• To assess our overall human rights risk and performance, including in local communities, we are exploring a number of human rights assessment tools and frameworks.
• Increase focus on measuring and managing progress toward achieving social and business goals by establishing metrics and tracking success for grants programs.
• In 2008, Merck's CEO and Executive Committee signed a supplier diversity commitment to increase its spending with diverse suppliers to 14 percent in 2008 and 17 percent by 2010 as a percentage of total applicable spend in the United States and Puerto  Rico. In 2008, Merck spent 14.1 percent of total applicable spend in the United States and Puerto Rico with diverse suppliers.

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