Humana Highlights Commitment to UN Sustainable Development Goals in Newly Released Corporate Social Responsibility Report
08 August 2018 - 11:30PM
Business Wire
Humana among the first companies in U.S. health
care industry to focus on United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals
Report includes examples of how Humana is
committed to international sustainability targets, detailing
progress in health, inclusion and diversity, and environmental
stewardship
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation’s leading health and
well-being companies, today released its 2016-2017 corporate social
responsibility (CSR) report. In the comprehensive report, Humana,
for the first time, announces the company’s alignment with the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), becoming one
of the first U.S. health insurers to commit to the international
targets.
“While we have made significant impacts in the local communities
we serve, we realize our responsibility as a leading healthcare
company is to ensure that we’re operating our business in a
sustainable way,” said Bruce D. Broussard, Humana’s President and
Chief Executive Officer. “Just as we approach member health
holistically, our SDG commitments are an example of how we’re
taking a big picture view of what it means to be a health and
well-being company in the world today. At Humana, our focus on
social responsibility is all about the investments we’re making to
help people improve their health.”
The company conducted an analysis of its corporate
responsibility efforts and commitments against the SDGs and
identified three goals that align with the existing Humana CSR
pillars: Healthy People, Healthy Planet and Healthy Performance.
They include:
- Goal 3: “Good Health and Well-being”
aligns with Healthy People. The UN goal that calls for
organizations to reduce deaths from chronic illness and cover
essential health services echoes Humana’s responsibility as a
health services provider and purpose to help people achieve their
best health.
- Goal 12: “Responsible Consumption
and Production” aligns with Healthy Planet. The UN’s call for
sustainable consumption and production patterns is in line with
Humana’s environmental sustainability efforts.
- Goal 8: “Decent Work and Economic
Growth” aligns with Healthy Performance. The goal that promotes
inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive
employment and decent work for all fits well with Humana’s
values-driven culture and focus on inclusion and diversity –
creating work environments where everyone feels welcome and safe to
be their true selves.
Humana’s Accomplishments
Humana’s alignment with the SDGs comes to life through the
company’s Healthy People, Healthy Planet and Healthy Performance
CSR platform.
The Healthy People pillar details Humana’s efforts to
improve the health of its employees, its members, and the
communities in which it operates.
- The Bold Goal is Humana’s commitment to
helping the communities it serves become 20 percent healthier by
2020. In 2017, four of the original seven Bold Goal communities
(Knoxville, Tenn., Baton Rouge, La., New Orleans and San Antonio)
demonstrated improved health as measured by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention’s Healthy Days tool. This was due, in part,
to strong relationships fostered among physicians, patients and
community groups.
The Healthy Planet pillar addresses Humana’s commitment
to environmental sustainability, which correlates with the
company’s journey to help people achieve lifelong well-being.
- Humana employees rallied around company
environmental goals set in 2014 and have since reduced greenhouse
gas emissions by more than six percent and diverted 40 percent of
waste (that would have gone to landfills) by using less and
recycling more.
Humana has also continued to pursue its goal
to reduce energy consumption, and just hit its target of a 5
percent reduction (compared with a 2013 baseline) as of June 30,
2018 – thanks in part to investments in building efficiency
improvements, the optimization of building occupancy rates, and new
energy-efficient processes.
In 2018, Humana has set new environmental
goals, including commitments to:
- Decrease the company’s greenhouse gas
emissions by 2.1 percent each year (compared with 2017 emissions)
over a five-year period – from 2018 through 2022
- Divert 60 percent of its waste from
landfills by 2022
Healthy Performance is Humana’s commitment to excellence
in business standards and practices. Humana is dedicated to
implementing best practices in the healthcare industry by promoting
inclusion and diversity in its workforce, supporting employees’
professional development through training programs and holding its
suppliers to high standards.
- Humana increased the number of
employee-led network resource groups (NRGs) to eight in 2017 by
starting an NRG for employees living with disabilities. NRGs
provide personal, experience-based forums for exchanging ideas,
building community, and driving measurable business outcomes. Now,
more than 25 percent of Humana’s employee population participate in
NRGs, and those who do report higher scores in the areas of purpose
and belonging on the company’s well-being index.
To learn more about Humana initiatives that are improving
health, view these newly created videos highlighting Humana’s
efforts to improve the health of its:
- Employees: Humana’s 100 Day
Dash, an annual friendly walking competition for employees and
their families, inspires participants to integrate more activity
into their lives and get at least 10,000 steps each day.
- Members: At a Humana Center in
Mesa, Ariz., the Humana Charity Crafters group brings
members together in support of local cancer patients and each
other, as members establish strong social bonds.
- Communities: Humana’s Iora
Primary Care partnership helps senior patients overcome
barriers to health and helps improve the health of local
communities one patient at a time.
The 2016-2017 CSR report content was collected and reported in
accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the world’s
most recognized standards for environmental, social and governance
reporting. GRI is an independent international organization that
helps businesses, governments and other organizations understand
and communicate the impact of business on critical sustainability
issues.
To learn more about Humana’s accomplishments and new SDG
commitments in alignment with the Healthy People, Healthy
Planet and Healthy Performance platform, read the 2016-2017 CSR
Report (humanacsr.com).
About Humana
Humana Inc. is committed to helping our millions of medical and
specialty members achieve their best health. Our successful history
in care delivery and health plan administration is helping us
create a new kind of integrated care with the power to improve
health and well-being and lower costs. Our efforts are leading to a
better quality of life for people with Medicare, families,
individuals, military service personnel, and communities at
large.
To accomplish that, we support physicians and other health care
professionals as they work to deliver the right care in the right
place for their patients, our members. Our range of clinical
capabilities, resources and tools – such as in-home care,
behavioral health, pharmacy services, data analytics and wellness
solutions – combine to produce a simplified experience that makes
health care easier to navigate and more effective.
More information regarding Humana is available to investors via
the Investor Relations page of the company’s web site
at www.humana.com, including copies of:
- Annual reports to stockholders
- Securities and Exchange Commission
filings
- Most recent investor conference
presentations
- Quarterly earnings news releases and
conference calls
- Calendar of events
- Corporate Governance information
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Humana Corporate AffairsJim Turner,
502-580-3221jturner2@humana.com
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