Awards & Recognition

Boston Scientific is proud to be recognized for our innovations that impact patients' lives, our performance as a company, our workplace culture and our contributions to communities around the world.

Unless otherwise noted, the below reflects awards and recognitions received from 2015 to current.

Award Categories

Medical Design Excellence Awards (2016, 2017, 2019)

LithoVue Empower™ Retrieval Deployment Device (silver) in the Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Devices category; Eluvia™ Drug-Eluting Vascular Stent (bronze) in the Drug-Delivery and Combination Products category (2019)

Dakota™ Nitinol Stone Retrieval Device with OpenSure™ Handle (gold); Resolution 360™ Clip (bronze) in the Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Devices category (2017)

WATCHMAN™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Device (silver) in the Implant and Tissue-Replacement Product category; SpyGlass™ DS Direct Visualization System (silver) in the Radiological and Electromechanical Devices category (2016)

Prix Galien USA Award (2018)

WATCHMAN™ Device named Best Medical Technology

Edison Award (2015 – 2017, 2019, 2020)

Habib™ EndoHPB Bipolar Radiofrequency Catheter (gold) in the Advanced Surgical Instruments subcategory, ORISE™ Gel Submucosal Lifting Agent (silver) in the Medical Innovations subcategory and Tactra™ Malleable Penile Prosthesis (bronze) in the Medical Prosthetics & Prothesis subcategory (2020)

LithoVue Empower™ Retrieval Deployment Device and AXIOS™ Stent (silver), Electrocautery Enhanced Delivery System (bronze) for Best New Products in the Medical or Dental Field category (2019)

LithoVue™ Single-Use Digital Flexible Ureteroscope System (silver) in the Surgical Tools subcategory (2017)

WATCHMAN™ Device (silver) in the Surgical Tools subcategory (2016)

R&D 100 (2015, 2018)

Orise™ Tissue Retractor System (TRS) named Editor’s Choice (2018)

EMBLEM™ S-ICD System (2015)

Kerrin Rennie Award for Excellence in Medical Technology (2015, 2018)

HeartLogic™ Heart Failure Diagnostic (2018)

EMBLEM™ S-ICD System (2015)

FORTUNE World’s Most Admired Companies (2016 – 2020)

Ranked #2 in the Medical Products and Equipment industry category (2020)

Forbes America’s Best Large Employers (2016, 2017, 2019)

Ranked #1 in the Health Care Equipment and Services industry (2019)

Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence (2016, 2019, 2020)

Clonmel, Ireland site (2020)

Coyol, Costa Rica site (2019)

Cork, Ireland site (2016)

NorthFace ScoreBoard Award for ‘World Class’ Customer Service (2016, 2018)

Recognized 16 times since the award’s inception

GHXcellence Award (2018, 2019)

Excellence in ePayables – Supplier

IndustryWeek Best Plants Award for Manufacturing Excellence (2015, 2017)

Arden Hills, MN site (2017)

Maple Grove, MN site (2015)

Working Mother Diversity Best Practices Inclusion Index (2018 – 2020)

Named a Top 10% Inclusion Index Company (2019, 2020)

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality (2015 – 2020)

Scored 100% for six consecutive years on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index

Disability Equality Index (DEI) Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion (2016 – 2020)

Scored 100% for five consecutive years

Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) Corporate Inclusion Index (CII) (2019)

Named a 5-Star Company for Employment

HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia (2019)

Our Taiwan and Hong Kong, China sites

American Heart Association Workplace Health Achievement (2007 – 2019)

‘Gold Level’ Fit-Friendly recognition (2018)

Great Place To Work Best Workplaces in Central America & the Caribbean (2017)

Coyol and Heredia, Costa Rica sites

W Certified Company: Preferred Employer for Women (2016 – 2019)

Dorado, Puerto Rico site recognized as the #2 top company for inclusion and development of women

Forbes America’s Most JUST Companies (2020)

Ranked top 30 on the JUST 100 list by Forbes and JUST Capital

Newsweek America’s Most Responsible Companies (2020)

Ranked #48 on this inaugural list by Newsweek and Statista

Newsweek Top Green Companies (2015 – 2017)

Ranked #16 greenest company in the United States (2017)

FTSE4 Good Index (2016 – 2019)

Recognized for more than 15 years for demonstrating strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices

Bandera Azul Ecologica Costa Rica (2015, 2016, 2018)

Coyol and Heredia teams received the Bandera Azul Ecologica Blue Flag Award recognizing companies seen as sustainability leaders in Costa Rica

Lean and Green Award by Dutch Connekt Program (2015, 2016, 2018)

Kerkrade, Netherlands site achieved the highest level 3rd Star by reducing carbon emissions of outgoing shipments by 90% (2018)

Kimberly Clark Greenovation Award (2015, 2018)

Maple Grove, MN site (2015, 2018)

Dorado, Puerto Rico (2018)

3^rd Lean & Green Star (2018, 2019)

Kerkrade, Netherlands site was one of only nine companies in Europe recognized for carbon emissions reduction

Environmental Management System ISO 14001 Certification

16 manufacturing sites certified

Energy Management System ISO 50001 Certification and Carbon Neutral Certification

Coyol and Heredia, Costa Rica and Clonmel, Cork and Galway, Ireland, sites

Leadership in Energy and Design (LEED) Certified Buildings

14 buildings with more than 4 million square feet of certified green real estate