Cigna Unveils Five-Year Program Targeting Systemic Racism
July 17 2020 - 08:28AM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
Cigna Corp. on Friday unveiled a five-year initiative aimed at
combating systemic racism and improving equity and equality.
The Bloomfield, Conn., health-services company said its
"Building Equity and Equality Program" will expand and accelerate
efforts to support diversity, inclusion, equality and equity for
people of color.
"Racism and discrimination are destructive forces in any
society," said David Cordani, Cigna's president and chief
executive. "We, as a global health service company, firmly and
unequivocally denounce racism and discrimination in all forms and
are committed to confronting these issues with intensity, empathy
and accountability."
As part of the program, Cigna said it will work to reduce the
gaps in health outcomes in communities with poor social
determinants of health, such as unstable housing, low income,
unsafe neighborhoods or education.
The company said it will now require unconscious bias training
for all of its more than 75,000 employees, and that it plans
cultural competency training for all managers as a supplement to
its existing training requirements.
Cigna said it will continue to support businesses owned by
minorities, adding that it is on track to achieve $1 billion in
diverse supplier funding by 2025.
Cigna also said it is establishing a governance process to
oversee the program elements while tracking and reporting on
progress.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
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July 17, 2020 08:13 ET (12:13 GMT)
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