Perspectives
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Strengthening Our Partnership and Support with Japanese Clients in a New Era with Jane Fraser’s First Visit to Japan as CEO
By Lee Waite, Citi Country Officer for Japan May 13, 2022 10:30 AM
This week Jane Fraser made her first visit to Japan since assuming the role of Citi Chief Executive Officer in 2021. While Jane had hoped to visit earlier, she was unable to because of the pandemic.
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How Citi is Changing the Future Together on Inclusion and Equality for LGBTQ+ Community
By Clare Eastburn / Ashish Sethi, Citi Pride Co-Champions April 20, 2022 10:30 AM
This weekend in Tokyo, Citi will be participating in Tokyo Rainbow Pride, the biggest annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community in Japan. This year the celebrations will be taking place both virtually and, for the first time since 2019, with an in-person parade through the streets of Tokyo. LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies from Citi will join together to participate in the event, partnering with LGBT Finance as a sponsor, and supporting the Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2022 theme of “Change the Future Together”.
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Citi Celebrates International Women’s Day with Empowerment Events to “#BreakTheBias”
By Yuka Izumi / Isao Kojima, Citi Women Co-Champions April 19, 2022 10:30 AM
Every year Citi holds events with a shared theme in offices around world to celebrate International Women Day (March 8). This year’s theme was “BreakTheBias”. Since March 8, many of our colleagues have joined Citi women empowerment events in Japan and overseas. In Japan, Citi Women hosted a speaker session on March 23. We were honored to welcome Yuki Ide, co-representative and co-founder of Sharedine, as guest speaker. More than 200 colleagues attended the event. Separately, the Markets Division organized a Power Walk in which groups of two women and one senior enjoyed an informal chat while walking around the Imperial Palace.
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At the Forefront of Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
By Lee Waite, Citi Country Officer for Japan April 12, 2022 10:30 AM
Earlier this year, Citi published its third TCFD Report and announced details of its Net Zero Declaration as part of its commitment to ESG. We understand that climate change is an increasingly important issue for our regulators, investors, and clients, and we believe the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures' (TCFD) recommendations provide an important framework for recognizing, evaluating, and disclosing the associated risks and opportunities.
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A Milestone Moment: How We Met Our Diversity Representation Goals
By Sara Wechter, Global Head of Human Resources, Citi February 16, 2022 10:30 AM
We are pleased to share Citi has met and exceeded our firm-wide, aspirational diversity representation goals for 2018-2021. Globally, we increased representation at the Assistant Vice President to Managing Director levels for women to 40.6% (up from 37% in 2018) and in the U.S. we increased Black representation for those same levels to 8.1% (up from 6% in 2018). Additionally, when we include all our Black colleagues in the U.S., including those who self-identify as two or more races at the same levels, Black representation increased to 9.1%.
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Our Approach to Net Zero by 2050
By Jane Fraser, CEO, Citi January 19, 2022 09:00 AM
We know it is not enough to say Citi is committed to tackling climate change. That's the easy part. As the world's most global bank, we can help drive the transition to a net zero economy and make good on the promise of the Paris Agreement. We also know that the world has substantial energy needs and different countries are in different stages of development. I want to make sure Citi's transition plan reflects these realities.