Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Publishes Third Corporate Responsibility Report
09 Juni 2022 - 02:15PM
Business Wire
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) (the “Company” or
“Annaly”) announced today the publication of its third corporate
responsibility report for the year 2021, titled Taking Stock of Our
Impact. The report demonstrates Annaly’s continued focus on setting
and measuring progress on environmental, social and governance
(“ESG”) goals, as well as its commitment to providing increased
disclosure and transparency.
“As outlined in our report, we continue to Take Stock of Our
Impact – establishing ESG goals and commitments and tracking our
considerable progress as we strive to integrate ESG priorities
across our business,” said David Finkelstein, Annaly’s Chief
Executive Officer and President. “I am pleased to share all that we
have accomplished in 2021, including enhancing the Company’s
executive compensation program, expanding our parental leave and
fertility benefits and providing additional climate-related
disclosures. These and our other ESG milestones have helped create
durable value for all of our stakeholders.”
Corporate Responsibility Report
Highlights
Annaly actively integrates ESG considerations into its overall
strategy through the following key areas: corporate governance,
human capital, responsible investments and the environment.
Annaly provides supplemental disclosures under the
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”) standards and
the Global Reporting Initiative (“GRI”) standards frameworks. In
the latest report, the Company included additional disclosures
outlining climate-related risks and opportunities across its
business in the short-, medium- and long-term horizons following
the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial
Disclosures (“TCFD”). Additionally, the report incorporates summary
ESG metrics for the past three years, which include further details
on the composition of Annaly’s Board of Directors and employees,
philanthropy and volunteerism efforts and environmental
indicators.
Highlights and achievements from the 2021 Corporate
Responsibility Report include:
- Corporate Governance: Annaly introduced additional
enhancements to the Company’s executive compensation program,
including increasing the relative weighting of equity as a
percentage of total compensation opportunity, along with increasing
the proportion of performance-based awards as a percentage of total
equity compensation. In addition, the Company amended its corporate
governance guidelines and updated Board Committee charters to
reflect integrated oversight of ESG practices, initiatives and
related risks across the Board and its Committees.
- Human Capital: Annaly furthered its commitment to invest
in the Company’s human capital and diversity, equity and inclusion
(“DEI”) initiatives: expanding to seven employee-sponsored affinity
groups, conducting firmwide DEI educational events as well as
enhancing parental leave and fertility benefits.
- Responsible Investments: As of December 31, 2021, Annaly
had more than $86 billion in residential housing investments
supporting over 650,000 homes. Annaly continues to be committed to
further integrating the consideration of ESG factors into its
investment and portfolio management processes across its investment
strategies.
- Environment: The Company provided additional
climate-related disclosures that take into consideration the
recommendations of the TCFD and purchased carbon credits to offset
100% of its Scope 2 GHG emissions.
To learn more about Annaly’s corporate responsibility
initiatives and to view the 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report,
please visit www.annaly.com/our-responsibility.
About Annaly
Annaly is a leading diversified capital manager with investment
strategies across mortgage finance. Annaly’s principal business
objective is to generate net income for distribution to its
stockholders and to optimize its returns through prudent management
of its diversified investment strategies. Annaly is internally
managed and has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment
trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes. Additional
information on the Company can be found at www.annaly.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release and our public documents to which we refer
contain or incorporate by reference certain forward-looking
statements which are based on various assumptions (some of which
are beyond our control) and may be identified by reference to a
future period or periods or by the use of forward-looking
terminology, such as “may,” “will,” “believe,” “expect,”
“anticipate,” “continue,” or similar terms or variations on those
terms or the negative of those terms. Actual results could differ
materially from those set forth in forward-looking statements due
to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, risks and
uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including as
related to adverse economic conditions on real estate-related
assets and financing conditions (and our outlook for our business
in light of these conditions, which is uncertain); changes in
interest rates; changes in the yield curve; changes in prepayment
rates; the availability of mortgage-backed securities and other
securities for purchase; the availability of financing and, if
available, the terms of any financing; changes in the market value
of our assets; changes in business conditions and the general
economy; operational risks or risk management failures by us or
critical third parties, including cybersecurity incidents; our
ability to grow our residential credit business; the sale of our
middle market lending business; credit risks related to our
investments in credit risk transfer securities, residential
mortgage-backed securities and related residential mortgage credit
assets and corporate debt; risks related to investments in mortgage
servicing rights; our ability to consummate any contemplated
investment opportunities; changes in government regulations or
policy affecting our business; our ability to maintain our
qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and
our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the
Investment Company Act. For a discussion of the risks and
uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from those
contained in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” in
our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company does not undertake, and
specifically disclaims any obligation, to publicly release the
result of any revisions which may be made to any forward-looking
statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or
unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such
statements, except as required by law.
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Investor Contact
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Investor Relations 1-888-8Annaly
investor@annaly.com
Media Contact
Brunswick Group Alex Yankus 212-333-3810
ANNALY@brunswickgroup.com
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