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Environmental Conservation and Restoration ProjectsEli Lilly and Company is committed to aggressive environmental conservation and education efforts. Lilly acknowledges the importance of conserving local lands in their natural state for the benefit of both current and future generations. Two Lilly facilities, one in the United States and one in Belgium, are prime examples of this ongoing commitment.
Tippecanoe Laboratories' Wildlife Habitat AreaTippecanoe Laboratories is a 2,300 acre site in Lafayette, Indiana, devoted to both manufacturing and development. Lilly has set aside 977 acres of the site for a Wildlife Habitat Area. Funded in part by the facility's voluntary recycling program, the Wildlife Habitat program will promote land conservation by restoring the area to a more natural state and will serve as an educational tool for the local community.The implementation of this habitat restoration project is guided by the site's Wildlife Management Plan. One of the primary goals of the plan is to educate elementary, middle and high school students on the importance of environmental conservation and other environmental issues. Tippecanoe Laboratories will implement various segments of its multistage Wildlife Management Plan over one, three and five year periods. The Wildlife Habitat program is managed by the all-volunteer Wildlife Habitat Team, which was formed in 1991 and currently involves more than 100 employees. The team has been responsible for implementing projects such as rotational mowing, tree and shrub planting, nest boxes for a variety of birds, and a 1.5-mile walking trail. Currently the team is completing numerous projects at the site, including installing an information board and interpretive stations, landscaping the trail entrance, posting tree identification tags, replacing the trail surfaces with white rock instead of mulch, planting prairie grasses and wildflowers, and installing mounds and natural prairie landscaping. Lilly's conservation efforts were recognized in 1997 when the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) certified Tippecanoe Laboratories' Wildlife Habitat Program. WHC is a nonprofit, non-lobbying organization that works to increase the amount of quality wildlife habitat on corporate, private and public lands. WHC certification began in 1990; there are now 193 qualifying programs in nine countries.
Ecological Environment Program at Mont-Saint-GuibertThe Lilly Development Centre in Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium, is a 22 acre site located in the Scientific Park of the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, 40 miles southwest of Brussels. Soon after Lilly's acquisition of the site in 1993, the site management made preservation of the ecological diversity of the local environment a priority. Through a collaborative effort with an environmental laboratory at the local university, the site established a program for the reintroduction of native plant species adapted to the soil and climate of the area.Since purchasing the site, Lilly has made great strides towards restoring the site's ecological environment and improving aesthetic appearance. Since 1994, the program has planted more than 5000 trees, creating a 5-acre woods with more than 20 varieties of trees. Additional efforts have been aimed at protecting wildlife on the site, including utilizing an existing pond as a haven for wild water-foul, installing nests in the trees to attract a variety of birds, and maintaining a wildgrass area to lure insects that had disappeared because of extensive insecticide use in the region.
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