NerdWallet, Inc.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022, 2023)

Occupying surplus office spaces to avoid carbon footprint from new developments
Minimal operational footprint due to geographically distributed workforce and flexible work-from-home policies

Deposited $2 million into Self-Help Federal Credit Union, a CDCU, resulting in $16 million in impact
Provided a $200,000 donation to Inclusiv to provide grants to Minority Deposit Institutions (MDIs)
Nerds volunteered 2,328 hours in the first eight months of 2022, projected to reach 3,500 hours by year-end
Launched the Financial Equality Project
Launched Project Empower, optimizing or creating over 300 articles amplifying diverse voices and financial situations
Created a Corporate Social Responsibility hub to connect consumers with socially responsible financial products
Developed a content hub catering to the unique financial challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community

Established an Executive ESG Committee composed of CEO, CFO, Chief People Officer, and General Counsel
Formed an ESG Working Group drawing from cross-functional teams
Implemented a code of business ethics for all employees, executives, and directors
Maintained editorial independence of the Content team, separating it from business operations
Implemented a pre-deployment process for assessing all products and features for privacy and security
Provided initial and ongoing privacy and security training for all Nerds
Achieved Fair Pay Workplace certification

Implementing initiatives under the three ESG focus areas
Developing and implementing DEI programs
Establishing a code of business ethics and robust cybersecurity and data privacy measures
Occupying surplus office spaces and minimizing operational footprint

Total Carbon Emissions:43,067 tCO2e/year

Scope 1 Emissions:30 tCO2e/year

Scope 2 Emissions:109 tCO2e/year

Scope 3 Emissions:43,067 tCO2e/year

Total Energy Consumption:2,634 MMBtu/year

Achieved Black Equity at Work silver certification
Began Hispanic Equity at Work certification process
Launched a new cohort of 19 Nerds in our Career Accelerator Program (CAP)
Awarded more than $400,000 to support organizations furthering financial inclusion, including a $100,000 grant to the Juntos Avanzamos fund
Volunteered a combined 1,140 hours at organizations across the country
Employee and company match donations totaled more than $175,000

Completed over 23 privacy impact assessments for new use cases
Successfully addressed over 3,170 data subject access requests in an average of 4 days
Updated privacy policy and data processing agreements with vendors

Enhanced consumer account monitoring to include Bot and AI detections, brute force protections and breached password prevention
Expanded third party risk monitoring (TPRM) protocol
Required zero-trust network access software and continued two-factor authentication for Nerds
Moved from point in time penetration testing activities to a third-party service that monitors for changes on the platform
Fundera offered its SMB customers 24 months of free credit and identity monitoring services