Amwell Underscores Commitment to Driving Positive Impact with Environmental, Social and Governance Framework
September 07 2022 - 08:30AM
Business Wire
Amwell®, (NYSE: AMWL) a digital care delivery leader,
today announced the release of its inaugural Environmental, Social
and Governance (“ESG”) Framework. The Framework provides insight
into the Company’s business, across three key areas: people,
products, and operations, as viewed through an ESG lens.
“ESG is fundamental to the Amwell mission to connect and enable
healthcare organizations to deliver greater access to more
affordable, higher quality care. This mission and our values are
core to who we are and serve as the foundation on which we strive
to build a sustainable growth business and promote the long-term
interests of our clients and stakeholders,” said Dr. Ido
Schoenberg, Chairman and CEO, Amwell.
The Amwell ESG Framework showcases Amwell in the context of
environmental, governance and social topics, highlighting the
Company’s dedication to quality, innovation, diversity, integrity,
equity, wellbeing, ethical business practices, data privacy and
enterprise risk management. The Amwell approach to ESG is defined
by three pillars:
- People – Embodying all aspects of the Amwell One Team culture,
Amwell prioritizes talent development & engagement, mental
& physical wellbeing, diversity & inclusion, and community
service in its hiring, total rewards, and employee experience.
- Products – Embodying all aspects of the Amwell Customer First
commitment, Amwell focuses on supporting and enabling the key
stakeholders in healthcare to achieve their digital care delivery
ambitions, while improving clinical and financial outcomes and
enhancing the care experience for patients, members and clinicians
with its enterprise, digital care delivery enablement platform
Converge™.
- Operations – Embodying all aspects of the Amwell Deliver
Awesome approach, the foundation of the Amwell business is built on
high ethical standards and strong governance with a deep commitment
to keeping customers’ and employees’ data and systems safe through
robust cybersecurity and data privacy protocols.
Dr. Schoenberg concluded, “This framework marks an important
milestone in Amwell’s ESG journey. We are proud to share the
strides we have made so far, and our goal is to make an even bigger
impact in the future. Amwell is committed to being transparent as
we continue along this path, and we plan to highlight our ESG
progress in future publications.”
The Amwell ESG Framework can be found on our Investor Relations
website.
About Amwell
Amwell is a leading digital care delivery enablement platform in
the United States and globally, connecting and enabling providers,
insurers, patients, and innovators to deliver greater access to
more affordable, higher quality care. Amwell believes that digital
care delivery will transform healthcare. The Company offers a
single, comprehensive platform to support all digital health needs
from urgent to acute and post-acute care, as well as chronic care
management and healthy living. With over a decade of experience,
Amwell powers digital health solutions for over 2,000 hospitals and
55 health plan partners with over 36,000 employers, covering over
80 million lives. For more information, please visit
https://business.amwell.com/.
American Well, Amwell, Converge, SilverCloud, Conversa and
Carepoint are registered trademarks or trademarks of American Well
Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other
trademarks used herein are the property of their respective
owners.
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factors and assumptions, include, but are not limited to: weak
growth and increased volatility in the telehealth market; inability
to adapt to rapid technological changes; increased competition from
existing and potential new participants in the healthcare industry;
changes in healthcare laws, regulations or trends and our ability
to operate in the heavily regulated healthcare industry; our
ability to comply with federal and state privacy regulations; the
significant liability that could result from a cybersecurity
breach; and other factors described under ‘Risk Factors’ in our
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investor relations section of our website at investors.amwell.com
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