Express Scripts Earns Top Marks in 2017 Corporate Equality Index

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) received a perfect score of 100 percent on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.  The company joins the ranks of 517 major U.S. businesses which also earned top marks this year.

"Express Scripts recognizes that the key competitive differential for success is its people. And diversity among them has been essential because of the diversity of the 85 million patients we serve," said Susan Stith, Vice President Diversity, Inclusion and Corporate Giving, Express Scripts. "Diverse teams are more creative, more dynamic and more innovative − all factors that lead to the collaborative processes, technological advances and organizational and economic growth.  We're proud to achieve a top score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index."

The 2017 CEI rated 1,043 businesses in the report, which evaluates LGBT-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs, and public engagement with the LGBT community. Express Scripts' efforts in satisfying all of the CEI's criteria results in a 100 percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality.

For more information on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index, or to download a free copy of the report, visit www.hrc.org/cei.

About the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer people. HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.

About Express Scripts
Express Scripts puts medicine within reach of tens of millions of people by aligning with plan sponsors, taking bold action and delivering patient-centered care to make better health more affordable and accessible.

Headquartered in St. Louis, Express Scripts provides integrated pharmacy benefit management services, including network-pharmacy claims processing, home delivery pharmacy care, specialty pharmacy care, specialty benefit management, benefit-design consultation, drug utilization review, formulary management, and medical and drug data analysis services.  Express Scripts also distributes a full range of biopharmaceutical products and provides extensive cost-management and patient-care services.

For more information, visit Lab.Express-Scripts.com or follow @ExpressScripts on Twitter.

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Jennifer Luddy
Express Scripts
(201) 269-6402
jennifer_luddy@express-scripts.com

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