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Syngenta ranked a top 10 biotech employer for third time


Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
October 16, 2014

  • Syngenta moves to No. 9 in Science magazine survey
  • Sixth consecutive year ranked as a top biotech employer
  • Survey received nearly 5,500 responses from all parts of the world 

Syngenta ranked in the top 10 among the world’s top biotech employers, according to an annual survey conducted by Science magazine. The company finished as the No. 9 employer, placing four spots up from 2013.
 
Employees were asked to rate companies on multiple characteristics, including treating employees with respect, ensuring work-culture values align with employees’ personal values, and other factors. The top three characteristics for Syngenta were identified as: treats employees with respect, is socially responsible and work culture values aligned.
 
“At Syngenta we are motivated to innovate through our purpose: Bringing plant potential to life and guided by the objectives we set in The Good Growth Plan. This extends to the way we work in teams, how we promote employee health and how we reach out to the local community,” said Michiel van Lookeren Campagne, head of Biology Research for Syngenta. “It is our culture and focus on innovation to sustainably grow more food with less inputs that makes Syngenta a great place to work. I am very proud that this is recognized by the biotechnology industry at large.”
 
Last year, Syngenta opened the Advanced Crop Lab that enables completely new capabilities to measure the performance of crops and do it faster than ever.  The company is also in the process of building a brand new R&D lab and office facility designed to maximize collaboration across disciplines. When completed in 2016, employees will have the most advanced capabilities to enable their considerable talents here in Research Triangle Park.
 
“This combined new facilities investment of over $150 million demonstrates the commitment  Syngenta has for  innovation and creates extra confidence among our colleagues that their work will make a difference ultimately to the farmers  we serve,” said van Lookeren Campagne.
 
This year marks the sixth straight year that Syngenta has ranked as one of the top 20 best biotech companies for which to work worldwide, and the third year that they’ve placed in the top 10.The complete rankings can be found online at the Science magazine website.
 
Syngenta RTP is a leading innovator and collaborator in plant genetics and serves as the global headquarters for plant biotechnology research and development for Syngenta.
 
For more information about us, please go to www.syngenta.com. Join the conversation online – connect with us at social.SyngentaUS.com.
 
About Syngenta
Syngenta is one of the world's leading companies with more than 28,000 employees in over 90 countries dedicated to our purpose: Bringing plant potential to life. Through world-class science, global reach and commitment to our customers, we help to increase crop productivity, protect the environment and improve health and quality of life. For more information about us please go to www.syngenta.com.


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Website: http://www.syngenta.com

Published: October 16, 2014

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