Smith & Nephew (SNN)

Overall impact
B (76)

Commentary

Smith & Nephew is a strong overall performer. With a 'B' rating of 75.7 for overall impact (90th percentile compared to all companies), Smith & Nephew ranks 3rd out of 13 industry peers, behind Philips and Edwards Lifesciences, and ahead of Abbott, Getinge, Medtronic and 7 others. On top material causes for Smith & Nephew's industry (Healthcare Equipment), Smith & Nephew performs well in Child and Maternal Health (84.8 score), Reduced Green House Gas Emissions (85.5), Decent, Safe Work Opportunities (95.6) and 4 other causes where it received an 'A' score and performs poorly in Disease Eradication (38.7 score).
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Company
Employees
17,000
Sector
Health Care
Industry
Health Care Equipment & Supplies
Sub-industry
Health Care Equipment
SASB industry
Medical Equipment & Supplies
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Share classes
SNN
Description
Smith & Nephew plc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells medical devices and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & ENT, and Advanced Wound Management. The company offers knee implant products for knee replacement procedures; hip implants for revision procedures; trauma and extremities products that include internal and external devices used in the stabilization of severe fractures and deformity correction procedures; and other reconstruction products. It also provides sports medicine joint repair products that comprise instruments, technologies, and implants to perform minimally invasive surgery, as well as treating soft tissue injuries and degenerative conditions of the shoulder, knee, hip, and small joints. In addition, the company offers arthroscopic enabling technologies comprising fluid management equipment for surgical access, cameras, digital image capture, scopes, light sources, and monitors to assist with visualization inside the joints, radio frequency, electromechanical and mechanical tissue resection devices, and hand instruments for removing damaged tissue; and ear, nose, and throat solutions. Further, it provides advanced wound care products for the treatment and prevention of acute and chronic wounds, leg, diabetic and pressure ulcers, burns, and post-operative wounds; advanced wound bioactives, such as biologics and other bioactive technologies for debridement and dermal repair/regeneration; and regenerative medicine products, including skin, bone graft, and articular cartilage substitutes. The company also offers advanced wound devices, such as traditional and single-use negative pressure wound therapy, and hydrosurgery systems. The company serves healthcare providers. Smith & Nephew plc was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Watford, the United Kingdom.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for Smith & Nephew, based on its industry sub-industry Health Care Equipment. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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