Global Corporate Social Responsibility | BNY Mellon

At BNY Mellon, responsibility is at the core of our business strategy. As an engine for the financial markets, we help drive global growth and prosperity, improving lives through investing. 

Our CSR reporting highlights our firm’s ongoing progress, including our approach and activities related to the most material CSR areas for our business.

Read more in the 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Return on Equality: Investment Opportunities that Help Close the Global Gender Gap
Achieving gender equality is essential as a matter of justice and human rights — and it also unleashes a range of positive economic and development outcomes. While women and girls have made significant gains in the past decade in terms of education, health, economic participation, and political leadership, gender equality has yet to be attained in many critical areas, and at the cost of substantial and unrealized social and market benefits. In fact, the McKinsey Global Institute estimates that narrowing the global gender gap could add US $12 trillion in annual gross domestic product.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Jones Sustainability World Index Includes BNY Mellon for Third Consecutive Year
Furthering its track record of excellence in corporate social responsibility (CSR), BNY Mellon has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) for the third consecutive year. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) are some of the most highly regarded global sustainability indices, tracking the stock performance of leading businesses across industries globally based on analysis from RobecoSAM® of financially material economic, environmental and social criteria.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

By the Numbers: CSR at BNY Mellon
As a global investments company, BNY Mellon is invested in market integrity, our people and our world. In the 35 countries and more than 100 markets where we do business, corporate social responsibility enables us to drive lasting impact.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What is BNY Mellon's Role in the World?
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) supports BNY Mellon’s vision of improving lives through investing. As an engine for the financial markets, BNY Mellon helps drive global growth and prosperity.

Research, Reports & Publications

BNY Mellon President Karen Peetz on Financial Services’ Responsibility to Engage as Global Challenges Intensify
As executive sponsor of BNY Mellon’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, president Karen B. Peetz sees the emergence of a new paradigm of CSR leadership. The power and potential for business to contribute solutions to large-scale social and environmental issues is unprecedented. We’ve excerpted part of her message from this year’s CSR Report below.

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CEO Gerald Hassell on Corporate Social Responsibility’s Growth and Maturation
In this year’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, BNY Mellon Chairman and CEO, Gerald L. Hassell, reflects on how CSR has matured both at BNY Mellon and around the world since he arrived at The Bank of New York fresh out of college in 1973. We’ve excerpted part of his message below. Read his full letter here for more on how the new generation of employees is spurring corporations to increase their commitment to responsible behavior.

Research, Reports & Publications

BNY Mellon Unveils Ambitious 2016-2020 Corporate Social Responsibility Long-Term Goals
BNY Mellon launched its new set of long-term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) goals for 2016-2020 in its latest CSR Report, released today. The goals reflect the tremendous commitment BNY Mellon has made to further integrate CSR within its business and culture and lay out a plan for continued growth.

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BNY Mellon Continues CSR Leadership with Third Consecutive Perfect CDP Score
Continuing its leadership in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and carbon reduction, BNY Mellon has been named to CDP's global Climate “A” List for climate performance leadership and its S&P Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI). For the third consecutive year, BNY Mellon has received perfect scores on both climate change disclosure and performance.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

BNY Mellon Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Second Consecutive Year
For the second consecutive year, BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and, for the third consecutive year, to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI North America).

Research, Reports & Publications

Understanding Materiality for Corporate Social Responsibility

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