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Environment
Three large white structures are side by side on grass. On the side of one of them is: ESS INC and EW, 100kW400kWh. Behind the structures are solar panels and wind turbines.

Helping to power large-scale operations with iron and saltwater

Environment

Helping to power large-scale operations with iron and saltwater

Energy Storage Systems Inc. is providing safer and longer-lasting batteries at a lower cost and introducing its technology to the world after participating in the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator program.

Volunteering & Giving
Story Type Indicator - video. Three men are sitting around a table in a dining room talking and laughing while eating lunch.
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Where some go when there is no place to go

Volunteering & Giving

Where some go when there is no place to go

Men struggling with addiction are finding refuge at the Blanchet House, a nonprofit in Portland, Oregon, that vows it will ‘never give up’ on them.

Diversity & Inclusion
Story Type Indicator - video. Michael Wakefield and Bill Trento standing in a pasture with two horses.
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Driving with pride as the ‘face of Wells Fargo’

Diversity & Inclusion

Driving with pride as the ‘face of Wells Fargo’

Michael Wakefield shares his experience as a Wells Fargo stagecoach driver — and how he feels supported in the company’s inclusive environment.

Our History
Chy Lung & Co.’s wholesale tea store in San Francisco was listed in Wells Fargo’s directory of Chinese businesses.

Supporting customers faced with prejudice

Our History

Supporting customers faced with prejudice

After Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, Wells Fargo agents testified on behalf of Chinese customers and supported their businesses.

Our People
total solar eclipse over Wells Fargo's McAlister branch in Greenville, S.C.

On the stagecoach during the Great American Eclipse

Our People

On the stagecoach during the Great American Eclipse

From Oregon to South Carolina, Wells Fargo team members kept the lights on and doors open to serve customers during the historic total solar eclipse.

Inside the Stagecoach
2017 Succeeding Together essay contest winner Gerry Jones Jr. hit a tee shot

Young golfers named winners of 2017 Succeeding Together contest

Inside the Stagecoach

Young golfers named winners of 2017 Succeeding Together contest

Participants in the youth development program The First Tee submitted essays about achieving life goals through teamwork.

Our History
Jennie Newbury Dustin, third from right, with her children in 1890.

Great-great grandma worked at Wells Fargo, too

Our History

Great-great grandma worked at Wells Fargo, too

A team member’s family continues Wells Fargo’s legacy of hiring women since 1873.

Economic Opportunity
Story Type Indicator - video. Guohua Xie, APIASF/Wells Fargo Scholar
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Scholarships fight poverty with opportunity

Economic Opportunity

Scholarships fight poverty with opportunity

A Wells Fargo scholarship program gives Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders the opportunity to pursue higher education.

Volunteering & Giving
Story Type Indicator - video. U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jed Morgan poses with Wells Fargo volunteers who helped build his new home.
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Accessible homes for wounded warriors

Volunteering & Giving

Accessible homes for wounded warriors

Disabled military veterans receive accessible homes, free of charge, through Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors and support from Wells Fargo.

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