{"id":144590,"date":"2023-05-23T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-blue-shield-of-california-recognized-as-one-of-the-50-most-community-minded-companies-in-the-united-states\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:50:09","slug":"blue-shield-of-california-es-reconocida-como-una-de-las-50-empresas-mas-comprometidas-con-la-comunidad-en-estados-unidos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/blue-shield-of-california-es-reconocida-como-una-de-las-50-empresas-mas-comprometidas-con-la-comunidad-en-estados-unidos\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Shield of California Recognized as One of the 50 Most Community-Minded Companies in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nPADDING-RIGHT:0.17em; PADDING-LEFT:0.17em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt\n}\n.prnml4{\nMARGIN-TOP:0em; MARGIN-RIGHT:0em; MARGIN-BOTTOM:0em; MARGIN-LEFT:0.33em !IMPORTANT\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Second time in three years that Civic 50 honors the nonprofit health plan&#8217;s commitment to <\/i><i>Stand For What&#8217;s Right <\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">OAKLAND, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 23, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> has been named a 2023 honoree of The Civic 50 by <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3872998-1&amp;h=2741454517&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pointsoflight.org%2Fthe-civic-50%2F&amp;a=Points+of+Light\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Points of Light<\/a>, the world&#8217;s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating people-powered change.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgdeb4left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgdeb4left\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 147px;\" title=\"Blue Shield of California Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/810201\/blue_jpg_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Shield of California Logo\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Now in its 11th year, The Civic 50\u00a0is a national standard for corporate citizenship and showcases how companies are moving social impact, civic engagement, and community to the core of their business. Blue Shield was also recognized in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Investing in the health and wellbeing of the communities where we live and work is foundational to who we are at Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Markovich<\/span>, President and CEO, Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. &#8220;This award reflects our nonprofit commitment and we&#8217;re honored to receive it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Civic 50 honorees are companies with annual U.S. revenues of at least <span class=\"xn-money\">$1 billion<\/span>. They were selected based on the strengths of their citizenship and social impact program in four areas: investment of resources and volunteerism, integration across business functions, institutionalization through policies and systems, and impact measurement. Blue Shield was recognized for its programs and initiatives that include: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Investing in youth mental health<br \/><\/b>Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> signature initiative <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3872998-1&amp;h=4293543307&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fbluesky.blueshieldca.com%2F&amp;a=BlueSky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">BlueSky<\/a>\u00a0continues to advance social justice by investing in best-in-class youth mental health programs. Launched in 2019, the program strives to incorporate student voices to bridge the gap between stigma and empowerment, especially among youth of color. BlueSky\u00a0has supported more than 13,000 counseling sessions over three years. In addition, we helped expand participation in youth-led, on-campus clubs at <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> high schools, raising mental health awareness and reducing stigma.<\/p>\n<p><b>Engaging <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> communities<br \/><\/b>Blue Shield has supported dozens of nonprofit groups across <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> in 2022, focused on driving positive change to address social inequities and injustices. In addition, employees set an all-time record for the Shield Cares Giving Campaign, donating <span class=\"xn-money\">$1.6 million<\/span> (including company match) and volunteering more than 38,000 hours last year.<\/p>\n<p><b>Encouraging climate action<br \/><\/b>Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, a formally certified CarbonNeutral\u00ae company, continues to take additional steps to reduce our emissions including the launch of our Supplier Sustainability Program that surveyed 41 of our vendors who account for 72% of the company&#8217;s supply chain emissions. Of those, 29 disclosed their environmental impact to CDP\u00a0(formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), an essential first step for decarbonization\u00a0action.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> citizenship efforts in our <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3872998-1&amp;h=2106816338&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fcms.ipressroom.com%2F347%2Ffiles%2F20234%2FBlue%2BShield%2Bof%2BCalifornia%2B2022%2BMission%2BReport.pdf&amp;a=2022+Mission+Report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">2022 Mission Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Companies play a critical role in creating thriving, participatory communities,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Diane Quest<\/span>, interim President and CEO, Points of Light. &#8220;The Civic 50 2023 honorees, including Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, really set a model for others and are showing just how to best use employee talent, business assets and integration to create meaningful impact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Civic 50 survey is administered by True Impact, and the results are analyzed by VeraWorks. The survey instrument consists of quantitative and multiple-choice questions that inform the scoring process.\u00a0The Civic 50 is the only survey and ranking system that exclusively measures corporate community engagement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>About Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><br \/><\/b>Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> strives to create a healthcare system worthy of its family and friends that is sustainably affordable. Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> is a tax paying, nonprofit, independent member of the Blue Shield Association with more than 4.8 million members, over 7,500 employees and more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$24 billion<\/span> in annual revenue. Founded in 1939 in <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span> and now headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Oakland<\/span>, Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and its affiliates provide health, dental, vision, Medicaid and Medicare healthcare service plans in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. The company has contributed more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$97 million<\/span> to Blue Shield of California Foundation in the last three years to have an impact on <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> communities.<\/p>\n<p>For more news about Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3872998-1&amp;h=292067646&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.blueshieldca.com%2F&amp;a=news.blueshieldca.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">news.blueshieldca.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Or follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3872998-1&amp;h=1477063028&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fblue-shield-of-california%2F&amp;a=LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3872998-1&amp;h=3081282476&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBlueShieldCA&amp;a=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3872998-1&amp;h=1000883108&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBlueShieldCA%2F&amp;a=Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Points of Light<br \/><\/b>Points of Light is a nonpartisan, global nonprofit organization that inspires, equips and mobilizes millions of people to take action that changes the world. We envision a world in which every individual discovers the power to make a difference, creating healthy communities in vibrant, participatory societies. Through 145 affiliates across 39 countries, and in partnership with thousands of nonprofits and corporations, Points of Light engages 3.7 million people in 16.7 million hours of service each year. We bring the power of people to bear where it&#8217;s needed most. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3872998-1&amp;h=152524496&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pointsoflight.org%2F&amp;a=pointsoflight.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pointsoflight.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" class=\"prnbcc\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">CONTACT:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Mark Seelig<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Blue Shield of California\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">510-607-2359<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><a href=\"mailto:media@blueshieldca.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">media@blueshieldca.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3872998-1&amp;h=91537076&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F810201%2Fblue_jpg_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F810201%2Fblue_jpg_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/810201\/blue_jpg_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Second time in three years that Civic 50 honors the nonprofit health plan&#8217;s commitment to <\/i><i>Stand For What&#8217;s Right <\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">OAKLAND, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 23, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> has been named a 2023 honoree of The Civic 50 by &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3872998-1&amp;h=2741454517&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pointsoflight.org%2Fthe-civic-50%2F&amp;a=Points+of+Light&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144590"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144592,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144590\/revisions\/144592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}