Premier, Inc. Issues 2022 Sustainability Report
October 19 2022 - 5:30AM
Business Wire
Company advances ESG practices with new
workforce, diversity and greenhouse gas benchmarks
Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading technology-driven
healthcare improvement company, today released its 2022
Sustainability Report detailing its companywide initiatives focused
on environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices.
“Together with our values, ESG practices are the guideposts we
use to ensure that our strategy to deliver long-term, sustainable
growth also results in a positive global impact,” said Michael J.
Alkire, President and CEO of Premier. “Interwoven with our mission
to improve the health of communities, Premier continued to make
progress over the past year through ethical, people-first business
practices that improve supply chain resiliency, enhance workforce
performance and reduce our carbon footprint.”
Highlights from Premier’s 2022 sustainability report
include:
Creating a Sustainable Workforce with the One Premier
Growth Mindset. Premier is passionate about creating an
innovative culture built by agile and fast-acting employees. In
2022, the company launched the “One Premier Growth Mindset,” a
system of agreements, values, skillsets, language and actions that
encourage our teams to think bigger, execute with excellence and
ardently manage performance. The One Premier Growth Mindset is
reflected in talent development, where the company promoted more
than 400 employees last year, and in employee engagement scores,
which continue to outpace global benchmarks.
Evolving Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
(DEIB) Programs to Create Vibrant, Healthy Markets.
Premier’s DEIB program focuses on a two-pronged approach: 1)
developing talent with a greater diversity of thought, cultural
representation and perspectives necessary to solve complex
challenges, and 2) harnessing the collective power of the Premier
alliance to create healthy markets. In 2022, Premier continued to
develop diverse talent with 55 percent of the workforce comprised
of women, and 28 percent identifying as racially and ethnically
diverse. Simultaneously, Premier scaled its commitment to building
a more resilient supply chain by partnering with 27 health system
members in a new supplier diversity pledge, and committing to
measure and aggressively improve purchasing through minority-owned,
women-owned, veteran-owned and small businesses.
Driving Toward a Healthier Environment. Premier strives
to reduce its environmental impact through sustainable operations.
The company recently published its newly developed environmental
policy, and in 2022, conducted a greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment to
baseline the carbon footprint for scope 1 and 2 emissions.
Recognizing that minimizing its environmental impact is critical to
sustainable operations, Premier will continue to enhance GHG
measurement across all occupied properties to better understand the
gas, power and water consumption within corporate facilities.
Premier’s Sustainability Report is aligned with guidelines set
forth by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and
reflects alignment of the company’s business strategies and key
priorities with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).
Premier shares its progress on ESG initiatives annually. To read
Premier’s 2022 corporate Sustainability Report, please visit
www.premierinc.com/sustainability.
Forward-Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this release that are not statements of
historical or current facts, are “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of Premier to be materially
different from historical results or from any future results or
projections expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
any forward-looking statements. In addition to statements that
explicitly describe such risks and uncertainties, readers are urged
to consider statements in the conditional or future tenses or that
include terms such as “believes,” “belief,” “expects,” “estimates,”
“intends,” “anticipates” or “plans” to be uncertain and
forward-looking. Forward-looking statements may include comments as
to Premier’s beliefs and expectations as to future events and
trends affecting its business and are necessarily subject to
uncertainties, many of which are outside Premier’s control. More
information on potential factors that could affect Premier’s
financial results is included from time to time in the
“Forward-Looking Statements,” “Risk Factors” and “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” sections of Premier’s periodic and current filings with
the SEC and available on Premier’s website at
investors.premierinc.com. Forward-looking statements speak only as
of the date they are made. Premier undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise that
occur after that date.
About Premier, Inc.
Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) is a leading technology-enabled
healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of more than
4,400 U.S. hospitals and health systems and approximately 250,000
other providers and organizations to transform healthcare. With
integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain
solutions, and consulting and other services, Premier enables
better care and outcomes at a lower cost. Premier plays a critical
role in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, collaborating
with members to co-develop long-term innovations that reinvent and
improve the way care is delivered to patients nationwide.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier is passionate about
transforming American healthcare. Please visit Premier’s news and
investor sites on www.premierinc.com; as well as Twitter, Facebook,
LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Premier’s blog for more
information about the company.
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Investor contact: Angie McCabe Vice President, Investor
Relations 704.816.3888 angie_mccabe@premierinc.com
Media contact: Amanda Forster Vice President, Public
Relations 202.879.8004 amanda_forster@premierinc.com
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