Climate Change Data

Humana Inc.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2022, 2024)

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Access to Healthcare
  • Data Protection & Privacy
  • Environmental Impact
  • Product Quality & Safety
  • Talent & Diversity

Environmental Achievements

  • 20.2% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2017 baseline across owned and leased properties
  • 63% diversion rate of waste to landfills via reduction and recycling

Social Achievements

  • Provided almost 1.6 million meals to more than 94,000 at-risk members since 2020
  • Helped raise over 1 million meals for Uniting to Combat Hunger in 2021
  • 32% increase in primary care centers, expanding access to care in underserved areas
  • 8.99% increase in diverse supplier spend, reaching $345 million
  • 16,400 Humana employees volunteered 216,843 hours, valued at $6.1 million

Governance Achievements

  • Consistent strong Star Ratings for plans, with 4.8 million members in plans with 4+ star ratings in 2022

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Working to increase diverse supplier base through inclusive procurement

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Access to healthcare
  • Data protection and privacy
  • Environmental impact
  • Product quality and safety
  • Talent and diversity

Environmental Achievements

  • 35% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2017 baseline (goal: 10.5%)
  • 64% waste diversion rate of waste to landfills via reduction and recycling efforts (goal: 60%)

Social Achievements

  • 1.24 million members screened for social health needs
  • Over 710,000 members used the Healthy Foods Card to buy groceries
  • More than 173,000 referrals made within Humana Community Navigator
  • 26% fewer avoidable hospitalizations for members using CenterWell services
  • $22.5 million+ donated by the Humana Foundation to communities in 2022
  • 255,184 volunteer hours tracked in 2022

Governance Achievements

  • 96% of Humana Medicare Advantage members are in plans with 4 or more stars
  • $408 million spent on diverse suppliers (8.85% of total spend)

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Diversity strategy includes initiatives like the Mentor-Protege program

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2024

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

  • Set a science-based target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
  • Increased percentage of buildings meeting green building or energy-efficient certification programs.
  • Shifted towards green practices and sustainable solutions in transportation fleet.
  • Improved efforts related to recycling, reduction, and reuse.
  • Partnered with a third-party vendor to reuse or recycle e-waste.

Social Achievements

  • Educate, promote, train and engage employees to increase their awareness of sustainability initiatives.
  • Partner with the mergers and acquisitions team to assess the environmental sustainability of potential companies.
  • Educate and integrate newly acquired companies into Humana’s sustainability programs.

Governance Achievements

  • This policy is reviewed and evaluated annually, and all revisions must be approved by senior management.
  • Humana tracks and publicly reports progress against our environmental goals addressing energy, emissions, and waste.
  • Humana transparently shares our goals and progress through external surveys and platforms such as Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Indirect environmental impacts mostly concentrated in our supply chain.
  • Updating SBT to reflect new classification as a financial institution.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Working with suppliers and vendors on strategic initiatives.
  • Implementing sustainable procurement strategies, including contract language requiring sustainability information from top-tier suppliers.
  • Ongoing engagement with suppliers to facilitate collaboration and implementation of principles aligned with Humana's Environmental Policy.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Sustainable procurement strategies, including contract language requiring sustainability information from top-tier suppliers.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)