Corporate Responsibility
Corporate responsibility isn’t just part of what we do, it’s at the heart of how we deliver life-changing solutions for physicians and their patients around the world. By working together, we push boundaries, spark innovation, and create real impact that improves lives every day.
Our Corporate Responsibility strategy is grounded on five core tenets:
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Our People
At Orthofix we foster a culture where every team member is empowered to take ownership, innovate boldly, and win together. We believe that when individuals feel respected, heard, and included, they can bring their whole selves to work, and that’s when we do our best work.
We are committed to creating an environment where inclusion is intentional, collaboration is foundational, and success is celebrated. Our teams are strengthened by the diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas of our global workforce. Whether through company-wide cultural celebrations, inclusive leadership development, or talent processes that equip our employees to succeed, we continue to make meaningful investments in our people.
We proudly uplift and recognize the rich diversity of our workforce by honoring cultural and awareness events throughout the year. These moments serve not only as celebrations but also as opportunities for education, connection, and inclusion. Our commitment extends to supporting veterans, accommodating individuals with disabilities, and advocating for the LGBTQ+ community. We strive to ensure every employee feels seen, valued, and empowered to thrive.
At Orthofix, we know that when our people are cared for – physically, mentally, and professionally – they are better positioned to lead, grow, and drive our mission forward.
Community Involvement
Orthofix Gives Back
At Orthofix, our commitment to community involvement is grounded in our belief that meaningful impact starts with our people. Since the launch of Orthofix Gives Back in 2022, we have taken a more focused, values-driven approach to community engagement. This initiative reflects our ongoing dedication to giving back not just financially, but personally, through time, expertise, and action.
In 2024, Orthofix employees contributed 2,517 hours (about 3.5 months) to volunteer efforts around the world. These hours were invested in causes and communities that align with our vision, mission, values, and business objectives.
Our Community Involvement Guidelines formalize this commitment, which prioritizes volunteering as our primary form of engagement. Our philosophy is simple but intentional: we lead with time and talent. We focus our efforts on opportunities where our skills, expertise, and values can make a lasting impact, particularly in areas where we have influence or a direct business interest.
Our efforts are guided by three core principles:
- Relevance to Our Business
We seek opportunities that are directly connected to our purpose, whether through health innovation, education, or patient support. - Supporting Our Values
Everything we do reflects the values that define us – Take Ownership, Innovate Boldly, and Win Together. These values shape our community efforts just as they do in our business practices, encouraging accountability, creativity, and collaboration in every initiative. - Promoting Inclusion
Orthofix Gives Back celebrates diverse voices and champions inclusive involvement. We actively create opportunities for all employees to participate in ways that reflect their unique passions and local needs.
To further strengthen our commitment, our Global Corporate Events Council, a volunteer group of employees from each of our global sites, works closely with local teams to identify impactful volunteer opportunities, organize employee engagement events, and share best practices across the company. The group is supported by an annual budget, helping to coordinate both site-specific and cross-site initiatives that build community and reinforce our shared purpose.
In addition to grassroots volunteerism, we are proud to collaborate with leading clinical partners. These partnerships are rooted in co-development, clinical research, and technology innovation. Many of Orthofix’s most groundbreaking solutions have emerged from these collaborations, demonstrating the power of shared expertise to transform lives.
Through Orthofix Gives Back, Orthofix is building relationships and a culture of service. As we continue to grow our business, we remain deeply committed to making a meaningful impact on the communities that need us most.
Environmental Responsibility
From an active corporate office waste recycling program to developing environmentally responsible medical instruments and packaging, Orthofix is working to continually reduce its environmental impact.
We embed the principles of advancing a circular economy into our practices globally through our facility and manufacturing initiatives that include an in-office recycling program, which includes recycle/reuse practices and a commitment to eliminate Styrofoam. Additionally, our facilities have energy efficient HVAC systems, 100-percent sustainable energy in certain locations, and our California offices also include electric vehicle charging stations to promote environmentally friendly behaviors among employees.
We are committed to transitioning to lower carbon operations. We have begun to explore a decrease in our carbon footprint for the manufacturing and supply of our surgical instruments via single-use sterile packed instruments. In 2020, we launched a partnership with Neo Medical to distribute single-use sterile packed instrumentation for certain spine surgeries and develop single-use solutions for other procedures. These single-use sterile packed instruments eliminate the high carbon cost of repeated shipping and sterilization, cutting the carbon footprint and improving the spinal surgery ecosystem with value-based care and sustainable technology solutions.
In July 2022, we announced the limited market release and first patient implant of the Virtuos Lyograft, a first-of-its-kind, shelf-stable and complete autograft substitute for spine and limb reconstruction procedures. Virtuos is provided in a room-temperature, ready-to-use, moldable form offers significant logistical and cost-saving advantages to the hospital with improved shipping, storage, and operating room efficiency. The room temperature shipment and storage of Virtuos eliminates the use of large quantities of dry ice, Styrofoam shippers, and freezer storage, enabling flexible shipping options and reduced packaging, with the aim of a reduced carbon footprint.
We are also proud to be the first and only company in the U.S. to offer a free recycling program so patients can properly dispose of Bone Growth Therapy devices after use. We launched this innovative program in 2021 enabling Orthofix patients to recycle their devices for non-medical use once they complete treatment, thereby reducing the number of devices that end up in landfills after use. To date, we have sent shipping labels to more than 8,000 patients to facilitate recycling of these devices. Visit bonegrowththerapy.com to learn more about this groundbreaking new program.
We are committed to sustainable practices in our operations, manufacturing and supply chain through the use of sustainable energy, waste reduction, and waste and equipment recycling.
Governance
It is our fundamental policy to conduct business in accordance with the highest ethical and legal standards. We have a comprehensive compliance and ethics program to promote lawful and ethical business practices throughout our domestic and international businesses and we require compliance training amongst all of our employees. Similarly, we require that our suppliers adopt sound human rights practices designed to treat workers fairly and with dignity and respect. We responsibly manage and influence the impacts of our distributors through our robust compliance and governance training.
We implement robust risk management programs to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations governing ethical business practices, including our relationships with suppliers, customers and business partners, and our industry. Our IT team uses a combination of industry-leading tools and innovative technologies to help protect our stakeholder’s data. Our people are responsible for complying with our data security standards and complete mandatory annual training to understand the behaviors and technical requirements necessary to keep data secure.
Safety and Quality
The safety of our patients is of utmost importance. Our commitment to and focus on product quality and safety is evidenced by investments across the organization in quality systems and compliance with medical device regulations. This topic is also the foundation of our Quality Policy, which is to improve patients’ lives through high-quality products, procedures, and services. We are committed to executing an effective quality management system that meets or exceeds global requirements.
Promoting and protecting the safety of our workforce is also a top priority. Health and safety matters are responsibilities that we share throughout our organization. During the last few years, we evolved in these areas to meet the needs of our workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employees’ safety risks vary depending on the roles they perform, and we seek to tailor our safety efforts accordingly. We periodically measure the sentiment of our employees through an employee engagement survey and share the results and applicable action items identified from the survey with our employees.
