be measured by the results obtained.
- Achievement ensures entrepreneurial independence.
Responsibility determines our entrepreneurial actions.
- Responsibility characterizes our behavior towards customers, employees, investors and service providers.
- Responsibility means treating our natural resources with care and vigilantly protecting our environment.
- Responsibility determines our business decisions, which we jointly endorse.
- Responsibility means setting a good example.
- Responsibility leads to recognition and acceptance of our business activities.
Respect is the foundation of any partnership
- Respect is based on the concept of humanity and human dignity.
- Respect generates an atmosphere of esteem, fairness and recognition.
- Respect requires open and honest communication.
- Respect enables us to work successfully in different cultures and with different people.
- Respect means valuing achievement – yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Integrity ensures our credibility.
- Integrity is the cornerstone of what makes us credible to everyone.
- Integrity enables us to do what we say.
- Integrity obliges us to keep our promises.
- Integrity also means being able to say no.
- Integrity permits only those transactions and dealings that conform to our values.
Transparency makes mutual trust possible.
- Transparency is the involvement of all stakeholders through information.
- Transparency makes our actions understandable.
- Transparency supports goal-oriented behavior throughout the company.
- Transparency creates reliability.
- Transparency promotes the participation of everyone in the company prepared to accept responsibility.