Our team lives and breathes #EachforEqual every day

Tom Polen, President & CEO, BD

 IWD 2020

At BD, our portfolio includes innovative products and solutions for women’s health, including cervical cancer screening, breast biopsy, and more. Women are our customers and patients - and those patients are often people we know and love. We believe the best way to provide solutions that will change their lives for the better is to embrace the unique perspectives of all our associates. And that’s why our team lives and breathes #EachforEqual every day.

By building and engaging diverse teams and leveraging the unique ideas, backgrounds and experiences of our associates, we can deliver better outcomes for our global marketplace.

We strive to be the company of choice for women to work, supporting our talented associates as they develop and advance in their careers.

As executive sponsor of WIN (Women’s Initiative Network), BD’s largest associate resource group (ARG), I’ve seen first-hand the impact we can have when we create a culture of individual belonging and empowerment. Members of WIN (and our related WIN + STEM ARG, which focuses on the science and technology fields) have been instrumental in creating opportunities for all of our 65,000+ global associates to network, navigate their career, and find - or be - a mentor.

We continuously assess our talent processes and policies to ensure fairness and eliminate barriers to career advancement; Bloomberg recently named BD to its 2020 Gender-Equality Index in recognition of our transparence in gender reporting and advancing women’s equality in the workplace. We have also been recognized by 2020 Women on Boards for having a Board of Directors comprised of at least 20% women.

BD is proud to celebrate #IWD2020 and keep pushing for progress toward a gender equal world.