Company Highlights Commitment to Community, Diversity, Supplier
Diversity, Disability Inclusion and Environment in an Interactive Format
Aug. 5, 2010 (Business Wire) -- It’s now easier for socially-conscious consumers, investors and employees to find information about Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) commitment to community, diversity, supplier diversity, disability inclusion and the environment on its newly designed website, Walgreens.com/responsibility. Users will find new articles, personal stories, videos and interactive features about the company’s benefits to the communities it serves.
The new site showcases video clips about the company’s health and wellness programs. It also features new eco-friendly initiatives including efforts to reduce plastic bag usage, a cell phone and printer cartridge recycling program now at all store locations and a behind-the-scenes look at Walgreens participation in Earth Hour 2010 at New York’s Times Square.
Additional programs featured include the AARP/Walgreens Wellness Tour, expanded food centers in urban areas designated as food deserts, a pilot program in Dallas aimed at hiring people with disabilities in stores, and the Community Corner program that helps customers easily identify and purchase products produced by diverse companies.
“Walgreens is proud of its long history of commitment to communities,” said Walgreens vice president of corporate affairs and communications Chuck Greener. “Visitors to the site will see how we take social responsibility to heart and also discover the many ways Walgreens and our customers help neighborhoods throughout the country.”
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2009 sales of $63 billion. The company operates 7,541 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Each day, Walgreens provides nearly 6 million customers the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility, long-term care and mail service, along with pharmacy benefit solutions and respiratory services. These services improve health outcomes and lower costs for payers including employers, managed care organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public sector. Walgreens Take Care Health Systems subsidiary is the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.
