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Environmental Stewardship

Medtronic is committed to conducting business in a safe and environmentally sustainable manner that promotes the health of our employees, customers, and communities.

We continually strive to reduce the environmental impact of our products and operations through the sustainable use of natural resources, energy conservation, and the reduction of waste and greenhouse gas emissions.

EHS Policy

Our Environmental Sustainability Policy articulates our global view of sensible environmental management. Our Environmental Health and Safety Management System provides structure to assess EHS impacts and risks in our organization, allocate resources, and drive continual performance improvement.

Medtronic uses several enterprise-wide initiatives to reduce our environmental impact, including green IT, a global print policy to reduce paper use, and facility standards that reduce energy consumption for temperature and lighting. We also continue to incorporate emerging technologies and advancements in sustainability, such as renewable energy.

Sustainability Awards Program

We established the Medtronic EHS Sustainability Award to recognize facilities that have achieved superior results in eliminating waste, recycling and reusing materials, improving employee health and safety, promoting the use of renewable energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and conserving energy and water to minimize our impact on the environment.

All Medtronic facilities are eligible to submit nominations for this annual award.

Employee Engagement

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We actively seek the ideas of individuals throughout the organization to save energy, reduce water use, generate less waste, and increase recycling.

To encourage participation among all employees, Medtronic launched a Go Green for Life environmental awareness program to communicate our goals and share success stories company-wide. Go Green for Life also promotes individual action on everything from desk-side recycling to maximizing power-saving options on personal computers, reducing manufacturing and packaging waste, and reducing carbon emissions through personal food choices and the use of alternative transportation.

Last updated: 26 Feb 2013

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