We prioritize environmental sustainability for healthier lives on a global scale.
We believe that responsible environmental stewardship can improve health and vitality, and also makes sound business sense. We strive to identify new efficiencies and make strategic investments that reduce our environmental impacts and our operating costs. In addition, we see an opportunity to positively impact the environment through a number of ways we are advancing our business, including through our continued investment in virtual care.
The Cigna Group® is committed to sharing progress towards achieving our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals. Please refer to our annual Corporate Impact Report to find relevant information pertaining to GHG emissions. This includes information documenting how our “carbon neutral” goal was determined to be accurate, how interim progress toward our goal is being measured, and disclosure of independent third-party verification of greenhouse gas emissions.1
As a company whose mission is to improve the health and vitality of those we serve, we take a precautionary approach to our environmental sustainability efforts.
As a global health company, we are keenly focused on the connection between environmental health and human health. We formally committed to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in early 2024. As a next step, we plan to set near-term science-based GHG reduction targets and receive validation from SBTi. These steps will help us better understand a broader picture of our environmental impact and give us a frame of reference to create more impactful emission reduction goals.
1 The Voluntary Carbon Markets Disclosure Act, Part 10 of Division 26 of the California Health and Safety Code, Sections 44475.1 and 44475.2 (the "VCMDA") was recently enacted, with an effective date of January 1, 2024. The VCMDA contains many ambiguities, and no interpretive guidance has issued, making it difficult to confirm the timing, definitions, certain protocols, and other important details of application. In fact, there is ambiguity over the date initial disclosures must be posted. Our assessment of the law based on California regulatory counsel’s evaluation and the November 30, 2023 letter of legislative intent by Assembly Member Jesse Gabriel (stating initial disclosures are due by January 1, 2025) is that complete, compliant disclosure is not due on January 1, 2024. Accordingly, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, although such information reflects our good faith effort to provide information complying with the requirements in the VCMDA, nothing herein shall be construed as an admission that The Cigna Group is subject to the requirements of the VCMDA. Furthermore, The Cigna Group intends to monitor developments to assess the impact of any new and/or amended protocol, methodology, guidance, legislation, regulation, enforcement memorandum, and/or applicable law in connection with the VCMDA and reserves the right to modify the information included herein.
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