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Viatris Named to 3BL's 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2023 Ranking
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viatris Inc. (NASDAQ: VTRS), a global healthcare company, today announced it has been named to 3BL's annual 100 Best
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[{"type":"text","content":"PITTSBURGH, Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viatris Inc. (NASDAQ: VTRS), a global healthcare company, today announced it has been named to 3BL's annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking, recognizing outstanding environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency and performance among the 1,000 largest U.S. public companies. 3BL is a news distribution platform that promotes ESG initiatives of leading companies and non-profit organizations.\nThe 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking is based on 184 ESG factors in seven pillars: climate change, employee relations, environment, governance, human rights, stakeholders and society, and ESG performance. \n\"Being a responsible corporate citizen is central to supporting our mission to empower people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life,\" said Lina Andersson, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Viatris. \"This recognition reaffirms our colleagues' commitment to build sustainable access at scale to medicine and advance responsible operations for our stakeholders, the communities in which we live and work and the patients we serve.\"\nUsing a methodology developed by 3BL, all companies listed on the Russell 1,000 Index used as a benchmark by investors are researched by ISS ESG, the responsible investment research arm of Institutional Shareholder Services.\nTo compile the ranking, corporate data and information is obtained from publicly available sources only, rather than questionnaires or company submissions. Companies have the option to verify data collected for the ranking at no cost. Data and information used in the 2023 edition of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking was collected between July 2022 to July 2023.\nFor access to the complete 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2023 ranking and methodology visit: https://100best.3blmedia.com/.\nTo learn more about Viatris' efforts and overall impact, read Viatris' 2022 Sustainability Report.\nBeing named to 3BL's 100 Best Corporate Citizens list follows 2023 accolades for Viatris, including inclusion on Forbes' list of World's Best Employers 2023, Newsweek's America's Greenest Companies 2024, TIME's World's Best Companies 2023 list and USA Today's inaugural list of America's Climate Leaders 2023. The Company has also been included on Forbes' list of World's Best Employers 2022, Fortune's Change the World list, Newswee...