Citibank 2013 Annual Report Download - page 16

Sustainability
Citi’s commitment to sustainability in our own operations and
with our clients is based on three pillars:
• Managing the environmental footprint of our own global
operations and supply chain;
• Evaluating the environmental and social risk associated with
projects we finance; and
• Developing business opportunities with our clients to
address critical environmental issues.
We support solutions that address climate change, water
scarcity, declining biodiversity, human rights and other
important challenges.
For our leadership in environmental finance and sustainable
operations, in 2013, Citi was named the World’s Greenest Bank
by Bloomberg Markets magazine.
A Diverse Workforce
A global company needs an equally global workforce. Citi’s
support for our talented employees helps our people grow
professionally, make meaningful contributions and develop
pride in one’s work. The distinct perspectives of our team
members bring added value to our clients and customers,
and Citi’s strong tradition of volunteerism ensures that our
collective passion and talents are put to use both within and
outside the workplace.
For a more in-depth look at our work in these areas, please
be sure to access Citi’s 2013 Global Citizenship Report at
http://citizenship.citigroup.com.
2013 Highlights
• Citi and the U.S. Overseas Private Investment
Corporation announced up to $200 million in financing
to aid large corporations around the world in their
efforts to include micro and small enterprises as
business and supply chain clients.
• The Citi Foundation, the Center for Financial Inclusion
at Accion and Visa Inc. launched the global Financial
Inclusion 2020 campaign, an initiative to accelerate
financial inclusion by uniting the private sector,
governments, non-governmental organizations and
other parties to develop a comprehensive strategy to
achieve widespread financial inclusion by 2020.
• In the U.S., more than 150 entrepreneurs entered the
inaugural Citi SalutesSM program: Realizing Your Dream
Business Competition, a call for military veterans to
submit a business plan in the hope of receiving seed
funding. The competition is co-sponsored by the Citi
Foundation and the Institute for Veterans and Military
Families at Syracuse University.
• Citi was the first bank to construct Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED) certified facilities in
Haiti, Honduras and Venezuela and also opened its first
LEED certified facility in Zambia.
• Ninety-two employee affinity networks with 14,000
members enrich work life in 35 locations around the
world and offer opportunities for networking, mentoring,
coaching and community involvement.
• During Citi’s annual Global Community Day in 2013,
more than 66,000 Citi employees, friends and family
members volunteered with more than 480 community
organizations at 1,200 events in 95 countries and
473 cities around the world.
In the Philippines, 870 Citi volunteers helped clean up a bird
sanctuary at Freedom Island, Metro Manila’s last remaining
wetland, on Global Community Day.
Citi advised client Abengoa on the placement of $300 million
in tax equity financing for its Solana Solar project, the first solar
plant in the U.S. with thermal storage.
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