Human Rights
Our commitment to human rights
Our Global Human Rights Framework, guided by our mission, focuses on contributing to human welfare, recognizing the personal worth of all employees, and maintaining good citizenship as a company.
We lead responsibly and prioritize the highest quality standards for more transparent, ethical, and resilient operations — from governance and workforce to human rights and supply chain responsibility.
Medtronic has policies related to Human Rights and Forced Labor
These policies outline our commitment to respect human rights across our organization and throughout our supply chain.
Global Supplier Standards
To hold our suppliers to the same set of high standards we expect of ourselves for business conduct and social and environmental responsibility. Available in 20 languages.
Medtronic Global Human Rights Program Report
Medtronic conducts annual assessments of its internal operations facilities, and triennial assessments of its commercial facilities.
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Medtronic does not tolerate forced labor within our organization or across our supply chain and is committed to a work environment that is free from human trafficking, slavery, unlawful child labor, and forced labor of any kind.
Medtronic does not use or engage in any form of coerced, bonded, indentured, or forced prison labor. All work is voluntary, and employees will be free to leave or terminate their employment without fear of physical, psychological, sexual, or verbal abuse. Medtronic prohibits the use of slavery and human trafficking in Medtronic facilities and by suppliers in our supply chain.
DUE DILIGENCE
Medtronic performs ongoing due diligence and risk assessment processes across Medtronic facilities and our supply chain
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training
Human rights training
To ensure a responsible supply chain, we provide Responsible Supply Management training for employees in our procurement, sourcing, and supplier quality groups.
PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATION
Human rights partnerships and collaboration
We recognize that many of our Human Rights risks stem from socio-economic and cultural barriers that no organization can solve alone.
