1、Building a stronger,healthier futureCorporate Social Responsibility 2020 ReportA message from our leadersMedlines mission of making healthcare run better extends beyond the communities in which we live and work.In the past several years,Medline has laid a foundation to make substantive change across
2、 our three CSR pillars:Global Health,Community Impact and Sustainability.While many elements of our lives were put on hold due to the pandemic,positively contributing to social determinants of health in low-resource communities locally and around the world remained as important as ever.Throughout th
3、is 2020 Social Responsibility Report,youll see examples of ways Medline worked to positively impact those communities and help make a lasting impact for the future.Here are just a few of our accomplishments from 2020:Global Health:Led a service trip to Tegucigalpa,Honduras in February 2020 where 28
4、surgeries and 21 patient consultations were performed.We continue to support our partners with supply chain optimization,perioperative efficiency and healthcare education projects that support clinicians and communities around the world.Community Impact:2020 saw the launch of our Medline CARES progr
5、am,which works to address issues affecting low-resource communities by investing crucial and human resources to help stimulate health equity and improve population health.Medline also made a$1 million donation on behalf of racial equality and social justice.Sustainability:Introduced our Green Produc
6、ts Portfolio to our customers,as well as our Sustainable Packaging Lab,a cross-functional team of R&D,sustainability,operations and design engineers tasked with reimagining the way we package our products for a more sustainable future.Ethics&Compliance:Formed our Ethical Sourcing Program to consolid