Approach to Sustainability
U.S. Bank believes that we can make a positive contribution to a sustainable environment by:

• developing business practices to protect and conserve our natural resources.
• embracing opportunities for new financial products and services.
• investing in areas such as renewable energy.

In 2007, we introduced our Environmental Sustainability Policy and announced an eight year, $1 billion commitment, towards environmentally beneficial business opportunities. View a summary of our policy in our 2007 Corporate Citizenship Report (pdf)1

Some of the key focus areas of our policy:

Climate Change - U.S. Bank has a responsibility to better understand the impact of our operations on the environment and to help reduce that impact. We completed an energy consumption and carbon emissions inventory at our facilities and from business-related travel and are taking action to reduce our impact.

• Update our facilities and equipment to be more energy efficient.
• Seek LEED certification in select new branch construction.
• Expand audio, video and web-conferencing capabilities.
• Upgrade technology and software to improve energy efficiency.
• Expand recycling programs at our facilities.
• Implement sustainable forest practice lending guidelines.
• Substitute electronic options for paper-based processes.

Employee Engagement - We are committed to helping employees become more responsible consumers of environmental resources.

• Require environmental training for all employees.
• Offer online environmental resources and tools.
• Offer mass transportation incentives and promote carpooling.

Our Get Green with US philosophy invites all stakeholders to join our sustainability efforts, and we are a founding member of the NACHA Pay It Green Alliance to help educate the public on the advantages of paperless financial management.

How To Get Green with US
For paperless options, we offer Internet Banking and Bill Pay, Online Statements, treasury management services, and a partnership to introduce cardless payment technologies.

To reward customers who want to have an even more positive impact on the environment, we offer reduced rates for our Green Auto Loan.