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Citi Issues 2013 Global Citizenship ReportNEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- Citi today released its 14th Global Citizenship Report, an annual overview addressing the company's social, environmental and governance achievements and challenges. The 2013 Citi Global Citizenship Report underscores Citi's goal of enabling progress for clients and communities around the world. This year's report continues to highlight Citi's three key focus areas: promoting financial inclusion and economic progress, advancing environmental sustainability and valuing its people. "For over 200 years, Citi has applied its passion to meet the world's toughest challenges," said Citi CEO Michael Corbat. "I'm proud of all of our Citizenship accomplishments in 2013, and in particular our work to address climate change, which is one of the most pressing issues facing society today. We continue to demonstrate that our commitment to corporate citizenship is good for our people, good for our clients and good for our business." In 2013 Citi:
"Our efforts to bring millions more people into the financial mainstream and to support affordable housing and small businesses serve the needs of both shareholders and society. In 2013, we continued to collaborate closely with a range of partners, including municipal governments, development agencies and frontline community organizations, to expand our microfinance lending and community development initiatives," added Bob Annibale, Global Director of Citi Microfinance and Citi Community Development. Citi's full 2013 Global Citizenship Report is available at citizenship.citigroup.com. Citi self-declares a B application level under the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework, a global voluntary standard for corporate environmental, social and governance reporting. Citi Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com | Twitter (News - Alert): @Citi | YouTube (News - Alert): www.youtube.com/citi | Blog: http://blog.citigroup.com | Facebook (News - Alert): www.facebook.com/citi | LinkedIn (News - Alert): www.linkedin.com/company/citi
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