Introduction Transforming care Investing in our people Accelerating possibilities Protecting the environment Creating value responsibly Appendix Supporting our communities has also resulted in nearly 35,000 health care screenings that have led to chronic disease diagnoses for more than As a leader in health care, we make it a priority to help create 6,300 people. Partnering for humanitarian healthier communities. In 2022, the company donated more relief for Ukraine than $67 million to fund medical research, fellowships, education Advancing education: STEM outreach When millions of Ukrainians were and charitable organizations globally. In the United States, STEM education is a proven path to developing more diversity forced to flee their country or were the Boston Scientific Foundation awarded over $2 million in the next generation of medical technology innovators. internally displaced, we worked in scholarships and grants. And in more than 50 countries, In 2022, 17 employee STEM teams engaged with more than with longstanding partner Project Boston Scientific employees led initiatives to advance 70,000 students around the world through hands-on activities, HOPE to help. The Boston Scientific global health, STEM education and community well-being. tutoring, competitions and career guidance. As part of a Boston Foundation donated $1 million To learn more about our charitable giving, visit the Boston Scientific Scientific pilot program that awarded community engagement for refugee assistance in Poland, Foundation website. grants based on employee proposals, our team in São Paolo, where we have 240 employees Brazil led a day of mentoring and STEM challenges at a and where more than two million Advancing health: local school. Ukrainians sought refuge. Funds Signature Health Grant Program were used to transport medicines into Ukraine, procure supplies for a The World Health Organization projects a shortfall of 10 million neonatal hospital in Kyiv and provide health workers by 2030, mostly in low- and lower-middle resources for a strained Polish health income countries. To address this shortage, we collaborate with care system. The contributions organizations that train health care workers to conduct disease from our Ukraine aid employee screenings in vulnerable communities. In 2022, we expanded our matching gifts campaign, Signature Health Grant Program with a U.S.-based initiative to Boston Scientific Foundation Europe increase the number of trained health care workers and improve and our European employees totaled the quality and availability of chronic disease screenings. The more than $500,000. initiative provided more than $500,000 in grants to Project HOPE, the American Cancer Society, Partners in Health, the American Heart Association and Global Access to Cancer Care Foundation. Since we developed our community health strategy in 2016, we have helped train 7,300 community health professionals in six countries through various initiatives. Our community outreach Our São Paulo team provides STEM programming for local students. 36 2022 Performance Report