Full Text of HR0689 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to
recognize Takeda's 50th anniversary of | 4 | | doing business in the United States and its
many contributions | 5 | | to the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Takeda is a pharmaceutical company focusing its | 7 | | research and
development efforts on oncology, | 8 | | gastroenterology, the central nervous system
therapeutic | 9 | | areas, and vaccines; it was founded in Osaka, Japan in
1781 and | 10 | | entered the United States in 1967; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Takeda's Deerfield corporate campus was built in | 12 | | 2006 and serves as
the its commercial headquarters for its U.S. | 13 | | Business Unit; the Deerfield
campus consists of three office | 14 | | buildings and a separate child care facility, comprising
more | 15 | | than 628,000 square feet; about 70% of its over 1,000
| 16 | | Deerfield-based employees live close enough to the campus that | 17 | | their commute is less
than 30 minutes; Takeda has announced its | 18 | | plan to make a multi-million dollar
investment in renovations | 19 | | and remodeling for its Deerfield facilities, expected to begin
| 20 | | in 2017 and to be completed in 18 months; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Takeda offers its employees an encouraging, | 22 | | supportive
environment that inspires scientific rigor and |
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advantage of such | 2 | | benefits as flexible and modified workweeks, award-winning | 3 | | onsite
childcare, walking and running trails, fitness | 4 | | facilities, and adoption assistance; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, The upward business growth of Takeda's U.S. | 6 | | Business Unit and its
established presence as one of the top | 7 | | biopharmaceutical employers in Illinois has
contributed to | 8 | | Takeda earning several national workplace awards; the Chicago | 9 | | Tribune
listed its Deerfield campus among Chicago's Top 100 | 10 | | Workplaces for four
consecutive years; Working Mother Magazine | 11 | | named Takeda one of its 100 Best
Companies for five years in a | 12 | | row based on the its leadership in creating
progressive | 13 | | programs for its workforce in the area of advancement of women,
| 14 | | flexibility, childcare, and paid parental leave; in 2017, the | 15 | | Illinois Committee of the
Employer Support of the Guard and | 16 | | Reserve (ESGR) awarded Takeda the Pro Patria Award, the highest | 17 | | recognition given by the U.S. Government to an employer who
| 18 | | demonstrates exceptional support for national defense by | 19 | | adopting personnel policies
that make it easier for employees | 20 | | to participate in the National Guard and Reserve; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Takeda espouses the corporate philosophy of | 22 | | "Takeda-ism"
(Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance), | 23 | | and is committed to being a good
corporate citizen; it | 24 | | undertakes a wide range of philanthropic programs that
benefit |
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| 1 | | Illinois communities; since 2011, it has donated over $500,000 | 2 | | to nonprofits
in Deerfield and the surrounding areas as part of | 3 | | its annual corporate giving fundraiser, Takeda Cares Day; | 4 | | Takeda also contributes more than $1 million in additional | 5 | | funds to
local and regional nonprofits annually and encourages | 6 | | employee giving through the
Matching Gifts Program, which | 7 | | matches each employee's charitable donations up to
$5,000 per | 8 | | year; Takeda provides employees with paid time off to volunteer | 9 | | in the
community, and Deerfield employees have collectively | 10 | | donated hundreds of volunteer
hours to local charities; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Takeda provides funding and scholarships to local | 12 | | health and
science education initiatives that engage students, | 13 | | their families, and teachers; in 2012,
it committed to funding | 14 | | Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry to support
science | 15 | | teacher education programs in Chicagoland's high need areas; | 16 | | since 2005,
Takeda has provided scholarships to two Deerfield | 17 | | Bannockburn Riverwoods High
School seniors with an interest in | 18 | | pursuing higher education in science; since 2011,
it has | 19 | | provided Chicago Public Schools Student Science Fair Student | 20 | | Scholarships
to high school students with a focus on health | 21 | | sciences; for over 10 years, Takeda
has provided scholarships | 22 | | to a select group of science and medical research postgraduate
| 23 | | students from Chicago area universities; and | 24 | | WHEREAS, Takeda is deeply committed to environmental |
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| 1 | | responsibility; its
Deerfield campus office buildings are | 2 | | Leadership In Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) | 3 | | certified, and have earned the prestigious Energy Star | 4 | | certification from the
Environmental Protection Agency for | 5 | | recognition as energy-efficient top performing
buildings; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Takeda believes all patients should have access to | 7 | | medications
prescribed by their healthcare providers; the | 8 | | Takeda Help at Hand patient assistance
program, founded in | 9 | | 2008, has provided more than one million prescriptions to more
| 10 | | than 200,000 patients in the United States who are uninsured or | 11 | | underinsured and need
help accessing their medications; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, For the past 50 years, Takeda employees have been | 13 | | proud of what
they do to help patients and their communities in | 14 | | the United States; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | recognize Takeda's golden
anniversary doing business in the | 18 | | United States, and we wish it many more years of
success; and | 19 | | be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the Takeda
employees at the Deerfield corporate | 22 | | campus as a symbol of our respect and esteem for
all they do to |
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| 1 | | improve healthcare and economic growth in the great state of | 2 | | Illinois.
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