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Woke head of 'risk assessment' at Silicon Valley Bank 'prioritized' LGBT initiatives - including organizing a month-long Pride campaign - before bank lost BILLIONS and collapsed
The Daily Mail ^ | 03-11-2023 | Helena Kelly

Posted on 03/11/2023 5:22:31 PM PST by HogsBreath

A head of risk assessment at the beleaguered Silicon Valley Bank has been accused of prioritizing pro-diversity initiatives over her actual role after the firm imploded on Friday.

Jay Ersapah - who describes herself as a 'queer person of color from a working-class background' - organized a host of LGBTQ initiatives including a month-long Pride campaign and implemented 'safe space' catch-ups for staff.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: banking; chat; searchworks; svb
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Go woke, go broke. Apparently she didn't have much time left for risk assessment.
1 posted on 03/11/2023 5:22:31 PM PST by HogsBreath
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To: HogsBreath

Fabulous!


2 posted on 03/11/2023 5:23:53 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: HogsBreath

It shows.


3 posted on 03/11/2023 5:24:57 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: HogsBreath

Having a person like that in charge of risk assessment would be one of the first things on a list of risks that a reasonable person would put together for any corporation.


4 posted on 03/11/2023 5:25:39 PM PST by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: HogsBreath

The Bank of Woke
Went broke


5 posted on 03/11/2023 5:27:57 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: HogsBreath

6 posted on 03/11/2023 5:30:35 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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The sad thing is that the federal government will probably bail them out.


7 posted on 03/11/2023 5:31:25 PM PST by EastTexasTraveler
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To: HogsBreath
Go woke, go broke.

Sadly, probably not. There'll probably be a bailout.

8 posted on 03/11/2023 5:32:00 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: HogsBreath

Fiduciary responsibility?? Who cares about that stuff? What matters is that we can brag about our awesome wokeness.


9 posted on 03/11/2023 5:33:17 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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To: HogsBreath

We haven’t seen anything yet.
I believe it’s United Airlines that will soon have em sitting in the pilot’s seat of their commercial airliners. It will be kinda like this bank, what could possibly ever go wrong??!!!


10 posted on 03/11/2023 5:36:37 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: ClearCase_guy

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – January 10, 2022—Silicon Valley Bank, the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and their investors, today announced it has committed to provide at least $5 billion by 2027 in loans, investments and other financing to support sustainability efforts and the company has set a goal to achieve carbon neutral operations by 2025.

“Our ability to make a meaningful difference for people and the planet, and to address the systemic risk that climate change presents, is magnified by the outsized impact our innovative clients make,” said Greg Becker, CEO, Silicon Valley Bank. “Over the last 12 years, our Climate Tech and Sustainability and Project Finance teams, for example, have supported hundreds of companies that are working to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable, low carbon world.”

SVB’s sustainable finance commitment aims to support companies that are working to decarbonize the energy and infrastructure industries and hasten the transition to a sustainable, net zero emissions economy in several related sectors:

Circular economy
Climate resilience
Energy efficiency and demand management
Green buildings
Renewable energy, energy storage and grid infrastructure
Sustainable agriculture and alternative foods
Sustainable transportation
Technology solutions that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions
Waste management and pollution control
Water technology


11 posted on 03/11/2023 5:37:57 PM PST by chuck allen
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To: HogsBreath

This is the perfect example of ESG investing......


12 posted on 03/11/2023 5:39:02 PM PST by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: HogsBreath

That’s so “gay”. LOL!


13 posted on 03/11/2023 5:39:58 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("I may be a white boy but I'm not stupid". - FJB at Black "History" event. Tell 'em Jo Jo!)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Anyone...

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719739/000119312512085818/d256682d10k.htm

Does the above mean that SVB’s parent company is incorporated in...Delaware...?


14 posted on 03/11/2023 5:41:55 PM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: HogsBreath

1500 of the 37,000 small business funded by SVB were launched and owned by climate radicals. It’s good that they are out of busimess.


15 posted on 03/11/2023 5:42:05 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: HogsBreath

ESG is dangerous not just for business, but society.


16 posted on 03/11/2023 5:42:49 PM PST by HollyB
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Remembering those racist WAMU ads


17 posted on 03/11/2023 5:44:38 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: HogsBreath

The ‘inmates’ are running the American Asylum in every economic and political sector!

Help us, President in Exile Trump! You’re our only hope!


18 posted on 03/11/2023 5:45:26 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: mewzilla

many, many banks are incorporated in Delaware ...


19 posted on 03/11/2023 5:45:42 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: EastTexasTraveler

“The sad thing is that the federal government will probably bail them out.”

WE will bail them out. They’re calling it a ‘bail in’. Cute.


20 posted on 03/11/2023 5:47:55 PM PST by dljordan
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