By: Victor Montgomery
Associates in Action articles highlight CSG Associates’ philanthropic efforts and public-private partnerships throughout the states.
TIME Magazine’s list of 2022’s 100 Most Influential Companies featured four CSG Associates – Pfizer, Meta, Microsoft, and Walgreens. The annual list highlights businesses making an extraordinary impact around the world through a holistic evaluation of company impact, innovation, leadership, ambition, and success.
Pfizer
Pfizer continues to lead health solutions into 2022 after unveiling Paxlovid – the United States’ first oral antiviral therapy and pill-based coronavirus treatment for high-risk individuals – at the end of last year. The two-drug combination can reduce the risk of hospitalization or death by up to 89% and has received emergency-use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Meta
Meta is making strides in technology with its innovative “metaverse” concept. Unveiled in October 2021, Meta describes the metaverse as a seamless integration of familiar 2D web browsing with projections in the physical world and virtual 3D spaces. Using emerging technologies, including virtual reality, the metaverse will allow people to get the feeling of being close to one another without being in the same physical place.
Microsoft
Microsoft, pioneering digital transformation and cloud technology, kicked off 2022 with the acquisition of video game publisher Activision/Blizzard. Microsoft has since beaten revenue expectations to the tune of $51.7 billion in the most recent financial quarter and turned those profits into funding for STEM education, supply chain innovation, and diversity initiatives.
Walgreens
Walgreens made leaps in technology, training, and community outreach to administer the 60 million COVID-19 vaccinations and 26 million tests given to date. Now, Walgreens is on track to open 200 primary-care practices by 2023 and expand to 1,000 locations by 2027. A leader in advancing health equity, over half of these facilities will be in medically underserved communities.
