Our People and Culture 89 2021 Sustainability Report Responsible Business Practices A Modern, High-Performing Health System Introduction Performance Data Environmental Health Risk management UnitedHealth Group has an enterprisewide Supplier Risk Management Program governed by an Enterprise Vendor Risk Committee. This group oversees the Supplier Risk Management Program with common standards, including regulatory and compliance requirements, applicable to suppliers participating in the health care value chain. Sustainable procurement We are committed to addressing the negative impact the changing environment has on human health, including in the supply chain. For that reason, we have made climate risk a key component of our ongoing sustainable procurement activities. We collaborate with the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) to retrieve qualitative and GHG emissions data from targeted suppliers to establish a baseline from which future reduction goals will be developed. The targeted suppliers represented roughly 35% of our centrally managed procurement spend in 2021 and account for a material basis of GHG emissions across our spend categories. We will use this data to inform our GHG scope 3 inventory baseline measurement in 2022 and engage our suppliers on climate risks and opportunities going forward. See page 62 for a further discussion. In parallel with establishing our scope 3 inventory, we engaged a third party to conduct a supply chain ESG risk assessment to strengthen collaboration with key suppliers and manage sustainability risks. This assessment includes ESG and modern-day slavery criteria to assess our suppliers and inform our sustainable procurement program refinement in 2022.