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PALM SPRINGS, Calif., April 24, 2026 /3BL/ – Last night, Engage for Good announced the winners of the 2026 Halo Awards, recognizing 28 gold and silver recipients across 14 categories for outstanding corporate–nonprofit partnerships that delivered measurable social impact in 2025. The winners were honored at the Halo Awards Gala, held during the Engage for Good Conference.

Leading this year’s class as Best of the Best is FedEx and Orbis International for Delivering Sight Worldwide. The long-running global health logistics partnership restored and protected sight for patients in underserved communities around the world.

“The campaigns in this year’s Halo Award class didn’t happen in a vacuum,” said Engage for Good CEO Muneer Panjwani. “They happened during a year of real pressure, budget cuts, political headwinds, and a lot of noise about whether this kind of work still has a place at the table. And these gold and silver Halo winners proved that this work is still impactful and transformative for communities and businesses. What strikes me every year, and this year more than most, is that the best partnerships aren’t just rigorous. They’re also joyful. There’s something genuinely alive in the work when a company and a nonprofit find each other and decide to build something real together. We are so proud to celebrate their work.”

2026 Halo Award Winners

Best Advocacy or Policy Initiative

• Gold: GAMUT Seal of Approval (Gamut Management + Runway of Dreams)
• Silver: The Health in Action Collaborative (Sanofi + National Association of Community Health Workers + NationSwell)

Best Cause Marketing Initiative

• Gold: American Airlines Raises $5 Million for Stand Up To Cancer (American Airlines + Stand Up To Cancer)
• Silver: ON HOLD (Meals On Wheels America + Public INC)

Best Cause Product Initiative

• Gold: Barbie’s First Barbie Doll with Type 1 Diabetes (Mattel + Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF))
• Silver: Get a Glove, Give a Glove (Wilson Sporting Goods + Pitch In For Baseball & Softball)

Best DEIB Initiative

• Gold: Black Girls Code Reimagined (Pastilla Inc. + Black Girls Code)
• Silver: Black Joy (UGG + The Loveland Foundation)

Best Direct Service Initiative

• Gold: Angel Foundation’s Financial Care Program (Ameriprise Financial + Angel Foundation)
• Silver: Crisis and Connectivity (Cisco Systems + USA for UNHCR)

Best Education Initiative

• Gold: Building Bridges: Restoring Futures in Ukraine (Infosys + Street Child US)
• Silver: Impact360 (ScanSource, Inc. + Public Education Partners + Greenville County Schools)

Best Emergency/Disaster Response Initiative

• Gold: LA Wildfire Relief (PayPal/Venmo + LA Fire Department Foundation + World Central Kitchen + GoFundMe.org)
• Silver: Good Leads the Way (United Airlines + Airlink)

Best Employee Engagement Initiative

• Gold: SERVING WITH LOVE® Resource Rally Tour (Popeyes Foundation + Feed the Children)
• Silver: Dream It Real (Coach Foundation + The Opportunity Network + Bottom Line)

Best Food Insecurity Initiative

• Gold: Food As Medicine 3.0 (Elevance Health Foundation + Feeding America)
• Silver: A Million Meals and Beyond (Once Upon a Farm + Save the Children)

Best Gender & LGBTQ Equality Initiative

• Gold: Mattress Firm and the National Women’s Shelter Network’s Safe Shelter Saves Lives (Mattress Firm + National Women’s Shelter Network)
• Silver: Stand Up Against Street Harassment (L’Oréal Paris + Right To Be)

Best Local-Impact Initiative

• Gold: Full Futures: A School Nutrition Partnership (The Campbell’s Company + Alliance for a Healthier Generation)
• Silver: Partner-Inspired Giving: The Starbucks Foundation’s Neighborhood Grants (Starbucks Coffee Company)

Best Mental or Physical Health Initiative

• Gold: Body Appreciation Badges (Flamingo (Mammoth Brands) + Girl Scouts of the USA)
• Silver: Delivering Sight Worldwide (FedEx + Orbis International)

Best Point of Sale Initiative

• Gold: One Curly Fry at a Time (Jack in the Box + No Kid Hungry)
• Silver: Lyft Round Up & Donate for Goodwill (Lyft + Goodwill Industries International)

Best Sustainability or Conservation Initiative

• Gold: Bring Coral into Focus (Samsung + Seatrees)
• Silver: Take Back (Stanley 1913 + Ocean Conservancy)

Best Technology for Good Initiative

• Gold: Global Cleft Care (Dentsply Sirona + Smile Train + FDI World Dental Federation)
• Silver: Secure it Forward (Yubico + Defending Digital Campaigns + Civil Rights Defenders + Article 19)

Additional 2026 Honorees

Earlier this month Mattel, Inc. was named Corporation of the Year and Keep America Beautiful was named Nonprofit of the Year. For the first time, Engage for Good also recognized three individual leaders this year:

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Carol Cone
• Impact Leader of the Year: Karen Little, PayPal
• Emerging Leader of the Year: Jorge Alvarez, Active Minds

About The Halo Awards

Now in its 24th year, The Halo Awards are the social impact sector’s longest-running recognition of excellence in corporate–nonprofit partnerships. This year’s Halo Awards sponsors include: TikTok, Goodstack, Upworthy, and Submittable. Past awardees include Google, Procter & Gamble, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Macy’s, The Trevor Project, and more. Learn more at engageforgood.com.

Key points

• Optimism exists for the future of health care
• Survey highlights opportunities to deepen trust across the provider-payer relationship
• Friction points remain, with administrative burden cited as top challenge

HARTFORD, Conn., April 20, 2026 /3BL/ – Aetna®, a CVS Health® company (NYSE: CVS) announced research findings from the inaugural Aetna Provider Survey, a quarterly study that polls a representative sample of the U.S. provider market to better understand their perceptions, opportunities, and challenges today and into the future. This survey series is intended to solicit timely, objective feedback from the U.S. provider market so we can identify opportunities to change the provider-payer dynamic and deepen trust over time.

The findings show optimism for the future, with a majority (60%) of respondents who believe the health care system will become less burdensome in the next five years. The study also revealed an average provider-payer trust score of more than 50%, demonstrating momentum as well as areas for improvement.

While more than four in ten (44%) of respondents agree their current payers prioritize patient well-being and give clear coverage information, only 36% think payers consistently deliver on their promises. When asked the single action payers could take to address their challenges, providers cited helping patients navigate the system (26%) as the top action.

“Our industry is at an inflection point and, now more than ever, building trusted provider-payer relationships is critical to achieving our shared goals. At Aetna, we know there is more work ahead and I’m proud of the bold steps we have taken to help our provider partners, medical professionals and those they care for better navigate the health care system,” said Steve Nelson, Executive Vice President and President of Aetna. “This survey is one of many ways Aetna engages with those we serve, understanding their priorities and pain points so we can remove friction from the health care system.”

From an industry perspective, respondents were asked to choose one thing they would change about the health care system today, with the top three answers below.

• Reduce administrative burden (26%)
• Improve access to care for all patients (21%)
• Simplify insurance processes (17%)

Prior Authorization has a role, but needs to be simplified

Most providers (65%) agree prior authorization has a role to play in the health care system, with the top three benefits cited as assessing medical need (33%), ensuring financial accountability (27%), and reducing low-value care (19%)

Aetna continues to lead the industry in simplifying Prior Authorization, with the fewest medical services subject to prior authorization. Today, of eligible prior authorizations, more than 95% are approved within 24 hours. Aetna has a target of more than 80% of electronic prior authorizations executed in real-time by year end 2026.

Operational excellence is enabled by technology and AI

Survey respondents cited access to patient care and complex insurance processes as pain points and also identified AI as being a part of the solution. Over half (52%) of providers are confident that AI will help improve the health care system by simplifying and accelerating administrative processes. The majority of respondents (57%) also believe access to healthcare will become more equitable in the next five years.

Aetna continues to create and integrate AI and digitally enabled solutions to help members better access and navigate the health care system through their channel of choice. Aetna Care Paths, available on the Aetna Health app, provides personalized care recommendations.

Aetna is also leveraging technology to achieve operational excellence across the business. As an example, Aetna leveraged technology to automate more than one million incoming provider calls focused on prior authorization requirements and status in 2025. As a company policy, Aetna does not use AI to deny prior authorization claims.

Optimism for the future

Looking ahead, there is industry optimism. Over the next five years, three in four providers believe the patient experience will improve and more than half (52%) believe that health care will become easier for patients to navigate.

An overwhelming majority (87%) agree that advances in technology will lead to better health outcomes over the next five years. And, 76% reported that technology is a top three investment priority for their organization over the next three years.

Survey Methodology

The national study was conducted in Q1 2026 by Morning Consult, a global decision intelligence company. The survey polled a representative sample of U.S. providers comprised of 827 participants, including hospital system executives, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and health IT leaders (CTO/CIOs) nationwide. The overall margin of error is ±3 percentage points.

About Aetna

Aetna, a CVS Health business, serves an estimated 37 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental and behavioral health plans, and medical management capabilities, Medicaid health care management services, workers’ compensation administrative services and health information technology products and services. Aetna’s customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care professionals, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. For more information, visit Aetna.com (e.g., clinical diagnoses, eligibility criteria, participation in a disease state management program).

About CVS Health

CVS Health is a leading health solutions company building a world of health around every consumer, wherever they are. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had approximately 9,000 retail pharmacy locations, more than 1,000 walk-in and primary care medical clinics and a leading pharmacy benefits manager with approximately 87 million plan members. The Company also serves an estimated more than 37 million people through traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including highly rated Medicare Advantage offerings and a leading standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. The Company’s integrated model uses personalized, technology driven services to connect people to simply better health, increasing access to quality care, delivering better outcomes, and lowering overall costs.

Media Contact

Phil Blando
Phillip.Blando@CVSHealth.com

Key points

• Optimism exists for the future of health care
• Survey highlights opportunities to deepen trust across the provider-payer relationship
• Friction points remain, with administrative burden cited as top challenge

HARTFORD, Conn., April 20, 2026 /3BL/ – Aetna®, a CVS Health® company (NYSE: CVS) announced research findings from the inaugural Aetna Provider Survey, a quarterly study that polls a representative sample of the U.S. provider market to better understand their perceptions, opportunities, and challenges today and into the future. This survey series is intended to solicit timely, objective feedback from the U.S. provider market so we can identify opportunities to change the provider-payer dynamic and deepen trust over time.

The findings show optimism for the future, with a majority (60%) of respondents who believe the health care system will become less burdensome in the next five years. The study also revealed an average provider-payer trust score of more than 50%, demonstrating momentum as well as areas for improvement.

While more than four in ten (44%) of respondents agree their current payers prioritize patient well-being and give clear coverage information, only 36% think payers consistently deliver on their promises. When asked the single action payers could take to address their challenges, providers cited helping patients navigate the system (26%) as the top action.

“Our industry is at an inflection point and, now more than ever, building trusted provider-payer relationships is critical to achieving our shared goals. At Aetna, we know there is more work ahead and I’m proud of the bold steps we have taken to help our provider partners, medical professionals and those they care for better navigate the health care system,” said Steve Nelson, Executive Vice President and President of Aetna. “This survey is one of many ways Aetna engages with those we serve, understanding their priorities and pain points so we can remove friction from the health care system.”

From an industry perspective, respondents were asked to choose one thing they would change about the health care system today, with the top three answers below.

• Reduce administrative burden (26%)
• Improve access to care for all patients (21%)
• Simplify insurance processes (17%)

Prior Authorization has a role, but needs to be simplified

Most providers (65%) agree prior authorization has a role to play in the health care system, with the top three benefits cited as assessing medical need (33%), ensuring financial accountability (27%), and reducing low-value care (19%)

Aetna continues to lead the industry in simplifying Prior Authorization, with the fewest medical services subject to prior authorization. Today, of eligible prior authorizations, more than 95% are approved within 24 hours. Aetna has a target of more than 80% of electronic prior authorizations executed in real-time by year end 2026.

Operational excellence is enabled by technology and AI

Survey respondents cited access to patient care and complex insurance processes as pain points and also identified AI as being a part of the solution. Over half (52%) of providers are confident that AI will help improve the health care system by simplifying and accelerating administrative processes. The majority of respondents (57%) also believe access to healthcare will become more equitable in the next five years.

Aetna continues to create and integrate AI and digitally enabled solutions to help members better access and navigate the health care system through their channel of choice. Aetna Care Paths, available on the Aetna Health app, provides personalized care recommendations.

Aetna is also leveraging technology to achieve operational excellence across the business. As an example, Aetna leveraged technology to automate more than one million incoming provider calls focused on prior authorization requirements and status in 2025. As a company policy, Aetna does not use AI to deny prior authorization claims.

Optimism for the future

Looking ahead, there is industry optimism. Over the next five years, three in four providers believe the patient experience will improve and more than half (52%) believe that health care will become easier for patients to navigate.

An overwhelming majority (87%) agree that advances in technology will lead to better health outcomes over the next five years. And, 76% reported that technology is a top three investment priority for their organization over the next three years.

Survey Methodology

The national study was conducted in Q1 2026 by Morning Consult, a global decision intelligence company. The survey polled a representative sample of U.S. providers comprised of 827 participants, including hospital system executives, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and health IT leaders (CTO/CIOs) nationwide. The overall margin of error is ±3 percentage points.

About Aetna

Aetna, a CVS Health business, serves an estimated 37 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental and behavioral health plans, and medical management capabilities, Medicaid health care management services, workers’ compensation administrative services and health information technology products and services. Aetna’s customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care professionals, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. For more information, visit Aetna.com (e.g., clinical diagnoses, eligibility criteria, participation in a disease state management program).

About CVS Health

CVS Health is a leading health solutions company building a world of health around every consumer, wherever they are. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had approximately 9,000 retail pharmacy locations, more than 1,000 walk-in and primary care medical clinics and a leading pharmacy benefits manager with approximately 87 million plan members. The Company also serves an estimated more than 37 million people through traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including highly rated Medicare Advantage offerings and a leading standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. The Company’s integrated model uses personalized, technology driven services to connect people to simply better health, increasing access to quality care, delivering better outcomes, and lowering overall costs.

Media Contact

Phil Blando
Phillip.Blando@CVSHealth.com

The Chemours Chambers Works site recently achieved recertification under the WHC Conservation Certification® powered by Tandem Global, reflecting more than three decades of environmental stewardship.

The only voluntary sustainability standard designed specifically for broad-based biodiversity enhancement and conservation education on corporate lands, the WHC Conservation Certification® acknowledges sustained progress in biodiversity protection, habitat management, and responsible site operations. This milestone underscores Chambers Works’ focus on operational excellence, responsible manufacturing, and environmental initiatives.

At Chambers Works, environmental programs extend beyond certification requirements and are embedded into daily operations. The recertification reflects consistent performance and employee engagement in efforts that support local ecosystems and wildlife.

Protecting and Monitoring Local Wildlife

A key component of Chambers Works’ environmental efforts is its active monitoring and protection of bird species that rely on the site’s habitats. Regular observations and documentation efforts have identified 198 native and migratory birds, including American kestrels, osprey, and bald eagles. These species serve as important indicators of ecosystem health and biodiversity at the site.

Through structured wildlife observation and habitat awareness initiatives, Chambers Works supports conditions that allow these species to thrive while ensuring that site activities are managed responsibly. 

^{Osprey nest. Nest monitoring in partnership with NJ Fish and Wildlife and Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ.}

^{Eagle nest. Nest monitoring in partnership with NJ Fish and Wildlife and Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ.}

^Bobolink

A Culture of Continuous Improvement

Achieving WHC Conservation Certification® reflects a culture of accountability and continuous improvement at Chambers Works. Teams regularly evaluate environmental practices, identify opportunities to enhance habitat quality, and ensure compliance with applicable standards and internal expectations. These efforts are supported by employee participation and cross-functional collaboration across the site.

Advancing Chemours’ Sustainability Commitments

Chambers Works’ efforts support Chemours’ enterprise-wide sustainability goals by protecting natural resources and strengthening trust within the surrounding community. The site’s biodiversity initiatives contribute to broader environmental performance while reinforcing Chemours’ commitment to stewardship and transparency.

Looking ahead, Chambers Works will continue building on this foundation by enhancing programs, deepening engagement, and supporting measurable improvements to wildlife habitats. 

The Chemours Chambers Works site recently achieved recertification under the WHC Conservation Certification® powered by Tandem Global, reflecting more than three decades of environmental stewardship.

The only voluntary sustainability standard designed specifically for broad-based biodiversity enhancement and conservation education on corporate lands, the WHC Conservation Certification® acknowledges sustained progress in biodiversity protection, habitat management, and responsible site operations. This milestone underscores Chambers Works’ focus on operational excellence, responsible manufacturing, and environmental initiatives.

At Chambers Works, environmental programs extend beyond certification requirements and are embedded into daily operations. The recertification reflects consistent performance and employee engagement in efforts that support local ecosystems and wildlife.

Protecting and Monitoring Local Wildlife

A key component of Chambers Works’ environmental efforts is its active monitoring and protection of bird species that rely on the site’s habitats. Regular observations and documentation efforts have identified 198 native and migratory birds, including American kestrels, osprey, and bald eagles. These species serve as important indicators of ecosystem health and biodiversity at the site.

Through structured wildlife observation and habitat awareness initiatives, Chambers Works supports conditions that allow these species to thrive while ensuring that site activities are managed responsibly. 

^{Osprey nest. Nest monitoring in partnership with NJ Fish and Wildlife and Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ.}

^{Eagle nest. Nest monitoring in partnership with NJ Fish and Wildlife and Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ.}

^Bobolink

A Culture of Continuous Improvement

Achieving WHC Conservation Certification® reflects a culture of accountability and continuous improvement at Chambers Works. Teams regularly evaluate environmental practices, identify opportunities to enhance habitat quality, and ensure compliance with applicable standards and internal expectations. These efforts are supported by employee participation and cross-functional collaboration across the site.

Advancing Chemours’ Sustainability Commitments

Chambers Works’ efforts support Chemours’ enterprise-wide sustainability goals by protecting natural resources and strengthening trust within the surrounding community. The site’s biodiversity initiatives contribute to broader environmental performance while reinforcing Chemours’ commitment to stewardship and transparency.

Looking ahead, Chambers Works will continue building on this foundation by enhancing programs, deepening engagement, and supporting measurable improvements to wildlife habitats.