Citibank 2013 Annual Report Download - page 15

Citizenship
Citi strives always to create value for our
clients, shareholders and the communities
we serve. We reinforce our commitment
to Responsible Finance® and financial
inclusion with innovative business
endeavors, through robust philanthropic
investments, and by recruiting and
supporting a diverse workforce — because
being a good corporate citizen starts with
operating responsibly.
In 2013, Citi was named the Industry Group Sustainability
Leader for the Diversified Financials sector in the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) — the first global index to track
the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven
companies worldwide. This marked the 12th consecutive year
Citi was named to both the DJSI World and North America
indices and the first time Citi was named a sector leader.
And for the 11th consecutive year, Citi was included as a
component of the FTSE4Good Index, which objectively
measures the performance of companies that meet globally
recognized corporate responsibility standards.
Financial Inclusion
As a financial institution, Citi recognizes a special
responsibility to help reach the world’s 2.5 billion people with
no access to financial services. Through Citi Microfinance,
Citi Community Development and in partnership with the
Citi Foundation, we work across business lines and with
community groups, governments and institutions to develop
innovative, measurable and replicable initiatives that broaden
access for historically underserved communities. By investing
capital and expertise, we work with partners to:
• Help microentrepreneurs and small business owners start
and sustain businesses that create livelihoods for their
family and neighbors;
• Enable young people to receive quality education and the
tools needed to become successful adults;
• Help consumers with financial education and access to
appropriate products and services that enable them to build
assets, manage their money and weather setbacks; and
• Finance affordable housing and community infrastructure
projects that create a solid foundation for financial mobility.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Business Civic
Leadership Center named Citi and the Citi Foundation winners
in two categories in the 2013 Corporate Citizenship Awards:
the Best Economic Empowerment Program award for our
efforts to invest in and advance entrepreneurship around
the world and, together with the National Community Tax
Coalition, the Best Partnership award for promoting college
success in the United States. Citi Community Development
and the City and County of San Francisco also received the
2013 Excellence Award for Public-Private Partnerships from
the U.S. Conference of Mayors, recognizing the cross-sector
collaboration on Kindergarten to College, the nation’s first
universal college savings program for children.
In Haiti, Citi obtained LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) certification for a new office in
Port-au-Prince, which is the first in the country to be designed
and built according to the highest environmental standards.
Citi volunteers in Guatemala pitched in on Global Community Day to
renovate a school and playground in the town of Parajbey in the state
of Chimaltenango.
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