Quest Diagnostics Releases 2024 Corporate Responsibility Report
The theme of the report, Care Starts Here, reflects the pivotal role Quest plays in an individual's healthcare, providing insights from laboratory diagnostics to drive well-informed decisions. The report details Quest's accomplishments in 2024 across the company's four strategic pillars of corporate responsibility: health access, employee and community engagement, governance and ethics, and environmental sustainability.
"Care runs deep in the Quest culture, energizing our more than 55,000 colleagues to deliver on the Quest Purpose, working together to create a healthier world, one life at a time," said
In 2024, Quest:
- Supported nearly 40 programs through the
Quest Diagnostics Foundation with organizations committed to improving clinical and community health outcomes - Donated approximately
$13 million in corporate giving and Foundation grants to organizations focused on disaster relief, health research and local health initiatives - Provided approximately one million donated or discounted test requisitions (which often include several tests)
- Generated employee and corporate donations for over 650 nonprofits through the company's
Employee Matching Gifts program - Extended its board of directors by welcoming a new director,
Robert Carter , a former Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for FedEx®, whose expertise in technology and logistics supports Quest's continuous improvement initiatives focused on quality and efficiency - Introduced approximately 50 innovative new testing services focused on improving access across several disease areas, including Alzheimer's disease, certain cancers and HIV
- Spent approximately
$300 million on goods and services from smallU.S. businesses - Reduced usage of electricity and single-use plastics and continued to transition the company's courier fleet in the
U.S. to electric and hybrid vehicles - Made progress toward securing
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001-2015 certification for environmental management for two additional labs in our Marlborough,Massachusetts . andLewisville, Texas facilities
To read the full report, click on 2024 Corporate Responsibility Report.
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