Thursday, June 11, 2015
Citi Releases 2014 Global Citizenship Report
Citi today released its 2014 Global Citizenship Report highlighting efforts underway in the past year to empower people, support economic progress in cities, and catalyze sustainable growth. The report, Progress: Responding to Global Challenges, examines how Citi lends, invests and facilitates growth through core business activities and philanthropic efforts, as well as partnerships and new approaches to address pressing needs.
“Given the pace and scale of global challenges and opportunities, from providing access to basic banking services for the two billion people who lack it to training the workforce of tomorrow, Citi has a unique capacity to support economic progress in the communities where we operate around the world,” said Citi CEO Michael Corbat. “We are living during a period of unprecedented urban growth, and the challenges facing cities and the people living in them cannot be underestimated. Access to financing, innovation and new partnerships are needed now more than ever, and Citi is well positioned to help finance and scale solutions with impact....”