Megabanks have committed $6.9 trillion to fossil fuels since 2016
Is your bank account fueling fires and floods, fracking and coal mining, or air and water pollution? If you bank with a megabank, that’s likely the case.
Clean Energy for All: New Loan Program Broadens Access
The goal is to ensure everyone, regardless of income and barriers due to systemic discrimination, has access to affordable clean energy.
Align Your Banking and Credit Card with Your Values
What is the largest part of your carbon footprint? If you bank with one of the US megabanks, the answer is likely your bank account.
Banking and Investing for Good
These financial institutions bank and invest for good to keep mom and pop shops open, help close the racial wealth gap, and bring down carbon pollution.
Break Up With Your Megabank
Whichever bank you use, your money will be there. But while it’s in your account, the bank can use your money how it wants - which could be the way you want, or not.
The Promising Model of Public Banking
Public banks hold public funds and are owned by the residents of a city, state, region, territory, or nation. Their mission is to benefit their community.
Jim Switched His Credit Card to Match His Values; How About You?
Our interview with Jim Blasiak describes his motivation for helping congregants at his synagogue get a better credit card to put their money to work for communities – and to avoid supporting fossil fuels.
Annalisa Chose Green Financing, How about You?
Our interview with Annalisa B. describes her motivation for supporting green financing in order to put her money to work for communities – and to avoid supporting fossil fuels. Pro tip: Reward yourself with Chocolate chips!
A Bank for a Diverse, Local Community
The rev abby mohaupt (who uses all lowercase for her name because that’s how her grandmother spelled it) shares with Green America’s Fran Teplitz what motivated her and how rewarding it was to switch to a bank that reflects her faith.
Better Soap … and Better Banking! GBN member finds a credit union home
Green America’s Fran Teplitz spoke with Andy Mebert, CEO of Yaya Maria’s soap company, a Green Business Network member, about his sustainability journey that includes using a credit union.
Faith Group Switches Bank to Match its Values
Judy Smith, with United Methodist Women at Chevy Chase (CCUMW) in Maryland, is devoted to Creation Care and the well-being of communities, the environment, and our Earth – including the climate.
Joelle Switched Banks to Save the Climate and the Chickadees
Joelle Novey, a former Green America staff member and now the executive director of Interfaith Power & Light (DC area, shared her banking switching experience with Fran Teplitz, Green America’s executive co-director.
