To promote our CSR priorities locally and globally, Northern Trust participates in several groups and initiatives. Read more about the organizations we support.
The UNEP Fl is a global partnership between UNEP and the financial sector. More than 200 institutions, including banks, insurers and fund managers, work with UNEP to understand the impacts of environmental and social considerations on financial performance.
The UNPRI Initiative is an international network of investors working together to put the six Principles for Responsible Investment into practice. Its goal is to understand the implications of sustainability for investors and support signatories to incorporate these issues into their investment decision-making and ownership practices.
The ACCP is a membership organization open to for-profit companies or corporate-funded foundations that have corporate responsibility or corporate citizenship programs.
The IIGCC is a forum for investors to collaborate on climate change. It provides investors with a collaborative platform to encourage public policies, investment practices and corporate behaviors that address long-term risks and opportunities associated with climate change.
CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion is the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All signatories have committed to taking steps to increase diversity and foster inclusion within their respective organizations and the larger business community.
Climate Action 100+ is an investor initiative to ensure the world's largest corporate GHG emitters take necessary action on climate change. The companies include 100 "systemically important emitters" that are responsible for two-thirds of annual global industrial emissions, alongside more than 60 others that have a significant opportunity to drive the clean energy transition.
The charter reflects the U.K. government's aspiration to ensure gender balance at all levels across financial services firms. A balanced workforce has positive effects for customers, profitability and workplace culture, and is increasingly attractive for investors.
The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) advances business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises and connects them to corporate members. The NMSDC matches more than 12,000 certified minority-owned businesses to their network of corporate members who wish to purchase their products, services and solutions.
The mission of Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council (CMSDC) is to certify, develop, connect and advocate for minority suppliers as the premier supplier development organization creating sustainable and profitable relationships between minority business enterprises and major buying organizations.
The mission of the Women's Business Development Center (WBDC) is to support and accelerate business development and growth, targeting women and serving all diverse business owners, in order to strengthen their participation in-and impact on-the economy.
Chicago United's mission is to achieve parity in economic opportunity for people of color by advancing multiracial leadership in corporate governance, executive level management and business diversity.
The Financial Services Roundtable for Supplier Diversity (FSRSD) is a 501(c)(6) organization comprised of regional, national and global financial services companies with a formalized supplier diversity initiative.
Disability:IN Chicagoland is the only business-to-business association in Illinois that promotes disability inclusion in the workplace, marketplace and supply chain. Disability:IN Chicagoland is the local affiliate of Disability:IN.
The mission of LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois (LGBTCC) is to promote economic opportunities for the LGBT community by being an advocate and resource for all member businesses that encourage equality. The LGBTCC is a local affiliate of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC).