House Financial Services Subcommittee to Consider Diversity & Inclusion at Large Banks Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 (cell), brucem@greenlining.org Rawan Elhalaby, Greenlining Institute Senior Economic Equity Program Manager, 619-339-7955 (cell), rawane@greenlining.org WASHINGTON – At a rare congressional hearing on diversity and inclusion (or in, many cases, the lack thereof) at […]
Executive Summary The Greenlining Institute regularly examines corporate executive board diversity.1 Our 2019 study zeroes in on the gender and racial makeup of bank executive boards, and occurs just as federal policymakers push for diversity in banking and financial inclusion, including the recent creation of a Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion within the U.S. House […]
SB 534 Requires California’s Largest Insurers to Report Their Supplier Diversity and Governing Board Diversity
SB 534 Would Require Largest Insurers to Report Supplier Diversity and Governing Board Diversity
SB 534 Would Require California’s Largest Insurers to Report Their Supplier Diversity and Governing Board Diversity
American Bankerby Neil Haggerty A new House subcommittee planned by Democrats to focus on diversity in banking and financial inclusion is getting high marks not just from public interest groups but also industry groups that say it could foster regulatory reforms needed to reach more customers. The exact details of the new panel, which was […]
Studies have shown that planning and infrastructure policies that shaped redlined neighborhoods increase the vulnerability to climate change impacts like extreme heat, flooding, and stormwater issues. Other formerly redlined communities may find that their new infrastructure projects aimed at climate adaptation leave them susceptible to gentrification, pushing out lower-income residents. The connection between historical injustices […]
Women’s History Month ignites a revolution of remembrance each year. We remember in order to resist against the onslaught of efforts seeking to relegate women and our progress to a bygone era. We dare to shatter the glass ceiling of intentional ignorance and call on society to not only look, but really SEE the women […]
Diverse teams are proven to be more innovative, successful, and inclusive of broader customer bases, and yet within the clean energy workforce only 8% of workers are Black, 16.5% are Latinx and only 27% are women. Meanwhile, the adoption of established clean energy technologies such as solar has not been equitable across racial groups in […]
