---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-029728"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PDLB"
cik: "0001874071"
company_name: "Ponce Financial Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T22:54:54.300358+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ponce Financial Group forms ESG Committee; plans energy audit and materiality assessment

## Summary
- Management ESG Committee formed, chaired by Executive VP & Chief Investor Relations Officer Frank Perez.
- Company-wide energy infrastructure assessment and full-facility energy audit planned for cost savings and greener results.
- ESG materiality assessment targeting Q4 2022 completion to align strategy with ESG priorities.
- CEO cites benefit to strategy, risk management, and stakeholder loyalty; notes bank's MDI/CDFI focus on underbanked.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-029728
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PDLB
- cik: 0001874071
- company_name: Ponce Financial Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874071/000156459022029728/0001564590-22-029728-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874071/000156459022029728/pdlb-8k_20220818.htm

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