81 2021 ESG Report Healthy workforce and communities Appendices Responsible supply chain Product impact Climate change Introduction Transparency Human rights At BD, we integrate human rights principles into our business processes and practices. We believe that all people should be treated with dignity and respect, and we are committed to conducting our business in a manner consistent with this principle. This includes respecting the human rights of all associates, as well as the people in our supply chains, the communities in which we operate and those who are impacted by our products. Our commitment—detailed in our Global Human Rights Policy—is guided by the principles outlined in the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the International Labor Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Our commitment extends beyond BD processes and practices to those in our supply chains. We comply with applicable employment and human rights laws and regulations wherever we have operations; we expect our suppliers to do the same. In all of our operations: • W e provide a safe and healthy workplace for our associates. • W e do not use child labor. • W e do not use forced, prison, indentured, bonded or involuntary labor. • W e prohibit discrimination in our hiring and employment practices. • W e prohibit physical abuse and harassment of associates, as well as the threat of either. • W e support the freedom of association and the rights of workers and employers to bargain collectively. The central S&EHS team is responsible for monitoring and coordinating efforts to provide awareness of human rights compliance obligations. Human rights management is embedded in our integrated supply chain (including Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement and Sustainability & EHS) and human resources functions, to foster compliance with our policies prohibiting forced labor, human trafficking and modern slavery across all of our operations. As important matters relating to human rights issues arise, the VP S&EHS will brief the ERC as needed; the ERC will brief the relevant Board committee and the full Board if applicable. BD has programs in place to monitor and advance human rights efforts throughout the company. These include: • A dditional policies • T he BD Code of Conduct, which reinforces our commitment to human rights and details how to report suspected violations anywhere in our supply chain. All of our associates are trained annually on our Code of Conduct. • BD Expect ations for Suppliers, our Code of Conduct designed for our thousands of suppliers. • Pr actices geared toward ensuring that modern slavery and human trafficking do not exist in our workforce or those of our suppliers • W e do not charge any of our associates recruitment fees, and do not work with recruitment agencies that engage in this practice. • W e do not withhold identity documents, immigration documents or any other personal documentation of our associates. • W e encourage our associates to report, without fear of retaliation, any matters related to human trafficking, modern slavery or any other human rights violations. • W e provide BD associates with forced labor and human trafficking training each year, developed by a third party and administered online. This course is taken by any associate that interacts directly or indirectly with our suppliers. This includes the sourcing, managing and/or advising on the selection of our suppliers. • W e are committed to due diligence, including initial assessments of suppliers against 12 risk factors (including ESG risk and desktop audits of prioritized suppliers). • W e employ risk management efforts to enhance compliance with related policies throughout our operations. For example, our Global Operations and Human Resources teams work to promote compliance with our policies prohibiting forced labor, human trafficking and modern slavery across all of our operations, including manufacturing operations. • W e provide training and capacity-building, both internally and for key suppliers. BD takes steps to educate associates and third parties so they can identify modern slavery and other human rights abuses and take steps to eliminate them—both in our own operations and within our supply chain. Further details about our supplier human rights due diligence process can be found in the Responsible Supply Chain section of this report. BD strives to continuously improve its programs to promote compliance with applicable laws and high ethical standards to meet the expectations of our customers, shareholders, associates, communities and other stakeholders.