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FMC senior research scientist Gurinderbir Chahal studies the efficacy of herbicide combinations in controlling pigweed. FORWARD TO 2O15 R&D Spend Targeted To Impact Market Shaping Shifts GROWING INNOVATION FOCUSED ON SOLUTIONS 14 FOCUSED FORWARD 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 36% 47% >50%
Our focus on developing products that create a sustainability advantage will amplify our ability to create shared value for all FMC stakeholders. FMC’s 2011 Sustainability Report mapped our core capabilities to the five identified marketshaping shifts to emphasize the many ways FMC has a meaningful impact on these societal challenges. More than challenges, however, we see these shifts as clear opportunities to serve our customers’ needs and drive demand for solutions FMC is uniquely capable of providing. By focusing on these five global trends – environmental consciousness, scarce resources, climate change, land competition, and food and health expectations – we have developed a common framework for our businesses to assess which products and services create a sustainability advantage. In 2011 we determined that 36 percent of our research and development investment was directed towards addressing at least one of these market trends. So we challenged ourselves to do more. By 2015, we intend to focus at least 50 percent of our R&D spend to address these societal needs. The following pages feature specific examples of our work in these areas – from the launch of a new business division focused on products and technologies that address air, water and soil remediation challenges – to the expansion of our food product offerings that help meet the demands of the world’s growing population. We believe this intentional investment focus will amplify our ability to create shared value as these trends become increasingly important to our customers, our communities and each of our businesses. Assessing Sustainability Advantages In 2011, we defined a “product that creates a sustainability advantage” as one that provides a measurable improvement over existing market solutions – by addressing at least one of the five identified market-shaping shifts – without retreating in performance against any of the others. We then charged each of our businesses with the responsibility to develop an assessment tool that would hold us accountable to our definition. This mindset has quickly been adopted and has aligned our collective efforts as we evaluate new opportunities. As an example, recent scientific research provided FMC with an opportunity to turn a byproduct from our Norwegian alginate facility into a beneficial product for human health. In an analysis of fucoidan – a substance derived from brown seaweed – researchers discovered health-enhancing benefits for immune and digestive systems. Now, through a modification to our manufacturing process, we can isolate and capture fucoidan for commercial sale as a new product. FMC will launch ProtaSea fucoidan in the United States during 2013. ''Our sustainability assessment tool has been helpful in guiding our product development processes. As a result of explicitly considering sustainability from the outset of a project, we are finding more ways that we can impact the market shaping shifts and spending less resources on projects that are determined to be counter to these trends.'' Jim Walter Director of Technology Scouting for FMC Agricultural Products Group We are also making strides in another health arena, drug safety. In 2012, we launched new products for pharmaceutical customers, including Aquacoat® ARC, an innovative coating that improves patient safety by controlling the time-release dosing of drugs in the presence of alcohol. This product will provide another tool for pharmaceutical companies to get new, beneficial drugs approved. FMC 2012 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 15
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