SouthState Highlights ESG Commitment in 2024 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report

SouthState Bank Releases Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report

Winter Haven, Fla., April 9, 2024

SouthState Bank has released its fourth Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, highlighting the company’s commitment to its communities, colleagues, corporate stewardship, and the environment.

SouthState Bank has released its fourth Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, highlighting the company’s commitment to its communities, colleagues, corporate stewardship and the environment.

“For 90 years, SouthState’s focus on serving and strengthening the communities in which we live and do business has afforded us the opportunity to build meaningful and lasting relationships with many non-profit and community-based organizations across our six-state footprint,” said LeDon Jones, director of Corporate Stewardship. “Through volunteerism, engagement, and philanthropy, we have impacted the lives of our customers, communities, and our 5,000+ team members.”

Highlights of the 2024 CSR report include:

Commitment to Community:

• Awarded 1,839 organizations grants and contributions, totaling $5.8 million.
• Recorded a 28 percent increase in employee volunteer hours, totaling 15,352 hours with 905 different organizations.
• Made $1.39 billion in CRA-eligible loans.
• Extended $245 million in community development loans.
• Invested $89 million to foster economic development and affordable housing projects.
• Provided $567 million in affordable lending mortgage loan programs.

Commitment to Colleagues:

• Provided $229,000 in financial assistance to 101 team members through The Sunshine Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization funded by Company and employee contributions, which are used to assist employees with unexpected financial hardships.
• Continued the ReMARKable Leader program, an immersive 9-month program designed to cultivate internal high-p
  

  SDGs, Targets, and Indicators in the Article

  1. Which SDGs are addressed or connected to the issues highlighted in the article?

  • SDG 1: No Poverty
  • SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4: Quality Education
  • SDG 5: Gender Equality
  • SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13: Climate Action
  • SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

  2. What specific targets under those SDGs can be identified based on the article’s content?

  • Target 1.5: By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social, and environmental shocks and disasters.
  • Target 3.4: By 2030, reduce by one-third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.
  • Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.
  • Target 5.5: Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic, and public life.
  • Target 8.5: By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value.
  • Target 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic, and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
  • Target 11.3: By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated, and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries.
  • Target 12.2: By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.
  • Target 13.3: Improve education, awareness-raising, and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction, and early warning.
  • Target 17.16: Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology, and financial resources.

  3. Are there any indicators mentioned or implied in the article that can be used to measure progress towards the identified targets?

  • Indicator 1.5.1: Number of deaths, missing persons, and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population.
  • Indicator 3.4.1: Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease.
  • Indicator 4.7.1: Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment.
  • Indicator 5.5.1: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments and local governments.
  • Indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age group, and persons with disabilities.
  • Indicator 10.2.1: Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income, by sex, age group, and persons with disabilities.
  • Indicator 11.3.1: Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate.
  • Indicator 12.2.2: Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP.
  • Indicator 13.3.2: Number of countries that have communicated the strengthening of institutional, systemic, and individual capacity-building to implement adaptation, mitigation, and technology transfer.
  • Indicator 17.16.1: Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the sustainable development goals.

  Table: SDGs, Targets, and Indicators

  SDGs	Targets	Indicators
  SDG 1: No Poverty	Target 1.5: By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social, and environmental shocks and disasters.	Indicator 1.5.1: Number of deaths, missing persons, and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population.
  SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being	Target 3.4: By 2030, reduce by one-third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.	Indicator 3.4.1: Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease.
  SDG 4: Quality Education	Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.	Indicator 4.7.1: Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies;

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