Premier, Inc. Named One of the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere® for 17th Consecutive Year

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 7, 2024—Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading healthcare improvement and technology company, has been recognized by Ethisphere^®, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies^®.

Premier, a member of Ethisphere’s Business Ethics Leadership Alliance™ (BELA), a global community committed to advancing business integrity, has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies^® every year since 2007. In 2024, 136 honorees were recognized spanning 20 countries and 44 industries. Premier has been the only honoree in the Business Services category for three consecutive years.

“Premier is honored to receive this prestigious recognition for 17 consecutive years,” said Michael J. Alkire, President and CEO of Premier. “It is a testament to our focus on integrity and culture, responsible operations and meeting the highest ethical standards. Our commitment to meeting and exceeding the standards of ethical business practices goes hand-in-hand with our mission to improve the health of communities.”

Ethisphere’s Five Year Ethics Premium for 2024 is 12.3 percent. This represents the margin by which publicly traded companies recognized in this year’s World’s Most Ethical Companies outperformed a comparable index of global companies over a five-year period from January 2019 to January 2024.

“It’s always inspiring to recognize the World’s Most Ethical Companies^®. Through the rigorous review process, we see the dedication of these organizations to continually improving their ethics, compliance, and governance practices to the benefit of all stakeholders,” said Erica Salmon Byrne, Ethisphere’s Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair. “Companies that elevate best-in-class cultures of ethics and integrity set a standard for corporate citizenship for their peers and competitors to follow. Congratulations to Premier for achieving this honor and demonstrating that strong ethics is good business.”

Ethics & Performance: The Ethics Premium
The listed 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies^® Honorees outperformed a comparable index of global companies by 12.3 percentage points from January 2019 to January 2024.

Methodology & Scoring
The World's Most Ethical Companies assessment is grounded in Ethisphere's proprietary Ethics Quotient^®, an extensive questionnaire that requires companies to provide over 240 different proof points on their culture of ethics; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices; ethics and compliance program; diversity, equity, & inclusion; and initiatives that support a strong value chain. That data undergoes further qualitative analysis by our panel of experts who spend thousands of hours vetting and evaluating each year's group of applicants. This process serves as an operating framework to capture and codify truly best-in-class ethics and compliance practices from organizations across industries and from around the world.

Honorees

To view the full list of this year’s honorees, please visit the World’s Most Ethical Companies website, at https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.

About Ethisphere

Ethisphere is the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices that strengthen corporate brands, build trust in the marketplace, and deliver business success. Ethisphere has deep expertise in measuring and defining core ethics standards using data-driven insights that help companies build strong cultures of ethics and integrity. Ethisphere honors superior achievement through its World’s Most Ethical Companies^® recognition program, provides a community of industry experts with the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), and showcases trends and best practices in ethics with Ethisphere Magazine. Ethisphere also advances business performance through data-driven assessments, guidance, and benchmarking against its unparalleled data: the Culture Quotient dataset reflecting the ethical business practices of 3+ million employees around the world; and the Ethics Quotient dataset, featuring 240+ data points on the ethics, compliance, social, and governance practices of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. For more information, visit https://ethisphere.com.