Intercontinental Exchange Publishes 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report
November 17 2020 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator
of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of mortgage
technology, data and listings services, today released its fifth
annual Corporate Responsibility Report.
The report lays out ICE’s approach to critical environmental,
social and governance (ESG) issues and focuses on the company’s
approach to corporate governance, diversity, sustainable finance,
issuer ESG disclosure and financial education. A section of this
year’s report is dedicated to the firm’s response to the COVID-19
pandemic thus far and highlights the $10 million donated to
communities where ICE has offices.
“Transparency has been critical to our business since our
founding,” said Jeffrey Sprecher, Chairman and CEO of the
Intercontinental Exchange. “We value the opportunity to reflect on
our progress and believe that this exercise helps us advance the
dialogue within ICE and with our other stakeholders to improve the
sustainability of our company and communities.”
Highlights of this year’s report include:
- ICE continues to focus on board refreshment and added a fourth
female director to its board of directors in 2020.
- ICE purchased renewable energy certificates and carbon offsets
to cover its 2019 air travel and energy used across its global
offices and data centers.
- The company published diversity metrics for its US-based
employees to hold itself accountable and provide transparency on
the path to increasing diversity.
- Through its carbon and renewable energy markets, ESG data
offering and NYSE services, ICE is helping companies and investors
make more sustainable decisions.
- The NYSE Advisory Council continued to grow in 2020 and
extended its reach through an online network that connects diverse
candidates with companies seeking new directors.
- Financial education is foundational to ICE’s charitable
efforts. Across the world ICE has supported organizations that are
aimed at increasing financial literacy.
The 2020 Intercontinental Exchange Corporate Responsibility
Report and more information about ICE’s approach to sustainability
and corporate governance can be found by visiting
https://www.intercontinentalexchange.com/about/corporate-responsibility.
About Intercontinental Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) is a Fortune 500 company
and provider of marketplace infrastructure, data services and
technology solutions to a broad range of customers including
financial institutions, corporations and government entities. We
operate regulated marketplaces, including the New York Stock
Exchange, for the listing, trading and clearing of a broad array of
derivatives contracts and financial securities across major asset
classes. Our comprehensive data services offering supports the
trading, investment, risk management and connectivity needs of
customers around the world and across asset classes. As a leading
technology provider for the U.S. residential mortgage industry, ICE
Mortgage Technology provides the technology and infrastructure to
transform and digitize U.S. residential mortgages, from application
and loan origination through to final settlement.
Trademarks of ICE and/or its affiliates include Intercontinental
Exchange, ICE, ICE block design, NYSE and New York Stock Exchange.
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property rights of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. and/or its
affiliates is located at
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Information Documents for certain products covered by the EU
Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation
can be accessed on the relevant exchange website under the heading
“Key Information Documents (KIDS).”
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 -- Statements in this press release regarding
ICE's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion
of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual
results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking
statements, see ICE's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as
filed with the SEC on February 6, 2020.
SOURCE: Intercontinental Exchange ICE-CORP
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