Introduction Transforming care Investing in our people Accelerating possibilities Protecting the environment Creating value responsibly Appendix Marketing and selling responsibly Protecting human rights Marketing and selling life-changing products is a serious As a global health care business, we play a role in advancing undertaking that we oversee closely. Our mandatory training and protecting human rights. Boston Scientific respects and for all customer-facing employees addresses fair and honest strictly adheres to labor and human rights laws, including marketing practices, intellectual property, and interactions those related to modern slavery, child labor, human trafficking, with providers and public officials. It also addresses how to bribery, discrimination, harassment and pay equity. We require navigate actual and perceived conflicts of interest, which our contractors, suppliers and partners to conduct their includes guidance for managing off-label inquiries and focusing businesses legally and ethically as well. Our supply chain marketing discussions on approved, on-label use of our products. resiliency team regularly assesses our direct suppliers as well as our extended supply chain network to identify and address any potential exposure to unethical labor practices. Human rights oversight and accountability We respect the dignity and human rights of all people, 2022 sales and marketing training and our global human rights policies and processes govern conduct throughout the business and supply chain. Our Supplier Guidebook mandates adherence to all human 10,000+ hours rights laws and labor standards and requires that safe and of compliance training for customer-facing employees healthy working conditions be maintained at all times. In 2022, we launched a new supplier code of conduct that reinforces our supply partners’ commitment to social responsibility. Over the past two years, we invested in and began utilizing artificial intelligence and visualization systems to more easily evaluate the risk of possible exposure to unfair or unethical labor practices within our extended supply chain. The resulting analytics help our teams conduct due diligence to better identify areas of risk and deploy appropriate resources to remove unfair or unethical labor practices from our supply chain. In 2023, we will expand use of this technology throughout our value chain. For a complete summary of our human rights approach and activities, please see our website. 51 2022 Performance Report