Boston Scientific
For more than 25 years, Boston Scientific has advanced the practice of less-invasive medicine. Boston Scientific began in the late 1960s, when co-founder John Abele acquired an equity interest in Medi-tech, Inc., a research and development company focused on developing alternatives to traditional surgery. In 1979, Abele and Pete Nicholas partnered to buy Medi-tech and together formed Boston Scientific Corporation. With more than 25,000 employees and 26 manufacturing, distribution and technology centers, Boston Scientific is the world’s largest medical device company dedicated to less-invasive medicine, delivering more than 13,000 products to clinicians in over 45 countries.
Mission Statement
“At Boston Scientific, we believe that sound environmental, health and safety performance contributes to our competitive strength while benefiting our customers, shareholders and employees. We are committed to continuous improvement in these areas by minimizing pollution, the depletion of natural resources, and our overall environmental footprint. Specifically, we are working to optimize energy and resource usage, ultimately reducing greenhouse gas emissions and waste.”
Environmental Efforts/Products
- Boston Scientific is committed to achieving ISO14001 certification at all of its manufacturing and distribution centers worldwide. ISO14001 is a globally recognized standard for Environmental Management Systems, established by the International Standards Organization. The ISO14000 standards exist to help organizations minimize how their operations negatively affect the environment and include elements of setting specific environmental improvement targets, continuous improvement, regulatory compliance, planning, auditing, and corrective action.
- Boston Scientific has been certified to the “FTSE4Good” Corporate Social Responsibility Index for the fifth consecutive year.
- The Green Team is made up of dedicated Boston Scientific employee volunteers who share a passion for protecting and improving the environment.
