In her role as Executive Vice President and head of Sustainability and
Corporate Responsibility at Wells Fargo, Mary Wenzel is
responsible for the strategic integration of sustainability and corporate
responsibility across Wells Fargo’s products and services, operations and
culture, and philanthropy.
Mary's areas of focus include corporate responsibility
strategy and reporting; ESG analyst engagement and disclosures;
integration of sustainability, including human rights considerations, into the
company’s environmental and social risk management, financing and
lending; community development and philanthropy initiatives; and team
member engagement.
Under Wenzel’s leadership, the company has announced aggressive
operational-efficiency goals to be achieved by 2020, committed to providing
$200 billion in financing to environmentally beneficial businesses by 2030,
committed $50 million in philanthropy over five years to address the unique
social, economic and environmental needs of American Indian and Alaska
Native communities, and created significant, strategic philanthropic
partnerships with organizations including the U.S. Department of Energy’s
National Renewable Energy Laboratory and GRID Alternatives, to help
accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.