Better Health for All

Solventum's core business is dedicated to healthcare, with a mission to enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives.

Its products and services, including wound care, dental solutions, health information systems, and purification/filtration, deliver substantial health benefits. Examples include treating 1.6 million hard-to-heal wounds annually, warming over 400 million patients, completing over 2 billion dental restorations, enabling 25 million life-saving dialysis treatments, and filtering over 18 billion gallons of drinking water annually. The company reports no revenue from products with well-established negative health outcomes. Solventum supports the healthcare workforce by providing over 170 global educational grants to professional societies and academic institutions, alongside robust learning programs for healthcare professionals. The company demonstrates strong healthcare data responsibility by committing to protecting Protected Health Information (PHI), adhering to HIPAA and state laws, implementing encryption and access controls, anonymizing data, and providing breach notifications. It also invests in healthcare education through free, public online learning courses, the HIS Learning Nexus, webinars, and newsletters. The company does not produce or sell food or nutritional products.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Solventum Corp.'s Supplier Diversity Program, described in the provided article, focuses on engaging diverse suppliers within its supply chain to support ESG commitments.

The ethical value 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' and its associated KPIs are specifically designed to assess financial institutions and their consumer-facing financial products, lending practices, and financial inclusion initiatives. The article does not contain any specific data points related to financial services, lending, fees, customer financial outcomes, or financial literacy programs. Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the provided information.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

Solventum reported a Global Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 0.65 in 2024.

The company's total employee turnover rate was 6.29% in 2024. Solventum offers competitive pay, with starting wages of $20.00 per hour for production operators and $22.76 per hour for warehouse operators, and provides comprehensive health coverage, life and accident insurance, and retirement benefits to employees and their eligible dependents. Solventum respects employees' right to choose whether or not to join unions and engage in collective bargaining, and prohibits forced labor, child labor, slavery, and human trafficking. Solventum plans to conduct its first all-employee survey in 2025 to measure engagement. The company's "speak up" culture call rate exceeds the 2024 benchmark of 1.5 reports per 100 employees, though the anonymity rate is lower than published benchmarks. Recent restructuring eliminated 800 positions, leading to some employee concerns about increased workloads, perceived mismanagement, and job security, despite appreciation for competitive pay and a supportive work environment.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

Solventum Corp. has established a Supplier Diversity Program that actively engages with Minority, Women, and Veteran Business Enterprises, with an aim to increase spending with these diverse suppliers

. The company maintains a Supplier Responsibility Code that defines expectations for labor practices, health and safety, and ethics, explicitly prohibiting forced labor and requiring safe working conditions . Furthermore, Solventum operates under an Ethics and Compliance framework and a Code of Conduct, which emphasize integrity, encourage the reporting of concerns, and protect whistleblowers . Procurement activities are aligned with ethical standards through a dedicated specialist who implements SOX controls and conducts regular audits .

Kind to Animals

Solventum has an Animal Welfare Policy

and is committed to the principles of replacement, reduction, and refinement in animal testing, using alternatives when feasible. The company states that the judicious use of laboratory animals is required for some products, but it must not knowingly conduct unnecessary studies. All research involving animals requires approval from an institutional animal care and use committee. Solventum's internal animal care and use programs and facilities maintain accreditation by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC). Furthermore, the company only uses contract research organizations (CROs) that have been approved through an internal review process to ensure compliance with all applicable governmental statutes and regulations relating to the care and use of animals in research and testing.

No War, No Weapons

Solventum Corp. has established clear ethical red lines, prohibiting product use for military end purposes and incorporation into military items.

These agreements codify bans on all categories of conventional arms. The company also has clear agreements that all dual-use projects are strictly civilian, with military applications contractually barred. Despite these prohibitions, Solventum has secured contracts with defense agencies for non-lethal, defense-adjacent services, including a $12.5 million contract for dental supplies and a $6 million payment for clinical software services.

Planet-Friendly Business

Solventum Corp. reported total Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions of 1.93 million tCO₂e in 2024.

The company has set science-based targets to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 46% and Scope 3 emissions by 50% by 2030 from a 2021 baseline, and intends to submit these targets to SBTi for validation. In 2024, 47.4% of its total electricity consumption was from renewable sources. Water intensity was 256 m³ per $1 million revenue in 2024, with 1.81% of water withdrawal from manufacturing sites located in water-stressed areas. The company aligns with TCFD recommendations but did not use climate scenario analysis to inform climate-related risks in 2024. Additionally, 27.5% of emissions from purchased goods and services (Category 1) are from suppliers committed to science-based targets.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

Solventum reported no cultural appropriation incidents.

The company also stated that Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes are not applicable to its operations, as FPIC typically relates to indigenous land rights and resource extraction, which are not directly addressed in its reports.

Safe & Smart Tech

Solventum maintains a very strong regulatory compliance program, adhering to HIPAA, CCPA, GDPR, PRC laws, Quebec's Act, and other federal and state laws

, committing significant resources and adapting to new regulations . The company provides excellent user privacy controls, including rights to access, copy, correct, and delete personal data, object to or restrict processing (including sale, direct marketing, profiling), withdraw consent, and de-register accounts . Solventum operates a strong vulnerability disclosure program, acknowledging submissions within five business days , establishing a contact person , providing status updates , and offering credit to reporters . Employees receive information security awareness training at least once per year . Data protection measures include the adoption of encryption tools and access controls . There are no documented incidents of unauthorized data use, and the company has policies to detect, prevent, and respond to misuse .

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Solventum has implemented several waste reduction initiatives, including site-level tracking of waste generation

, annual EHS plans at each site that may include waste reduction projects , and quarterly sharing of waste reduction projects among manufacturing sites . Most manufacturing sites utilize recycling or waste-to-energy programs , with 56.5% of manufacturing sites achieving zero waste to landfill status in 2024 . Specific product-level initiatives include the removal of Instructions for Use booklets from 3M™ Tegaderm™ Transparent Film Dressing Boxes in the U.S. , the 3M™ Harvest RC Chromatographic Clarifier family of products enabling process intensification to reduce waste , the 3M™ Scotchbond™ Universal Plus Adhesive bottle redesign reducing its ecological footprint by over 18% through less plastic and no rubber gasket , and collaboration with dentists to simplify restorative workflows and reduce waste . The company's Supplier Responsibility Code mandates that suppliers implement a systematic approach to identify, manage, reduce, recycle, and responsibly dispose of non-hazardous solid waste . It also requires the safe handling, movement, storage, use, recycling or reuse, and disposal of hazardous materials . Suppliers are expected to conserve natural resources through practices supporting a circular economy , and these requirements are communicated to next-tier suppliers, who are also required to adopt consistent management systems and practices .