Sponsorships

At Merrill Lynch, we support a diverse mix of sponsorships that align with our business objectives and deepen our relationships with clients, employees and the global community. As a long-time sponsor of the arts, athletics and thought leadership programs we provide our clients and employees access to state of the art events, exhibitions and performances in communities where they work and live. Below is just a sample of some of these partnerships.

Merrill Lynch and the Arts

As a sponsor of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' American Songbook series, Merrill Lynch supports bringing the extraordinary achievements of popular American songwriters to our community. Spanning all styles and genres the series takes place in the stunning Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center. For concert schedule, please visit the Lincoln Center website.

Merrill Lynch is the national tour sponsor of Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xavier Guerrand-Hermès Collection, an exhibition of spectacular jewelry and historic photographs from the North African nations of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia that reflects the richness of the cultures of North Africa. Desert Jewels, organized by the Museum for African Art in New York, is on view in Washington, D.C. at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, from October 8, 2008 to January 11, 2008, followed by a national tour.

Merrill Lynch is the presenting sponsor of the Kennedy Center's 11th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor - an award that recognizes an artist who has made a significant contribution to American Humor. The 2008 honor will be posthumously awarded to George Carlin. The award ceremony, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, will air on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings).

Now in the eighth year of our season sponsorship, Merrill Lynch is proud to continue our association with Lincoln Center Theater. Through our sponsorship we support the theater's education initiative - Open Stages, an arts-in-education program operated in cooperation with New York City public schools. All season long, more than 3,000 New York City public high school students join the audience at Lincoln Center Theater. For some, it means their first visit to the theater.

Merrill Lynch arteaméricas - the premier art fair of Latin American art - held in Miami, Florida is going into its 6th consecutive year in March 2009. For four days, with the presence of 70 galleries, the Miami Beach Convention Center becomes an epicenter of Latin American culture, where the traditional, modern and contemporary converge. This is a unique opportunity to see paintings, sculpture and multimedia art from established masters and emerging artists, representing decades' worth of artistic evolution throughout Latin America - all under the same roof.

As the Presenting Sponsor of a two-week engagement of the New York City Ballet at the Opéra National de Paris in Paris, France, Merrill Lynch supported a historic performance marking the first time a non-French dance company has performed at the Opera Bastille. For further information please read the full press release. 

 

Merrill Lynch and Thought Leadership

Merrill Lynch also delivers relevant and trusted advice through the sponsorship of a number of innovative business led conferences and events.

Merrill Lynch is proud to be a Founding International Sponsor of the Asia Society's Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative - a multi-sector network of dynamic young leaders (all under the age of 40) from the Asia-Pacific region and the US, brought together for the purpose of developing collaborative approaches to shared challenges, building networks of trust across geographic boundaries, and educating each other in the highest ideals of values-based leadership.

In our 4th year as the Financial Sponsor of the BOAO Forum for Asia Annual Meeting Merrill Lynch is proud to support the premier forum for leaders in government, business and academia in Asia and other continents to share visions on the most pressing issues in this region and the world at large. In conjunction with the sponsorship, Merrill Lynch has partnered with the Forum to help children in Guizhou Province by rebuilding three primary schools in remote and mountainous areas. The schools were seriously damaged by major snowstorms during the winter.

Merrill Lynch is the first Global Partner of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and primary sponsor of the CDP's extension to the S&P500. CDP is the world's largest investor collaboration on climate change. Each year, it sends out a request to over 3,000 companies globally requesting companies measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and report on their strategy for dealing with risks and opportunities associated with climate change. As a global partner, Merrill Lynch will play a key role in supporting CDP's development and growth worldwide. Merrill Lynch's global reach will be invaluable in consolidating CDP operations in current regions, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, and in launching in new regions such as China and Korea. It will also help increase focus on the vital role that investors play in driving financial flows into low-carbon solutions.

As a sponsor of the World Economic Forum - an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas - Merrill Lynch supports the Forum's commitment to improve the state of the world.