Better Health for All

California BanCorp is a bank holding company, and its core business activities, such as commercial lending, deposit accounts, cash management, and online banking, have no significant direct positive or negative health impact. The company does not offer health-related products or services, nor does it engage in health-related R&D, clinical trials, or collect health data. While the company saved over 500,000 jobs nationwide with Paycheck Protection Program loans during the COVID pandemic,

this is a financial service and not directly relevant to the 'global_health_crisis_response' KPI as defined by the rubric. The articles do not provide specific data on health-related initiatives, investments, or impacts for any of the KPIs, leading to a neutral score for all applicable metrics.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

The provided articles do not contain specific, quantitative data points for any of the KPIs under the 'Fair Pay & Worker Respect' category for California BanCorp (BCAL.US). No information is available regarding living wage coverage, CEO to median pay ratio, collective bargaining, safety incident rates, pay equity, worker engagement scores, employee turnover, labor violation incidents, insecure contract share, or health insurance coverage.

While some articles note the absence of explicit mentions of regulatory actions or violations, this is not considered concrete evidence of zero incidents and therefore does not allow for scoring the 'labor_violation_incidents' KPI.

Kind to Animals

The provided articles do not contain any specific, concrete data points or actions for California BanCorp (BCAL.US) related to animal welfare.

The company operates in the financial services sector, which typically does not involve animal-related operations, products, or testing. Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the available evidence.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

California BanCorp has 4 formal partnerships, including a 5-Year Community Benefit Agreement with Rise Economy, and partnerships with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Project Access Resource Centers, and Instituto de Avance Latino CDC.

The company committed $10.6 million to CRA-Focused Philanthropy over five years, which represents approximately 2.43% of its 2024 net interest income when annualized, falling into the 1-3% tier for revenue reinvested in local community development. The company collaborates with community members in developing its Community Benefits Agreement and has regional Advisory Boards consisting of local business leaders, but no specific percentage of community representation on governance bodies is provided. While the bank supports financial education in language and provides free financial education courses in language through a partner, a specific language inclusivity score is not available. The company supports nonprofit organizations through philanthropic giving, but a specific percentage of revenue donated to cultural heritage organizations is not detailed. Similarly, while funds are allocated to community benefit programs, the percentage of non-core revenue distributed to community development funds is not specified. No cultural appropriation incidents or cultural impact assessment protocols are reported. The company has standard grievance processes and does not track community complaint resolution times. FPIC processes are not applicable to its operations, and there is no specific cultural preservation funding. The company does not track local procurement share or indigenous suppliers. No cultural site disruptions or specific protection measures are reported. The concept of social license is not explicitly applicable to its business model. No cultural incident response framework or specific cultural sensitivity training completion rates are reported.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

No specific, quantitative evidence related to BCAL.US (California BanCorp) for any of the 'Zero Waste & Sustainable Products' KPIs was found in the provided articles. The articles discuss policies and targets for other entities such as CSUN

, the University of California system , or a different company named The Bancorp, Inc. , none of which are applicable to BCAL.US.