拜耳推出了新的透明度网站（https://cropscience-transparency.bayer.com)，旨在获取评估植物保护产品所需的科学数据。通过这一步骤，拜耳在推动透明度方面发挥了领导作用，同时保护了公司的机密产品成分和制造工艺数据。
除了大量活性物质的安全相关研究报告摘要外，拜耳还将开始允许非商业访问各个安全相关研究报告，首先是关于吡虫啉的报告。提供了视频和信息图表等背景材料，以帮助将监管科学纳入背景。通过这种方式，拜耳希望促进公开透明的对话。
“As conflicting accounts about the safety of food or technologies are making it difficult for people to separate fact from fiction, this Bayer initiative is an important step towards increased transparency,” said Dr. Adrian Percy, global head of Research and Development for the Crop Science Division. “By sharing safety data, which was previously only shared with authorities, we hope to connect the public with our scientific community in a way that builds trust and shows our desire to further create transparency.”
“We are excited to launch our new website which also aims to support authorities around the globe by providing an alternative tool, other than filing freedom of information requests, for them to obtain the documents which underlie our registration procedures,” said Percy. “We want non-commercial interested parties – from a concerned citizen to a member of the scientific community – to be able to access safety-relevant information in a way that is quick and easy to understand, so that they can base their opinions on scientific data.”
Bayer’s new transparency website will be updated on a regular basis. In the next phase, which is planned for early 2018, non-commercial users will be able to request access to additional full, in-depth safety-related study reports. Furthermore, Bayer plans to add other language options to its new website, for example German.