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Are you passionate about helping people lead healthier lives? At Abbott, your work can touch the lives of millions of people around the world. With a diverse range of preventative, diagnostic, interventional, pharmaceutical and nutritional products, our solutions address a whole spectrum of health care for every stage of patients' lives.
Over the past several years, we have focused on expanding our businesses in rapidly growing areas where innovation is required for success. We have more than 100 facilities around the world that handle our operations—including marketing, quality, sales, manufacturing, R&D and global distribution. To make it all happen, we have approximately 91,000 employees working in over 90 countries, including more than 7,000 scientists who are among the best in their industry.
At Abbott, you can experience multiple cultures, countries, functions, technologies and businesses. We believe in providing our employees with a wide array of challenges and experiences, affording them opportunities to solve problems and address emerging health care needs on a global scale.
Abbott was named to both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and North America Index for the seventh consecutive year. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) recognize the leading companies in each industry sector for responsible economic, environmental and social performance.
Abbott was named the pharmaceutical industry leader in several categories, receiving a score of 100 percent in environmental management and climate strategy, key areas of focus in the company's comprehensive effort to safeguard the environment. Abbott also led the industry in risk and crisis management, stakeholder engagement, standards for suppliers, corporate governance, and occupational health and safety.
Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes press release: September 8, 2011
Abbott Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes for Seventh Consecutive Year in Recognition of Leading Corporate Citizenship Performance
