Awards and recognitions

The toll of COVID-19, the subsequent economic fallout, and the increasing intensity of the climate crisis have laid bare the crucial role companies have to play in strengthening the overall health of our country’s workers, families, and communities. Healthier communities achieve improved education outcomes, create better jobs, and perform more productively and competitively. We’re proud to be in the Top 100 Companies Supporting Healthy Families and Communities by JUST Capital and supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

For the sixth consecutive year, Edwards Lifesciences was honored as one of the 2022 World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. Honorees represent the individuals and leaders diligently working to build world-class programs and advance corporate cultures defined by integrity and those companies contributing to broader societal imperatives and the greater good. In 2022, 136 honorees were recognized, spanning 22 countries and 45 industries, where Edwards was the only medical technology company to be recognized this year.

For the third year, Edwards Lifesciences appeared on Barron’s annual list of the 100 Most Sustainable Companies in the United States. Barron’s teamed with Calvert Research and Management, a prominent responsible investing firm, to produce the ranking. They began with the 1,000 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S by market value. The list applied and weighted more than 230 performance indicators for each company on topics that include greenhouse gas emissions, workplace safety, workplace diversity, community engagement, business ethics and more. These performance indicators were then ranked by performance for five key constituencies: shareholders, employees, customers, community, and planet. Companies with strong scores across stakeholder groups made the list. Edwards ranked #57 for 2022.

• DJSI World
• DJSI North America

The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) are a family of best-in-class benchmarks for investors who have recognized that sustainable business practices are critical to generating long-term shareholder value and who wish to reflect their sustainability convictions in their investment portfolios. Edwards Lifesciences maintained its inclusion in DJSI World for the third year in a row, and DJSI North America for the fifth consecutive year, placing us in the 97th percentile in the Health Care Equipment and Supplies sector. Since its launch in 1999, the DJSI World has achieved iconic status as the global standard for measuring and advancing corporate environmental, social and governance practices. The DJSI were among the very first set of global indices to track the largest and leading sustainability-driven publicly listed companies. Only the top ranked companies within each industry are selected for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index family.

Edwards Lifesciences was recognized by S&P Global as being in the top 15% of its industry, among 61 industries and 7,500 companies assessed, of which only 716 companies with top scores qualified for membership. The Sustainability Yearbook aims to distinguish those companies that have each demonstrated their strengths in the area of corporate sustainability. As sustainability performance accelerates, S&P Global increasingly sees the value in rewarding groups of top-performing companies. The Sustainability Yearbook identifies companies strongly positioned to create long-term shareholder value. Sustainable companies in the Health Care Equipment & Supplies sector focus on developing innovative and highly differentiated products and on demonstrating their products’ clinical and economic benefits. Moreover, they adopt consistent, value- and stakeholder-oriented corporate strategies and governance systems based on effective human and intellectual capital management and transparent reporting frameworks. In addition to being a constituent of the S&P Global 500 investment index, Edwards is included in the S&P 500 ESG Index.

Edwards Lifesciences was honored by being recognized as one of America’s Most JUST Companies, according to Forbes and JUST Capital, a nonprofit that ranks the largest publicly traded corporations in the United States on the issues Americans care about most. Edwards ranked #86 overall out of 954 for America's best corporate citizens. Edwards was recognized for outperforming its peers on the criteria deemed to be most important, including providing workers with a living wage, good benefits and supporting work-life balance; giving back to local communities; diversity, equity, and inclusion; accountability to stakeholders and more.

Newsweek partnered with global data research firm Statista Inc. to publish its second ranking of America's Most Responsible Companies. Statista worked from a universe of 2,000 public companies to determine which firms were tops when it came to doing good. Results are based on publicly available key performance indicators derived from CSR Reports, Sustainability Reports, and Corporate Citizenship Reports as well as an independent survey among 11,000 U.S. citizens about their perceptions of the companies related to corporate social responsibility. The final list recognizes the top 400 most responsible companies in the United States, spanning 14 industries. Edwards moved up in rank to #277 overall.

According to Forbes Magazine, since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. economy lost nearly 10 million jobs and the unemployment rate reached 6.3%. But the companies featured on its list of America’s Best Large Employers are trying hard to attract and retain top talent—many while trying to keep the country safe. Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to compile its list by surveying 50,000 Americans working for large businesses with at least 5,000 employees. Participants were asked to rate their willingness to recommend their own employers to friends and family, and to nominate organizations other than their own. The final list ranks the 500 large and 500 midsize employers that received the most recommendations. Edwards also ranked on Forbes America’s Best Employer for New Graduates 2020.

Forbes teamed up with market research company Statista to identify the companies leading the way when it comes to supporting women inside and outside their workforces with its inaugural ranking of the World’s Top Female-Friendly Companies. The list was compiled by surveying 85,000 women in 40 countries. Respondents were asked to rate their employers on criteria such as pay equity and parental leave. Statista also asked women to assess how companies use their platforms and marketing messages: to promote gender equality or to perpetuate negative stereotypes? Representation at the executive and board levels were taken into account, too. Edwards Lifesciences ranked #27 of 300 global companies.

In 2021, Edwards Lifesciences was named as one of the Management Top 250 by The Wall Street Journal in partnership with the Drucker Institute. Edwards was listed #24 out of 846 companies researched according to their overall effectiveness of “doing the right things well.” These rankings are focused on U.S. companies that are traded on the NYSE or Nasdaq market and evaluate which are most effectively navigating the current business climate and serving their workers, customers and shareholders. Edwards achieved high marks in all five dimensions of corporate performance: Customer Satisfaction, Employee Engagement and Development, Innovation, Social Responsibility and Financial Strength.

MSCI provides investors globally with ESG indexes designed to represent the performance of companies with high ESG ratings and employ a best-in-class selection approach to target the top 25% of companies in each sector according to their MSCI Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings. This provides exposure to companies with high ESG performance relative to their sector peers. Edwards Lifesciences is a constituent of numerous MSCI ESG indices including the first socially responsible investment index, the MSCI KLD 400 Socially Responsible Index (SRI) Index. Edwards is also included in the MSCI World SRI, MSCI World ESG Universal Select Index, MSCI World ESG Leaders Index, MSCI USA Climate Change ESG Select Index, MSCI USA ESG Leaders Index, among several others.

FTSE Russell (the trading name of FTSE International Limited and Frank Russell Company) confirms that Edwards Lifesciences has been independently assessed according to the FTSE4Good criteria, and has satisfied the requirements to become a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series. Created by the global index provider FTSE Russell, the FTSE4Good Index Series is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance practices. The FTSE4Good indices are used by a wide variety of market participants to create and assess responsible investment funds and other products. Edwards Lifesciences is a member of the FTSE4Good US Index, FTSE4Good US All Cap Choice Index and the FTSE4Good Developed Ex Aus Choice Index.