Corporations changing the course of the cancer fight
The American Cancer Society will present its Corporate Impact Awards June 19 during the Society-hosted Corporate Impact Conference in Chicago.
The awards will recognize companies’ engagement in targeted efforts to significantly impact cancer’s effect on the workplace, where disease-related expenditures and lost productivity costs annually surpass $228 billion; in contributing funds to the American Cancer Society to fight the disease; and in addressing responsible community involvement.
The following five companies will be honored with the 2009 Corporate Impact Awards for their leadership in addressing cancer in the workplace, improving the health of their workforces, and encouraging employee engagement in the fight against the disease: Walgreens (award of excellence), Abbott (employee giving), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (employee engagement), Archer Daniels Midland (tobacco control), and GE Energy (cancer control).
Source: American Cancer Society
