September 20, 2023- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, announced it has been ranked in the top 10 for overall transparency and awarded Best Code of Conduct among S&P 250 companies in the fifth annual U.S. Transparency Awards by Labrador, a global communications firm specializing in corporate disclosures.
Each year, experts from Labrador evaluate the proxy statements, Form 10-Ks, investor relations websites, codes of conduct, and for the first time, ESG reports from the S&P 250. The team collected more than 59,250 data points and reviewed each organization’s disclosure documents using 237 objective criteria that reflect the award’s five pillars of transparency: clarity, accessibility, precision, comparability and availability. The Labrador experts reviewed 29 criteria specific to the code of conduct to determine the 2023 rankings.