The Cigna Group Ranks #1 in the Health Care
Industry
BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Feb. 5, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI) ranks #6 in America for
its leadership as a corporate citizen—jumping 10 spots from last
year—on the newly released list of Most JUST
Companies by JUST Capital and CNBC. This year marks
the fifth consecutive year that The Cigna Group has been recognized
for its commitment to serving its customers, colleagues,
communities, and the environment, and the second consecutive year
it has led the health care industry in corporate citizenship.
"Corporate citizenship is a key priority of ours as we work to
improve health by creating a well-functioning ecosystem that is
sustainable, accessible and equitable for all," said Geneva
Brown, vice president, environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). "Recognitions like
the JUST 100 list are important benchmarks for us to measure
ourselves against – and fuel our motivation to continue reaching
our goals."
Underpinned by four connected pillars—Healthy Society, Healthy
Workforce, Healthy Company, and Healthy Environment—The Cigna Group
is working to improve the health and vitality of its customers,
colleagues, communities, and the environment. Examples of this work
include:
- Healthy Society: The Cigna Group has aggressively
increased the number of behavioral health specialists within its
Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services businesses. With
clinicians specializing in treating youth and teenagers and
cultural and ethnic issues, The Cigna Group is focusing on the
increasing youth mental health crisis. Over the past five years,
The Cigna Group Foundation awarded $24.5
million in grants to support children's mental health and
nutrition and boost population health, which improved the lives of
more than 280,000 children, families, and educators. Additionally,
Cigna Healthcare is investing $1
million in national and community-based organizations
to address food insecurity and nutrition access among seniors, and
was the first health benefits provider to exclusively sponsor The
Farmlink Project, a nonprofit organization that connects farms with
surplus fresh produce to community food banks across the U.S.
Collectively, the funds are expected to provide more than 3 million
meals to people in need, increase access to 1.88 million pounds of
fresh produce, and save 21 million gallons of water and 2.89 tons
of CO2e emissions in responsible food distribution.
- Healthy Workforce: Employers play a vital role in
the overall health care system. The Cigna Group research found
that people with strong mental health are 10 times more likely to
have high vitality. To continue to prioritize the health and
vitality of its workforce, The Cigna Group introduced Confide
Behavioral Health NavigatorSM, a more personalized and
guided employee assistance program (EAP) experience. Employees have
access to 10 EAP sessions per issue per year at no charge.
The Cigna Group also expanded its health plan's travel benefit
to include travel for gender-affirming care for employees and their
dependents who are enrolled in The Cigna Group's
employee medical plan and who live in regions where access is
restricted.
- Healthy Company: Helping people thrive is a top
priority. This year, The Cigna Group was named to the 2023
"Best-of-the-Best" Corporations for Inclusion by the National
LGBT Chamber of Commerce and partners in the National Business
Inclusion Consortium, and earned the 11th consecutive
perfect score for LGBTQ+ inclusion by the Human Rights
Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index. The Cigna Group
demonstrated progress toward goals in three areas: culture and
coworkers, clients and customers, and communities; and maintained
its leadership in environmental, social and governance among
third-party ranking organizations.
- Healthy Environment: To reduce
its environmental impact The Cigna Group continues to make progress
on Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions inventory and initiated a
project to better understand its use of single-use plastics in the
company's value chain. Cigna Healthcare rolled out digital health
insurance ID cards to customers, and continued to take steps to
reduce the amount of paper mailings and prior
authorization letters by replacing them with
electronic messaging.
JUST Capital is an independent nonprofit organization that
demonstrates how corporate citizenship translates to better
business. JUST Rankings reveal which companies are doing the best
job of creating value for their stakeholders, and consistently show
that the companies that score best also outperform their peers
financially.
For the annual Rankings, JUST Capital collects and analyzes
corporate data to evaluate the 1,000 largest public U.S. companies
across 20 issues identified through comprehensive, ongoing public
opinion research on Americans' attitudes toward responsible
corporate behavior. JUST Capital has engaged more than 170,000
participants, on a fully representative basis, since 2015.
About The Cigna Group
The Cigna Group (NYSE:CI) is a global health company committed
to creating a better future built on the vitality of every
individual and every community. We relentlessly challenge ourselves
to partner and innovate solutions for better health. The Cigna
Group includes products and services marketed under Cigna
Healthcare, Evernorth Health Services or its subsidiaries. The
Cigna Group maintains sales capabilities in more than 30 countries
and jurisdictions, and has more than 165 million customer
relationships around the world. Learn more
at thecignagroup.com.
Media Contact
Kelly Mathews
(423) 260-9267
kelly.mathews@evernorth.com
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