Summary of Champions for the Environment Performance Data Summary 2005-2008

	2008	2007	2006	2005
Number of Champions programs (in number of countries)	16 (10)	18 (10)	18 (10)	25 (14)
US$ spent on Champions program	102,000	100,000	114,500	148,600

The drop in the number of programs and overall budget from 2005 to 2007 is due in part to the closing of certain Merck facilities that had previously participated in the program. 

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