Sustainability at TIDI Products

Respect for Every Individual

TIDI understands that our most important responsibilities are to provide safe, high-quality medical products and create good jobs in the communities in which we operate. We believe in respecting every individual and effectively demonstrate our commitment in a number of ways:

• TIDI provides equal employment opportunities and employment decisions.
• TIDI complies with applicable employment laws at all locations, including laws and requirements related to
  immigration, diversity, equity, inclusion, and human and labor rights.
• TIDI’s leaders receive annual training on anti-discrimination and anti-harassment principles.
• TIDI’s zero-tolerance policy for harassment extends to employees, suppliers, contractors, temporary workers,
  and guests.
• TIDI works with diversity recruitment and compliance organizations to provide opportunities for diverse
  candidate pools.

Furthermore, TIDI works to cultivate a respectful workplace where employees can thrive and build meaningful careers.

We use several strategies to achieve these aims:

• Employees have 1-on-1 monthly meetings with managers to discuss performance and development goals. Feedback from employees on how TIDI can better support them is invited. This practice makes it easier for employees and managers to maintain an open dialogue and eliminates issues caused by having only annual performance reviews.
• All job descriptions and associated wages are reviewed at least every 24 months to assess accuracy and fairness.
• Salary reviews correspond to market competition, internal equity, and professional development.
• TIDI manufacturing facilities have onsite medical professionals available for all employees.
• TIDI provides comprehensive benefits to employees, including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and a retirement savings plan.

Workforce Safety

Each TIDI site has a safety team to address safety issues, maintain compliance, investigate and reduce incidents, and pursue specific safety initiatives. Each site also develops an annual safety action plan that is reviewed by leadership and communicated to all employees; the sites are monitored for progress against their annual safety action plan. Employees receive monthly health and safety training on a wide variety of subjects, including personal protective equipment, ergonomics, fire safety and severe weather drills, safety policy reviews, and job-specific topics.

Supply Chain Management

TIDI has an internal process to evaluate potential suppliers and maintains a Supplier Code of Conduct. This code requires all TIDI suppliers to comply with all laws, rules, and regulations including labor, health and safety, trade, environmental, and all other requirements dictated by local, national, and/or international law in their respective countries where products or services are sold, manufactured, or where raw materials are sourced.

Community Engagement

TIDI strives to be a good member of the communities in which we operate by supporting local organizations and events. Employees are encouraged to engage and/or take on leadership roles in community activities. In Neenah, Wisconsin, and Tijuana, Mexico, we volunteer time and donate both money and resources to a broad range of organizations whose diverse missions include helping those in need, youth programs, nature conservancy, and more.

Standards for Ethical Business Practices

TIDI maintains a Standards for Ethical Business Practices document for all employees. These standards are also applicable to all contractors working with our company. The document provides guidance relating to non-harassment, employment laws, product safety and quality, supplier relations, conflicts of interest, government requests and communications, confidential information, and additional topics.

Code of Conduct

TIDI upholds a code of conduct that includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption policies. We require annual ethics training for sales personnel that presents information on anti-kickback legislation and other compliance topics. TIDI also provides clear guidance on selling practices and how to interact with healthcare professionals.

Whistleblower Hotline

TIDI employees have access to a third-party anonymous whistleblower hotline along with a third-party confidential tip line to report any concerns, inappropriate behavior, or unethical business practices. TIDI’s whistleblower policy protects employees from retaliatory action.

Cybersecurity

TIDI takes seriously its responsibility to protect and manage our customer and employee data. We uphold data protection best practices and continuously review our cybersecurity procedures. Our employees are required to participate in ongoing cybersecurity training.