Corporate and social responsibility

Placing values upfront during uncertainty

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corporate and social responsibility

The year 2020 has brought extreme hardship for millions of people throughout the United States and the world. Millions are out of work while wealth concentrations have reached new highs. Our already unstable healthcare system is at the brink while the global pandemic is expanding. Regardless of the outcome of the 2020 election, it is clear that the fundamental pillars of our democracy are challenged.

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Amalgamated Bank Becomes First Public U.S. Company To Add Environmental and Societal Commitments To Corporate Organization Certificate

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As part of its continued commitment to social responsibility and sustainability, Amalgamated Bank (Nasdaq: AMAL) today announced it will become the first U.S.-based publicly traded company and the first publicly traded bank across the globe to amend its Organization Certificate to formally recognize the value of business objectives that realize standards of sustainability and public good.

Morgan Stanley's big step for values based banking

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values-based banking corporate and social responsibility banking industry

Morgan Stanley’s announcement that they are joining the Partnership For Carbon Accounting (PCAF) is evidence of the gradual shift in the banking sector towards meaningful climate action. It is also a big victory for values based banking and for all those clients and customers who have decided to put their money where their values are.

Amalgamated Bank supports universal employer-sponsored contraception

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corporate and social responsibility health insurance

Amalgamated Bank was disappointed to hear of the Supreme Court’s decision to affirm a Trump Administration order that would allow employers to limit access to contraception under the Affordable Care Act. We joined an amicus brief before the ruling in support of universal access to contraception and condemn this ruling, which will affect an estimated 126,000 women.

Black Lives Matter

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corporate and social responsibility social justice

Amalgamated Bank believes that Black Lives Matter and that the horrendous death of George Floyd is just the latest example of the explicit racism embedded within our country’s entire criminal justice system. We believe the oppression of Black people must end now.

Amalgamated Bank calls on Congress to act now to increase resources to small businesses and nonprofits

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corporate and social responsibility American economy disaster relief

Amalgamated Bank is urging Congress to act swiftly to support the more than 30 million nonprofits and small businesses that were unable to access the first round of Small Business Administration (SBA) Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans.

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Amalgamated Bank Issues 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report: Responsibility in Action

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Amalgamated Bank (Nasdaq: AMAL) today announced the publication of its 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report. This report, titled “Responsibility in Action,” provides a comprehensive overview of Amalgamated’s CSR policies, strategies, initiatives, and related performance. For nearly 100 years, Amalgamated has used its financial resources and corporate influence to advance economic, social, and environmental change.

An open letter responding to Independent Sector

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corporate and social responsibility nonprofits disaster relief

Please read the letter Keith Mestrich, President and CEO of Amalgamated Bank, wrote to Dan Cardinali, President and CEO of Independent Sector, about how Amalgamated shares a common mission with Independent Sector to ensure the nonprofit sector is well resourced as they support workers and families devastated by the COVID-19 crisis.

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Amalgamated Bank Launches Frontline Workers Fund to Support Responders to COVID-19 Pandemic

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Amalgamated Bank (Nasdaq: AMAL) today announced the launch of the Frontline Workers Fund, designed to provide financial support for workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, including nurses and health care workers, grocery workers, cleaning service workers, food service workers, laundry workers in hospitals, and retail workers, amongst others.

The responsibility of being a socially responsible bank

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corporate and social responsibility banking industry

This month we turned 97 years old so we’ve seen our share of up and down times. We’ve navigated through depressions, recessions, world wars, bubbles, artificial highs and some very real lows. But we have never before seen anything like the present.  The COVID-19 virus is having a far-reaching effect, not just on our business, but on our families, our communities and our nation’s financial future.