Healthy Planet
Recognizing the link between human and environmental health
The health of the environment is linked to the health of the people and communities we serve. Often, our most vulnerable populations are also the most severely impacted by events like heat waves, natural disasters or pollution. By advancing our climate and sustainability strategies, we’re working to both reduce our environmental impact and make our health care system more resilient to a changing environment.
Our Healthy 2030 roadmap includes several milestones to ensure we are operating our business as sustainably as possible. We have made significant progress and will continue making the necessary investments to meet these commitment
Core elements of our strategy
Our work toward decarbonization focuses on significant investments in renewable energy, continuous improvement in operational efficiency, and engagement across our enterprise and value chain.
In the communities we serve, we see firsthand how extreme heat and air pollution impact individuals with chronic disease.
Our teams are continuously working to improve the resiliency of our supply chain to prevent the disruption that extreme weather events could cause to the distribution of life-protecting medicines.
Discover our climate resiliency and energy strategy
We are working to improve the sustainability of materials we use in our store brand products and across our operations — partnering with our supply chain teams, third-party experts and our peers to identify and scale solutions.
We continue to identify opportunities to eliminate waste across the enterprise — often reducing costs and achieving operational efficiencies at the same time.
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We believe in providing our customers with products that meet the highest standards of quality and safety, developed with respect for the environment. Across our store brand products, we have the opportunity to meet customers’ evolving needs for transparency and sustainability through robust, responsible sourcing practices.
We understand that extreme weather affects human health, and we know that severe weather events can contribute to environmental conditions like poor air quality. That’s why we launched a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at helping people most vulnerable to extreme weather.
Our impact in action in 2024
28%
reduction in scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions from 2019 baseline and 13% decrease from 2023-2024
50%
of all waste diverted from landfill
4.5
metric tons of plastic bags diverted from landfill through plastic bag recycling program