Month: January 2025

Today, KeyBank announced Natasha Martin has been named Corporate Responsibility Officer for its Dayton, Cincinnati and Central Ohio markets. In this position, she is part of the enterprise-wide corporate responsibility team that oversees the philanthropic budget and investment strategies to meet community needs, as well as create and maintain relationships with community-based, charitable and non-profit organizations. In addition, she will oversee KeyBank’s Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) compliance goals.

Martin, hired at Key in 2020, has more than three decades of banking experience. Most recently, she served as the Community Center Branch Manager at the North Main branch in Dayton, focusing on directing daily branch operations, developing strategies to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty, managing financial performance and establishing strong internal and external relationships.

Prior to joining KeyBank, Martin spent time as a home lending processor where she reviewed loan applications and credit documentation, analyzed customer financial history for eligibility and assessed borrower metrics to determine loan decisions.

“We are delighted to welcome Natasha to our team and know she will be a vital asset, given her extensive experience with our clients in the branches,” said Stacy Thompson, SVP, Sr. Mgr. Corporate Responsibility and Community Engagement. “We are impressed with Natasha’s passion and dedication to community service and look forward to her support of KeyBank’s robust community outreach efforts.”

A native of Dayton, Martin is active in the community, serving as a board member of Wesley Community Center, the Greater Dayton Realtist and providing financial education services to many community-based COIs.

ABOUT KEYBANK

KeyCorp’s roots trace back nearly 200 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $190 billion at September 30, 2024.

Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,000 branches and approximately 1,200 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC.

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SHANGHAI, January 17, 2025 /3BL/ – Yum China Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “Yum China”) (NYSE: YUMC; HKEX: 9987) today announced that the Company has been ranked number one globally for the Restaurant & Leisure Facilities Industry in the S&P Global 2024 Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). Yum China has been selected as a member of both the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI): World Index (DJSI World) and Emerging Market Index (DJSI Emerging Markets) for the fifth consecutive year.

Yum China stands out as the only company from the Chinese mainland in the consumer services industry included in the DJSI World Index. This year, Yum China has significantly improved its performance in the S&P CSA, with its overall score increasing by 5 points compared to last year. Among 24 CSA evaluation criteria, it ranked in the top 1% in 15 criteria, demonstrating notable advancements particularly in Supply Chain Management, Human Capital Management, and Customer Relations. These enhancements highlight the Company’s dedicated efforts and substantial progress over the past year.

The Company also received a peer-leading S&P Global ESG score and continued to perform excellently among other major international ESG rating agencies. In June 2024, Yum China maintained its AA rating in the MSCI ESG ratings for the third consecutive year, remaining the only restaurant company worldwide with this distinction.

These achievements collectively reflect Yum China’s long-term commitment and outstanding performance in ESG. Yum China is committed to creating a responsible ecosystem and aligning with stakeholders across its entire value chain to make impactful progress on ESG.

In 2024, Yum China further advanced its commitment to sustainability with key initiatives such as scaling up the use of renewable energy in its stores and logistics centers, engaging suppliers to adopt renewable energy, reducing the use of plastic and paper in packaging, and establishing a nationwide coffee ground recycling network. The Company was awarded the “Gold Award” for Recycling and Circular Utilization Solutions at the 2024 International Packaging Innovation Forum (IPIF).

For more information on Yum China’s corporate sustainability and CSR initiatives, please visit: https://www.yumchina.com/sustainability/en/home/Index

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including under “2024 Outlook.” We intend all forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and by the use of forward-looking words such as “expect,” “expectation,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “may,” “could,” “intend,” “belief,” “plan,” “estimate,” “target,” “predict,” “project,” “likely,” “will,” “continue,” “should,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “commit” or similar terminology. These statements are based on current estimates and assumptions made by us in light of our experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that we believe are appropriate and reasonable under the circumstances, but there can be no assurance that such estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the future strategies, growth, business plans, and dividend and share repurchase plans. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance and are inherently subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and could cause our actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by those statements. We cannot assure you that any of our expectations, estimates or assumptions will be achieved. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are only made as of the date of this press release, and we disclaim any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law. Numerous factors could cause our actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Our plan of capital returns to shareholders is based on current expectations, which may change based on market conditions, capital needs or otherwise. In addition, other risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial could affect the accuracy of any such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. You should consult our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the information set forth under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q) for additional detail about factors that could affect our financial and other results.

About Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Yum China is the largest restaurant company in China with a mission to make every life taste beautiful. The Company has approximately 400,000 employees and operates over 15,000 restaurants under six brands across around 2,200 cities in China. KFC and Pizza Hut are the leading brands in the quick-service and casual dining restaurant spaces in China, respectively. In addition, Yum China has partnered with Lavazza to develop the Lavazza coffee concept in China. Little Sheep and Huang Ji Huang specialize in Chinese cuisine. Taco Bell offers innovative Mexican-inspired food. Yum China has a world-class, digitalized supply chain, which includes an extensive network of logistics centers nationwide and an in-house supply chain management system. Its strong digital capabilities and loyalty program enable the Company to reach customers faster and serve them better. Yum China is a Fortune 500 company with the vision to be the world’s most innovative pioneer in the restaurant industry. For more information, please visit http://ir.yumchina.com.

Contacts

Investor Relations Contact: 
Tel: +86 21 2407 7556 
IR@YumChina.com

Media Contact: 
Tel: +86 21 2407 8288 / +852 2267 5807 
Media@YumChina.com

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SOURCE Yum China Holdings, Inc.