Protecting our planet

We believe that people can only live their healthiest lives on a healthy planet. That’s why we reduce our environmental footprint by finding innovative ways to eliminate our operational carbon footprint, cutting our waste and water usage, and building sustainability into our products.

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CBS News: Human Heart-Monitoring Devices Find New Life Helping Biologists Understand Threatened Species
During his regular checkup, a 9-year-old clouded leopard named Masala undergoes a procedure to get a tiny heart monitor implanted under his skin at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.

Environment

Meet the Father and Daughter Tracking Heartbeats of the Wild
As scientists with Medtronic, Tim and Noelle Laske implant heart monitors in vulnerable species to study stress and survival, blending cutting-edge technology with a reverence for the natural world.

Environment

A Look at How Healthcare Technology Is Improving Wildlife Conservation
Research is well underway to build a deeper understanding of wolf physiology that can help improve both wild conservation and captive care.

Energy

Medtronic: Here Comes the Sun – 3 Things To Know About Our Solar Footprint
Our first solar farm opened in 2014 in Santa Rosa, California and our solar energy footprint across the globe has been growing ever since.

Environment

Medtronic: Helping Lead the Way in Packaging Waste Reduction
As part of our commitment to operate sustainably, Medtronic is working to set an example for how our industry can reduce waste generated from the packaging of medical devices.

Environment

Medtronic: How Lake Geneva Helps Heat and Cool a European Manufacturing Site
By eliminating dependence on fossil fuels, ENERLAC reduced and stabilized energy costs at the site for the next 30 years while also drastically decreasing CO2 emissions by more than 80% — from 820 tons per year to approximately 150 tons per year.

Environment

Medtronic Signs Commitment to Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
With this formal commitment to SBTi, Medtronic recognizes the crucial role that the business community can play in minimizing the risk that climate change poses.

Environment

Keeping Up With the Pack
Scientists study wolves so they can better understand them – and a small Medtronic device is helping them do so.

Environment

Helping More Than Humans: Medtronic Devices Monitor Heart Disease in Great Apes
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio recently implanted six great apes with Medtronic Reveal LINQ™ insertable cardiac monitors (ICMs), to help identify and track heart problems in the animals.

Environment

How Medtronic Supply Chain Teams Are Reducing 25 Tons of Packaging Waste
The project will save five tons of plastic and 20 tons of paper from the landfill over the next year, based on production forecasts for these devices.

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