Our Approach
You focus on what is most important, improving the lives of people. We focus on helping you achieve that goal. Pharmacies, hospitals and clinics rely on us to improve the quality, safety and productivity, through the chain of care.
Policy of Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S)
Cardinal Health is committed to the health and safety of its employees, contractors and the community. In addition to minimizing the impacts of the business on the environment.
Awards
It is an honor for Cardinal Health to receive the following awards and recognitions. Each was achieved thanks to the hard work and effort of our employees.
Operational Excellence
Cardinal Health is the sole distributor of the health industry in Puerto Rico with a solid program to secure the use of world-class methodologies and tools of Lean Six Sigma as a way of life.
Environmental, Health and Safety Policy (EH&S)
Cardinal Health is committed to the health and safety of its employees, contractors and the community.
We believe that work-related illnesses, injuries, and environmental incidents are preventable. It is our vision to have all employees working safely and in an environmentally responsible manner at all times.
To accomplish this, Cardinal Health will:
- Conduct all business ensuring compliance with all EH&S regulatory and company requirements.
- Expect continuous improvement in EH&S performance from all operations.
- Hold all employees and contractors accountable for their own safety as well as the safety of others.
- Integrate EH&S into company-wide business processes.
- Conduct all operations minimizing waste, preventing unallowable environmental releases and protecting the environment.
- Provide the necessary training and resources to work safely and in an environmentally sound manner.
- Create an EH&S culture that expects zero work-related injuries, illnesses, and unallowable environmental releases.
Awards
- Cardinal Health has gained the recognition of best employers of Puerto Rico for three consecutive years.
- We have received three times the award of environmental excellence of RPE for our reuse of rainwater system.
- On two occasions we have obtained the award of environmental excellence of RPE in the area of waste reduction, for “polystyrene” or "styrofoam" recycling and reducing waste from icepacks.
- Silver Medal for Recycling 87% of the waste generated by Cardinal Health PR
- Award for innovation in safety.
- Award for innovation on the environment health.
Operational Excellence
Cardinal Health Puerto Rico is the sole distributor of the health industry in Puerto Rico with a solid program to secure the use of world-class methodologies and tools of Lean Six Sigma as a way of life.
Our teams work with passion in the search for ways to improve our control, standardization and optimization processes of flow and waste reduction.
Every day of our teams focus on the incorporation of new technologies and processes that guarantee quality and operational efficiency, while meeting at the same time with social and environmental responsibility to protect the island and add value to the safety of the patient. These changes solidified our ability to achieve our main goal: be essential for care in Puerto Rico.
