Podcast: Inside a Community Bank’s ESG Strategy | ABA Banking Journal – ABA Banking Journal

Podcast: Inside a Community Bank’s ESG Strategy | ABA Banking Journal  ABA Banking JournalPodcast: Inside a Community Bank’s ESG Strategy | ABA Banking Journal  ABA Banking JournalPodcast: Inside a Community Bank’s ESG Strategy | ABA Banking Journal  ABA Banking Journal

[embedded material] The latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal podcast — sponsored by S&P Global Market Intelligence — features Berkshire Bank President Nitin Mhatre discussing Berkshire Bank’s “BEST Community Return,” a $5 billion ESG-focused initiative at this Massachusetts-based midsize bank. Mhatre says, “We may not have called this ESG or DEI-type initiatives previously, but we’ve always done that.” “It’s just taking what we’ve done in past and translating it into what makes an effect.” Mhatre also discusses Berkshire’s goal to have 200,000 “socially responsible accounts,” including Bank On-certified accounts. How Berkshire will finance downstream energy companies and other sectors that are affected by climate change. How investors responded to Berkshire’s ESG-related activities. After a career at larger banks like Citi and Webster Bank, Mhatre brings a fresh perspective to Berkshire. Click here to listen to the episode if you don’t see it in the audio player. This episode is sponsored and sponsored by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

This episode: Nitin Mahatre

President and CEO

Berkshire Bank Gary Levante

SVP, Corporate Responsibility and Communications

Berkshire Bank Evan Sparks

Editor-in-Chief

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