Corporate responsibility

Our commitment to people and planet

We believe the health of the world is as important as the people who live in it. We are committed to making responsible decisions that help people and preserve the planet for future generations.

Our first employee mission with Operation Smile in Bolivia.

Giving and volunteerism

Around the world

Partnerships, like the one we have with Operation Smile, allows us to advance healthcare through medical education initiatives as well as medical missions that directly serve those in need. With our partners we alleviate suffering, restore function and bring hope to some of the most under resourced people in the world.

Our partnership

Operation Smile is an international medical charity that has provided hundreds of thousands of free surgeries for children and young adults in developing countries who are born with cleft lip, cleft palate or other facial deformities. As a partner since 1999, we have provided product donations and financial contributions because we share the belief that every child deserves access to safe, effective and timely surgical care and a future filled with hope. But the partnership goes well beyond donations.

Medical education

Our partnership has done incredible things to advance healthcare through medical education. The educational programming we support has directly influenced the development of compassionate, skilled plastic surgeons throughout the world through medical mission experience. Additionally, the surgeons training program is locally focused and provides comprehensive training of new plastic surgeons through one-on-one mentorship. This program will provide several hands-on training opportunities and, as a result, foster the creation of new cleft surgeons in resource-poor countries and increase the overall surgical capacities of countries around the world.

Missions

Additionally, we sponsor groups of employees as non-medical mission volunteers who provide day-to-day support for families during this critical time. For the most recent trip in January 2017, eight employees traveled to Panskura, India. In support of this mission, we conducted a fundraiser, through which the company matched employee donations dollar for dollar. The campaign raised funding for almost 300 surgeries.

Where we live

We focus on the advancement of healthcare and well-being, education and community vitality to strengthen the communities where we live and work.

Impact through volunteerism

Eleanor House
United States,
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Employees along with Chairman & CEO, Kevin Lobo landscaped and cleaned the interior of a local shelter. They also provided toys for the play area and new computers to replace the lone, ailing unit used for homework and job searches.

Red Cross
Amsterdam, Netherlands

In partnership with the Red Cross employees engaged local businesses to solicit donations.

Chen Su Lan Children’s Home
Singapore

Employees came together to organize an ice skating event for special needs children. The children were able to enjoy 3 hours of ice skating coaching, games and lunch.

Regalo de Amor
Arroyo, Puerto Rico

Employees hosted 180 students and their teachers at the Arroyo Convention Center as part of Regalo de Amor. At the convention center, students and teachers were served snacks while enjoying musical and karaoke performances, and clown and magic shows.

Environmental practices

Environmental positioning statement

We are committed to operating in a responsible manner that will deliver lasting social, environmental and economic value across our operations, products and services.

Environment, Health and Safety is a shared responsibility, dedicated to identifying and eliminating hazards, managing risks, and improving the overall quality of life for our employees and community.  Our collective efforts will promote a feeling of safety and security among our employees and make significant contributions toward preserving and protecting our planet.

Over the past five years, our Sustainability Solutions business has served as a leading example of our commitment to drive improved sustainability. Working collaboratively with our healthcare partners,our Sustainability Solutions business has enabled over 2,500 healthcare systems to save more than $1 billion on hospital supplies and divert over 60 million pounds of medical waste from landfills.

Another example is the Neptune Waste Management System, which revolutionized the management of surgical fluid through a focus on safety and efficiency with environmental responsibility in mind. Facilities using the Neptune System have successfully diverted almost 394,440,000 pounds of suction system waste from medical landfills since 2001. A case study conducted by an individual healthcare facility states that their operating room fluid waste was reduced by 94 percent after the implementation of Neptune.

 

In 2016, our Sustainability Solutions business helped our customers...

Learn more about our practices and products at sustainability.stryker.com

 

Diversity and inclusion

We are committed to building an inclusive, engaging work environment. Our goal is to encourage, value and leverage differences in people and perspectives to maximize business outcomes. Diversity and inclusion is a business imperative that aligns with our mission and values.

“I am a huge believer in diversity and inclusion because it is the right way to treat people. It leads to better business results and most importantly it will help us achieve our mission of making healthcare better.” - Kevin Lobo, Chairman and CEO

Employee Resource Groups

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are voluntary, employee-led groups that serve as a resource for members and organizations by fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace aligned with organizational mission, values, goals, business practices, and objectives.

The Stryker African American Network

Stryker’s Allies for Equality

Women in Stryker’s Engineering

Stryker's Women’s Network

Stryker's Emerging Professionals

Supply Chain Transparency, Standards & Ethics

Supplier Diversity

We believe that we have a responsibility to engage with businesses that reflect both the diversity of our employees and that of the communities in which we live and work.

OUR SUPPLIER DIVERSITY POLICY

Purpose
Stryker Corporation and its affiliated companies ("Stryker") support of responsible sourcing.

Scope
Stryker’s ongoing effort to eliminate the use of Tin, Tantalum, Tungsten and Gold (“3TG”) from sources that may finance armed conflict and promote human rights abuses in The Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries including: Angola; Burundi; Central African Republic; The Republic of the Congo; Rwanda; South Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; and Zambia (“Conflict Region”).

Details
Stryker supports responsible sourcing from the Conflict Region and expects its suppliers to procure material containing 3TG from socially responsible sources. The goal is to eliminate funding to human rights abusers while continuing to support socially responsible commerce in the Conflict Region.

In support of this Policy, Stryker will among other things:

  • Conduct reasonable country of origin inquiries and exercise ongoing due diligence of its suppliers consistent with the OECD
    Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas to determine whether 3TG from the Conflict Region exist in Stryker’s raw materials, components and/or finished devices, and if so, whether the 3TG was responsibly sourced;
  • Require suppliers to conduct due diligence and to provide appropriate information to support the determination of the origin
    of the 3TG used in the products that they supply to Stryker;
  • Engage and collaborate with suppliers to work towards sustainably responsible 3TG sourcing; and 
  • File an annual Form SD and Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and post these on its website.

Questions or comments about this procedure should be directed to: conflictminerals@stryker.com 


2014 Conflict Minerals SEC Form SD Filing
2015 Conflict Minerals SEC Form SD Filing
2016 Conflict Minerals SEC Form SD Filing
2016 Conflict Minerals SEC Form SD Amended Filing

            

AdvaMed Code of Ethics

AdvaMed and its members encourage ethical business practices and socially responsible industry conduct related to their interactions with health care professionals.