We have established 23 measurable, time-bound performance targets to track progress against our goals and strategic priorities. Below is a snapshot of our progress on our existing targets. You can read more about our work to achieve each target below. Over the next year, we will develop new key performance targets and commitments to advance our Transform Health 2030 CSR roadmap.
You can read more about our work to achieve each target within our full corporate social responsibility report.
Completed in 2019 through the VA MISSION Act, which allowed us to expand care to all of our approximately 1,100 MinuteClinic locations nationwide in 2019.
In 2019 we refreshed our compensation and benefits package.
Since 2015, our pharmacists have volunteered their time and delivered curriculum to more than 560,000 teens and parents across the country.
We completed this goal in 2018.
Since 2015, there has been a 3.5% decline in the national youth smoking rate.
We completed this goal in 2018.
As of 2019, 2,469 new institutions have gone tobacco-free with our support.
In 2019, approximately 8% of our workforce participated in a CRG, up from 4 percent in 2018.
In 2019, our colleagues invested more than $12.1 million in in time, a 128 percent increase from $5.3 million in 2018.
Our colleague development programs were redesigned in 2019 to be inclusive of our newly combined enterprise.
In 2019, our colleagues 2.179 million hours of compliance training.
In 2019 we refreshed our compensation and benefits package.
We set a goal to hire 8,000 registered pharmacy technician apprentices by 2022 and provide these new colleagues with classroom and online instruction. In 2019, we surpassed that goal, hiring more than 9,000 registered apprentices.
By the end of 2018, we had exceeded our 2020 Tier I spending target.
We continue to work toward our 2020 goal to spend $1 billion with diverse Tier II suppliers, having spent more than $750,000 in 2019.
We completed this goal in 2018.
As of 2019, we've reduced our absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 35 percent.
As of 2019, 18.2 percent of our suppliers have established their own science-based reduction targets for their scope 1 and 2 emissions.
This target was completed in 2018.
In 2019, 96% of the paper our company used was sustainably sourced.
In 2019, we saw a reduction of more than 1.6 million empty miles as a result of our program.
To date, 100 percent of our store brand suppliers of items containing palm oil have become members of RSPO or obtained Rainforest Alliance certification.
Colleagues have logged more than 13,000 green actions.
