ESG Expands the View of Corporate Stewardship in Healthcare.

At Advocate Aurora Health, the board of directors established parameters for effectively executing the governance (G) function related to ESG activities while adopting a comprehensive approach to ESG that includes the corporate commitment to health equity. Establishing a board diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) committee with external experts served to integrate these efforts with the ESG strategy. This approach will continue to guide the board of directors of Advocate Health, formed in December 2022, by the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Our experience has demonstrated that empowering individual board committee members of not-for-profit healthcare organizations to embrace their unique responsibility for driving ESG requires collective efforts in the boardroom as well as a commitment to board refreshment and diversity.