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INDIANAPOLIS , May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ) today released two new reports that provide a comprehensive overview of the company's corporate responsibility efforts. The reports highlight how Lilly is evolving its approach to corporate responsibility by increasingly leveraging its assets and capabilities in partnership with others to have greater, more sustainable impact.
The 2014 Corporate Responsibility Update offers a thorough look at the company's progress on numerous fronts, including charitable contributions, philanthropic initiatives, global health efforts, environmental performance, ethics and compliance, and more. The 2015 Global Health Programs Report details the work that Lilly and its nearly 50 partners have undertaken through the company's two signature global health programs—the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and the Lilly NCD Partnership for non-communicable diseases, with a focus on diabetes.
Corporate Responsibility Update Highlights
The company's Corporate Responsibility Update also serves as Lilly's annual Communication on Progress to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). As a signatory of the UNGC, Lilly shares its progress annually on 10 widely accepted principles related to human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.
Global Health Programs Report Highlights
You can watch a video about Lilly's corporate responsibility efforts here . More information is available at www.lilly.com/responsibility and www.lillyglobalhealth.com .
About Eli Lilly and Company Lilly is a global healthcare leader that unites caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We were founded more than a century ago by a man committed to creating high-quality medicines that meet real needs, and today we remain true to that mission in all our work. Across the globe, Lilly employees work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. To learn more about Lilly, please visit us at www.lilly.com and newsroom.lilly.com/social-channels . (CR-LLY)
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