McKesson's Employees Bring Environmental Sustainability to Life, Realizing Cost Savings
Either through company-sponsored Environmental Councils or through their everyday jobs, McKesson employees are helping the company to reduce its environmental impact and deliver cost savings. In the company's 2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship Report, McKesson features stories that demonstrate the company's commitment to environmental sustainability.
McKesson's Environmental Councils
In 2008, McKesson formally launched a network of McKesson Environmental Councils. What began as a pilot program in 2006 in the San Francisco location has expanded into a group of company-sponsored Environmental Councils around the world. By the end of Fiscal Year 2009, 12 McKesson Environmental Councils tackled sustainability projects such as the following:
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Installing projectors in conference rooms to reduce the need for printed materials
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De-lamping efforts to take advantage of natural light and reduce energy consumption
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Hosting environmental fairs to help educate employees about local environmental resources
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Organizing local volunteer events such as beach clean-ups
At the end of Fiscal Year 2009, eight months after the company began tracking their financial impacts, the McKesson Environmental Councils were responsible for projects that resulted in nearly $100,000 in savings.
Individual Employee Efforts
Also detailed in the company's 2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship Report are examples of indivdiual employees whose work contributes to McKesson's environmental sustainability strategy, including:
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Clayton Crawford, head of McKesson's facilities operations, explains the company's approach to solar and other alternative energy technology.
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John Foley and Tommy Morris's initiative, through which McKesson is able to recycle more than 100,000 lbs. of plastic pill bottles annually.
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Vince Manno's reusable packaging innovation saves McKesson approximately $17,000 each year.
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Julia Rexin and Dean Wetherbee's work to launch the "Eco-InterQual" campaign, offering customers a more environmentally friendly product.
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Yoichi Miyazaki's work as part of McKesson's corporate procurement team, which helps guide employees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
McKesson's vision is to help create a health care system where quality is higher, mistakes are fewer and costs are lower. As the nation's leading health care services company, we provide pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and health care information technologies that make health care safer while reducing costs. McKesson touches virtually every aspect of health care.