63 2021 ESG Report Appendices Transparency Responsible supply chain Product impact Climate change Introduction Healthy workforce and communities Creating a sense of belonging through team-based acts of service In just about every country in the world, BD associates find creative ways to join together to give back to the communities where they live and work. Since 2013, in recognition of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, BD associates from more than a dozen locations across the United States have joined together to pack shelf-stable meals for Rise Against Hunger , to be delivered to hungry and food-insecure people around the world. In 2022, BD volunteers at 14 U.S. locations reached the collective goal packing over 1 million meals. The BD WIN + STEM associate resource group at our Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, U.S., campus demonstrated its commitment to encouraging girls and women to pursue careers in STEM by teaching local Girl Scouts about STEM career options, like coding and computer science, and by sharing tips to help participants stay safe online. A team of BD volunteers who work at the Latin America Shared Service Center (LASCC) in Santiago, Chile, partnered with Cultiva to do their part to improve planet health by planting a hillside forest together. BD volunteers in the Czech Republic collectively ran, walked and cycled more than 1,000 km (660.5 miles) to raise funds for abandoned and neglected children who are served by the Tereza Maxova Foundation. “This service experience was an amazing opportunity to be part of an international team, and to connect with different cultures and different ways of working. Our team of BD volunteers collaborated from different time zones, and we each brought a unique cultural perspective—proving that our diversity can improve results when we work with empathy. This experience gave me the chance to live our Purpose of advancing the world of health TM , by helping a health clinic and its patients, who are located far away from my home,” said Diogo Carvalho , communication and change management, manager for Latin America, and who is based in São Paulo, Brazil, who volunteered to help U.S. free and charitable clinics raise awareness of services, secure funding and recruit, onboard and train community health workers.