For financial institutions, corporate responsibility reporting plays a critical role in demonstrating accountability to investors, regulators and communities while reinforcing long-term value creation in a highly scrutinized environment.
THE CHALLENGE
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, a $200+ billion regional bank holding company, has long approached environmental, social and governance issues through a purpose-driven lens. As expectations from regulators, investors, communities and employees continued to rise, the challenge was ensuring its reporting clearly reflected how deeply these priorities were embedded in the business – while keeping pace with evolving frameworks and disclosure requirements.
THE SOLUTION
Dix & Eaton has partnered with Huntington since 2018 to evolve its ESG and corporate responsibility reporting. For the 2024 Corporate Responsibility Report and 2024 Climate Report, we helped sharpen the narrative, strengthen alignment with enterprise strategy and present complex data in a clear, accessible way.
Our team provided strategic counsel, content development, design oversight and project management, helping connect Huntington’s purpose, governance and risk oversight to measurable outcomes. We also integrated insights from the company’s double materiality assessment and stakeholder prioritization process, ensuring the reports focused on the issues most relevant to the business and its stakeholders. Expanded disclosures aligned with leading frameworks and elevated storytelling around community impact and climate strategy further reinforced transparency and credibility.
THE IMPACT
Huntington delivered a comprehensive, highly navigable set of reports that reinforce credibility with regulators, investors and other stakeholders. The disclosures demonstrate maturity in governance, transparency in performance and progress against long-term commitments, including the company’s five-year, $40 billion Community Plan.
Huntington continues to partner with Dix & Eaton to strengthen its reporting, respond to evolving regulatory expectations and clearly communicate its strategy – using corporate responsibility reporting as a platform to build trust and support sustainable growth.
