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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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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See How Medtronic Employees Are Advancing Sustainability
When Shona Kamps first looked to get involved with sustainability efforts at Medtronic, she discovered there wasn’t a central group to connect employees with a shared passion for the environment.

Environment

How Healthcare Technology Is Changing Wildlife Conservation
The Medtronic Reveal LINQ™ Insertable Cardiac Monitor is helping researchers learn characteristics of wild and endangered species to further conservation efforts.

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Engineering Impact: Reducing Our Footprint
To address the climate crisis, Medtronic has set an ambition to achieve net zero carbon emissions by fiscal year 2045 across its operations and value chain (scopes 1, 2, and 3).

Sustainable Development Goals

Engineering Impact: Product stewardship
To support a healthy planet, Medtronic is working to find opportunities to improve product stewardship — from design and manufacturing, to packaging, distribution, reuse, and disposal and recently established two new waste reduction targets.

Environment

Putting Purpose into Action: Environmental Stewardship
Today, it’s more important than ever that we acknowledge and plan for the challenges caused by climate change. That is why Medtronic has set a goal to be carbon neutral in our operations by FY30.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Putting Purpose into Action: Product Stewardship
Medtronic is putting purpose into action. Learn more about product stewardship in our FY20 Integrated Performance Report.

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