By Meghan McCarty CarinoMarketPlace Has Wall Street really become more diverse since the 2008 recession? Spencer Platt/Getty Images The banking industry is coming under scrutiny on Capitol Hill Wednesday. A House Financial Services subcommittee is holding a hearing on diversity, or lack thereof, at the biggest banks in the country. After the 2008 financial crisis […]
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 […]
If California is one of the most racially diverse states in the country, why do home purchase loan origination rates not reflect this diversity? The Greenlining Institute’s latest analysis of home lending data in 2022 and 2023 shows that racial disparities in home lending continue to lock communities of color out of the housing market, […]
This blog was written with research support from Marilyn Lemus Guiterrez, Climate Equity Summer Associate. Many low income households and communities of color experience the impacts of climate change first and worst– the result of decades of environmental and economic inequity. While several efforts have aimed to increase diversity and inclusion in the cleantech industry, […]
