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Corporate Responsibility
At JP Morgan Chase, we believe that being profitable and doing good works for the people and the world around us aren't exclusive of each other; they're integrated goals. When our business is strong and well governed, we're in a better position to translate positive financial results into sustainable community and environmental efforts that benefit everyone. This is the essence of corporate responsibility. Every day, we strive to make our firm a good corporate citizen -- and the most respected financial-services institution in the world.
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At JP Morgan Chase, we believe that being profitable and doing good works for the people and the world around us aren't exclusive of each other; they're integrated goals. When our business is strong and well governed, we're in a better position to translate positive financial results into sustainable community and environmental efforts that benefit everyone. This is the essence of corporate responsibility. Every day, we strive to make our firm a good corporate citizen -- and the most respected financial-services institution in the world.
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Grants & Initiatives
Grants
JP Morgan Chase provides grants to protect natural resources and fund environmental needs around the world. To date we have donated over $1.5 million in our environmental focus areas - climate change, biodiversity, forestry and water. In addition, we have begun to embed environmental components locally across our key philanthropic focus areas of community development, education, and arts and culture.
| Nonprofit | Focus Area | Project | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Climate Group | Climate | Advancing climate leadership | Spanish |
| Conservation International | Biodiversity/Forests | Developing an international biodiversity assessment tool | Global |
| Forest Trends | Biodiversity/Forests | Assessing/comparing forest certification schemes against Forest Stewardship Council guidelines | Global |
| NRDC | Climate | Tackling environmental problems through energy-efficiency strategies | China |
| Rainforest Alliance | Forestry | SmartLogging: Greening wood supply in the Mississippi lowlands | Spanish |
| Rainforest Alliance | Forestry/Climate | Promoting sustainable forestry and carbon sequestration | Mexico |
| SELF | Climate | Developing solar schools | South Africa |
| World Resources Institute | Climate | Addressing climate change and global investment: Implementing technology wedges internationally | Global |
| World Wildlife Fund | Biodiversity/Forests | Developing the Congo Basin Keystone Initiative | Africa |
| World Wildlife Fund | Biodiversity/Forests | Conserving and protecting the heart of Borneo | Brunei/Indonesia/Malaysia |
| World Wildlife Fund | Forestry | Rebuilding Aceh, Indonesia with responsibly sourced wood | Indonesia |
Initiatives
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
JP Morgan Chase has become a signatory to the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI).* The initiative is a global partnership between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the private financial sector. It provides practical research, technical expertise and exposure to sustainable development practices across regions in addition to networking services by convening international conferences and events that bring together professionals from around the globe. - World Resources Institute
Corporate Council - JP Morgan Chase is a member of the World Resources Institute's* Corporate Council. The Council helps organizations identify environmental trends relevant to their industry, leads discussions on current issues, and provides cutting-edge information on business ideas.
Northeast Business Climate Collaborative - JP Morgan Chase is also participating in the Northeast Business Climate Collaborative to learn about the various solutions available to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our business operations. The Collaborative is a WRI initiative to help service and retail sector companies in the Northeast to develop specialized strategies and tools to address climate change. The initiative assists participating companies advance solutions to climate change while learning key lessons on developing and implementing their own profitable climate change strategies. - Equator Principles
JP Morgan Chase has adopted the Equator Principles for business in our Investment Bank and Commercial Bank. Based on the policies of the World Bank and its private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, the Equator Principles serve as a framework for determining, assessing, and managing environmental and social risk in project financing. These principles apply to projects with a total capital cost of $50 million or more. The specific procedures including categorization of projects and application of safeguards can be viewed .
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