ESG News For Rite Aid Corporation

Rite Aid Healthy Futures today announced grants totaling nearly $12M in 2024 to fund organizations and programs to address major societal challenges and crises facing children and youth, with a focus on food insecurity, mental health and racial equity. Grant recipients include national charitable networks, children’s hospitals, regional foodbanks and local organizations across Rite Aid communities.Healthy Futures, a public charity affiliated with Rite Aid, one of the nation’s leading pharmacy re

With support from partners like Kohl’s, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies and others, Boys & Girls Club kids, teens and staff gain access to key mental health training and resources.

With support from partners like Kohl’s, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies and others, Boys & Girls Club kids, teens and staff gain access to key mental health training and resources.

Food surplus from Rite Aid stores in California will be donated to local nonprofit organizations

The company continued to demonstrate progress across its four key pillars, focused on areas such as environmental sustainability, responsible sourcing, employee benefits, and more

In 2022, retailers using RELEX Solutions for their planning helped save an estimated 24.3 million pounds of food waste across the supply chain – the equivalent of more than 35,000 tons of CO2

The Partnership Will Accelerate the Hair Care Brand’s Access to More Black Women and Rapidly Expand Its Community Investments; Mielle and P&G Each Commit $10 Million to Expand Impact of the Mielle Cares Charity

Matching Sponsors SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, CBS Studios and an Anonymous Donor have pledged a combined total of $150,000

Room for Improvement: Green America Gives “D” Grades to McDonald's, 7-Eleven, Burger King, Claire's, Rite Aid, Safeway, Family Store, Panda Express and Wendy's.

Company Provides Progress Updates and Standards for Environmental Responsibility, DEI, Community Impact and More

The Real x Revlon initiative will drive awareness and support for affordableand accessible mental health care

Charity Announces $3 Million Connecting Communities Initiative Across 15 States

Rebranded Charity Announces $10 Million Strengthening Cities Initiative

Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concurred with previous recommendations made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), officially recommending “booster” doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for certain eligible populations at least 6 months after the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.As a proud partner in the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, Rite Aid is prepared to begin administeri

Rite Aid will launch its 27th annual campaign supporting children’s hospitals in August

Company Unveils Four Key Pillars Guiding its Sustainability Efforts

Since its launch in 2007, the California Rx Card prescription drug discount program has saved Californians $697 million on prescription medications through December 31, 2020. The card offers savings of up to 80 percent on both brand name and generic medications at more than 68,000 pharmacies nationwide.“The California Rx Card is free to all residents of the state, and it helps make prescription drugs more affordable to insured, underinsured, and uninsured Californians,” said Edward J. Brown III,

Since its launch in 2008, the Nevada Drug Card prescription drug discount program has saved Nevadans $99 million on prescription medications through December 31, 2020. The card offers savings of up to 80 percent on both brand name and generic medications at more than 68,000 pharmacies nationwide.“The Nevada Drug Card is free to all residents of the state, and it helps make prescription drugs more affordable to Nevadans, whether they are insured, underinsured, or uninsured,” said Suzanne Domorack

The company has achieved 98% compliance on 2016 commitment to remove harmful chemicals in products sold

Nonprofit organizations will each receive $10,000 grants as part of $4.8 million program

Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) today announced a new paid time off and flexible hour policy for associates on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, to ensure that all Rite Aid associates have time to vote and make their voices heard.For hourly associates scheduled to work on Election Day, Rite Aid is providing up to two hours of paid time off to guarantee that every associate has time to cast a ballot, without the worry of missing work obligations. Rite Aid is the first drugstore chain to announce a paid tim

Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) continues to expand its no-charge COVID-19 testing service with 39 additional drive-through locations opening Friday, September 25, in California, Oregon, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Virginia, through its partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).Like Rite Aid’s existing drive-through testing sites, the new locations will utilize simple self-swab nasal tests overseen by Rite Aid pharmacists, and will operate Monday thr

Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) has announced the appointment of Trent Kruse as senior vice president of investor relations and treasury as the business continues to chart a course toward a thriving future. Rite Aid has appointed a number of senior leaders in recent months to align key personnel with the company’s RxEvolution strategy, which puts the pharmacist at the center of a holistic approach to healthcare and builds a dominant mid-market pharmacy benefit management company.In the newly created role,

161 Additional Self-Swab Testing Sites Include Expansion to West Coast

Recap of CSR stories on Business Wire

Foundation investing $2 million to advocate for meaningful progress and sustainable change in U.S. communities

Recap of CSR stories on Business Wire

Rite Aid named top traditional drug store chain in US for removing harmful chemicals in products sold

Awards more than $2.4 million in grant funding to 481 nonprofits

More Than 400 KidCents Charities Receive Grants to Improve Health and Wellbeing of Children

The Rite Aid Foundation announced today a $75,000 donation, which will be distributed to the American Red Cross Los Angeles Region and American Red Cross Northern California Coastal Region to support wildfire relief efforts.“The devastating and destructive fires that have wreaked havoc in California during the past few weeks have forced thousands of residents up and down the state to flee their homes and destroyed more than a quarter-million acres of land,” said Tracy Henderson, director of The

Founder and President of The Children’s Lifesaving Foundation Honored for Commitment to Transforming the Lives of Homeless and At-Risk Children and Families in Los Angeles

 20 Local Children’s Hospitals Receive Grants to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Children in Their Communities

233 Grants Will Help Nonprofit Organizations Advance Programs to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Children in Their Communities

New Round of Scholarships Launches Second, Three-Year Commitment to Folds of Honor

Executive Director of Philadelphia Children’s Alliance Honored for Outreach and Advocacy on Behalf of Sexually Abused Children

Recap of CSR stories on Business Wire

With a continuous commitment to the promotion and execution of socially responsible company management, Rite Aid has released its inaugural corporate social responsibility report. The report highlights the company’s latest accomplishments with respect to the economic, environmental and social issues related to our business. The framework for the report was based on guidance from the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) as well feedback from key internal and external stakeholders.The

Founder of Leg Up Farm Honored for Revolutionizing Treatment Programs for Children with Special Needs

Customers Can Support Their Local Children's Hospital by Purchasing $1 Paper Miracle Balloons

Today, a year after the Prescription Drug Safety program was rolled out in high schools in Western Pennsylvania, The Rite Aid Foundation, the Office of the Attorney General and the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation led a special training session for 50 additional teachers in Western Pennsylvania on the program, which is an innovative digital course about prescription drug abuse prevention. The training is part of ongoing efforts by The Rite Aid Foundation, the Of

Hospital rallies metropolitan community to raise $1 million for lifesaving care for kids

In an effort to help address adolescent drug abuse and misuse in Ohio, The Rite Aid Foundation is bringing the Prescription Drug Safety program, an innovative digital course about prescription drug abuse prevention, to Akron-area high schools. The program, developed by EVERFI, the nation’s leading education technology innovator used in one in seven schools nationwide, will be made available to high schools in Summit and Stark counties, at no cost.

416 Charities Will Each Receive a $5,000 Grant to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Children

In an effort to help address adolescent drug abuse and misuse in Pennsylvania, The Rite Aid Foundation is bringing the Prescription Drug Safety program, an innovative digital course about prescription drug abuse prevention, to Scranton-area high schools. The program, developed by EVERFI, the nation’s leading technology innovator used in one in seven schools nationwide, will be made available to high schools in the Scranton area, at no cost. Repres

No appointment necessary to get a seasonal flu shot at Rite Aid and help create flu free communities this holiday season

More Than 400 KidCents Charities to Receive a $5,000 Grant to Improve the Lives of Children

Donations will support local American Red Cross chapters, North Valley Community Foundation and Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation

ProAm Golf Tournament helps families of fallen or disabled military heroes with scholarship funds

Executive Director of the Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio Honored for Giving Athletes with Disabilities Opportunities to Compete