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AB: Climate Change May Increase the Risk of Modern Slavery

3BL Media

During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, AB’s Director of Social Research & Engagement, Saskia Kort-Chick reflects on how climate change may increase the risk of modern slavery, which can have material implications for investors. We are unconflicted and fully accountable.

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AB and Columbia Climate School Kicked Off Its Climate Change Curriculum 2.0

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Last week, AB and Columbia Climate School kicked off the first module of its Climate Change Curriculum 2.0, We became a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2011. We also believe that strive to hold ourselves as a firm to similar practices that we ask of issues.

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Joe Biden can be the president for a sustainable private sector

GreenBiz

Sustainable investors were among the early voices urging companies to take action on climate change. They also have been long-term investors in community banks and credit unions that are addressing economic and racial inequality in urban, rural and Indigenous communities.

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The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition

Corporate Knights

While many companies, particularly in the fossil fuel and banking sectors, resist any major departure from their lucrative business-as-usual path, the leaders are doubling down on sustainability. C, SBTi 6 15 Banco do Brasil SA Brasília, Brazil Banks $ 1,106,800 17% 9:1 50% 29% 0% A- 1.5°C, C, SBTi 67 39 HP Inc Palo Alto, U.S.

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From the Fifth Third 2021 TCFD Report: Letter from the Chairman & CEO

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We have worked hard to become an industry leader in environmental sustainability since we launched our program and began our journey in 2011. The proceeds will fund green projects that align with the Bank’s sustainability priorities as outlined in our Sustainable Bond Framework. We are committed to doing well by doing good.

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Fifth Third’s Kala Gibson Appointed National Board Chair of National Minority Supplier Development Council

3BL Media

CINCINNATI, January 11, 2024 /3BL/ - Kala Gibson, executive vice president and chief corporate responsibility officer at Fifth Third Bank, has been elected Board Chair of the National Minority Supplier Development Council’s 2024 National Board of Directors. Gibson joined Fifth Third in 2011 as business banking executive for Eastern Michigan.

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AB Named Among Best Places To Work for Disability Inclusion

3BL Media

To be effective stewards of our clients’ assets, we strive to invest responsibly—assessing, engaging on and integrating material issues, including environmental, social and governance (ESG), and climate change considerations in most of our actively managed strategies (approximately 70% of AB’s total assets under management as of March 31, 2024).

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