Medidata Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives Recognized for Global Sustainability, Diversity & Equality in the Workpl...
April 29 2019 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
- Medidata is named one of the 100 Most
Sustainable Companies in the U.S. by Barron's Magazine for the
second year in a row
- Company earns a perfect score in the
Human Rights Campaign’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index
Medidata (NASDAQ: MDSO) corporate social responsibility (CSR)
and diversity and belonging programs continue to earn honors as
they make a difference for patients, employees, and the
environment.
Recent recognition includes:
- Barron’s named Medidata to its annual
list of the 100 Most Sustainable Companies in the U.S. for a second
year in a row. The award considers the company's positive impact in
five categories: shareholders, employees, customers, community, and
the planet
- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) gave
Medidata a perfect score in its 2018 Corporate Equality Index. The
index is a national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and
practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and
queer employees
- Medidata CTO Julie Iskow was named to
the Top 50 Women in Tech by the National Diversity Conference
“These honors recognize our company's dedication to creating a
better world through our CSR program, which closely aligns with our
mission. I’m proud of our activities and diverse culture in which
employees feel encouraged, included, and inspired as outstanding
citizens at work and in their communities,” said Tarek Sherif, CEO
and co-founder, Medidata.
The company’s corporate responsibility program is based upon
three pillars: “access for all” to provide all patients access to
treatment, STEM education, and gender equality. Medidata and its
employees are actively creating a better world in areas such
as:
- Transparency: Medidata issued its first
CSR report in 2018, meeting Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI)
standards
- Community events: The company hosted
over 100 CSR events across the globe in 2018 and offers employees a
free volunteer day every year
- Conservation: Medidata’s London office
recently became the first in the UK to receive LEED v.4 Gold
Certification. Medidata also partnered with local authorities on a
parklet project in the Hammersmith neighborhood. The project
received a Healthy Streets Award in the UK for creating a more
sustainable environment
- Diversity and belonging: The 2018 NEXT
NYC Hackathon focused on developing tools that helped improve
diversity in clinical trials. The winning team developed a
dashboard using statistical models that allowed sponsors to view
how well their trials achieve patient diversity
About Medidata
Medidata is leading the digital transformation of life sciences,
with the world's most-used platform for clinical development,
commercial, and real-world data. Powered by artificial intelligence
and delivered by the #1 ranked industry experts, Medidata helps
pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device companies, and academic
researchers accelerate value, minimize risk and optimize outcomes.
Medidata and its companies, Acorn AI and SHYFT, serve more than
1,200 customers and partners worldwide and empower more than
150,000 certified users every day to create hope for millions of
patients. Discover the future of life sciences:
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