BD launches new 'Together We Advance' strategy and announces 2030+ Goals
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) announced in a press release, a new strategy to advance environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives, as well as a suite of goals for 2030 and beyond that focus on enhancing stewardship of the company, the planet, community and human health.
BD's ESG strategy, Together We Advance, serves as a framework for addressing the most relevant ESG issues for itself and its stakeholders. The new approach builds on BD's core purpose – advancing the world of health – and focuses on making meaningful impacts across four key pillars:
- Company Health: Building a strong business foundation through good governance and transparent reporting.
- Planet Health: Implementing sustainable solutions to reduce the company's environmental footprint.
- Community Health: Collaborating with communities and investing company resources to do what is right.
- Human Health: Empowering employees to innovate new products and solutions to deliver what's next in healthcare.
Under BD's new strategy, the company has made commitments in five areas that are most important to its stakeholders and where the company has identified opportunities to create meaningful, measurable change over the next decade.