Corporate Citizenship

Environmental Footprint

Our commitment is to reduce absolute GHG emissions by 10 percent by 2011, from 2005 levels. We are on track to achieve this goal, reducing our emissions in 2009 by 9 percent from 2008 levels. We achieved this result through energy efficiency improvements, green building design, IT best practices and education.

One of our key initiatives is to benchmark our facilities' energy performance to ensure we are operating at peak efficiencies and are able to direct resources to facilities with energy-saving opportunities. The ENERGY STAR commercial buildings rating system has become the Citi standard for benchmarking performance globally, with more than 1,700 buildings benchmarked by 2009 and thousands more to be added in 2010. More than 50 Citi-managed facilities in the U.S. have received ENERGY STAR's certification for superior energy performance, and we have recognized an additional 50 facilities in our global operations for superior energy efficiency.

We also have a commitment to sustainable design and construction. Citi has completed more than 170 LEED certified projects, including 100 LEED certified branches as well as the first-ever LEED-NC Platinum and Gold certified data centers in Frankfurt and Texas, respectively.

We are reducing the environmental impact of our data centers — buildings that house computer servers, data storage and network infrastructure — that account for a significant portion of our global electrical consumption. For example, our data center in Frankfurt, Germany, was designed to use 70 percent less energy than a similar building. In 2009, we saw our first-ever net reduction of data center energy consumption, a reduction of 2 percent. This result goes against the historical pattern, in which increased processing capacity requires more power. We are also on track to meet our target to reduce our data centers to 24 by end 2010, with 27 in 2009, down from 52 in 2006.

We are upgrading every Citi employee's computer to a standardized, energy-efficient desktop by the end of 2010. We also ensure that our computers use less energy by changing the way they run — for example, by running software functions off a central server and using centralized sleep settings. We expect these actions to reduce our global carbon emissions by 2 percent by end of 2010, from 2008 levels.

For performance data, click here.

Supplier Management

In 2009, we had more than 16,000 approved suppliers from all parts of the world. We purchase a wide variety of technology solutions, workforce solutions and business services, as well as office- and facilities-related products and services.

Promoting Sustainability Through the Supply Chain

It is important to integrate ethical, social and environmental factors into our global procurement practices. Our goal is to drive excellence in these areas throughout our own institution and to positively influence our suppliers.

For more information on suppliers, click here.