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Theme: Social Impact

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VALoRE Case Studies: Magnet Bank, Banca Etica and GLS Bank
How are values-based banks contributing to the sustainable transformation of their markets? The Global Alliance for Banking on Values has prepared case studies of [...]
Stories from GABV
Bank Muamalat’s iTEKAD programme: Empowering underserved entrepreneurs through Islamic finance
Bank Muamalat, in Malaysia, introduced the iTEKAD initiative to assist and guide underserved communities to retain jobs, generate employment and alleviate financial hardship. This [...]
Stories from GABV
First MicroFinanceBank Afghanistan: Developing a housing microfinance product
The First MicroFinanceBank Afghanistan (FMFB-A) has been the first microfinance institution in Afghanistan to offer a housing microfinance (HMF) product. FMFB-A has made significant [...]
Stories from GABV
Amalgamated Bank: Advocates for gun violence prevention
By implementing the International Standards Organisation new merchant category code (MCC), which allows reporting of suspicious activity and illegal gun sales to authorities, Amalgamated [...]
Values in practice
Finca DRC: Creating environmental awareness in Congo
Environmental awareness – they are only big words when people say them without understanding the philosophy behind them. Finca DRC sets itself as an [...]
Stories from GABV
Banca Etica does not make investments in unethical sectors
Banca Etica is the first cooperative bank in Italy operating with ethical codes and approaches, and practices democratic management. Its shareholders are collectively involved [...]
Values in practice
Vancity: Building a stronger workforce to strengthen the clean economy
 Vancity makes a perfect example of being intentional throughout their climate and community focussed projects for Indigenous people in Coast Salish and Kwakwaka’wakw territories. To [...]
Press Release
Alianza global de bancos llama contra la práctica del ‘greenwashing’ en el mundo financiero
Se insta al sector financiero mundial a respaldar sus “grandes palabras” con acciones reales a medida que se acelera la crisis climática  Ámsterdam, 3 [...]
Press Release
Global alliance of banks calls out ‘greenwashing’
The global financial sector is urged to back up their ‘big words’ with real actions as the climate crisis accelerates  Amsterdam, Netherlands, 3 November, [...]
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7 ways to tell if your bank is greenwashing
Over the past few years, mainstream banks and bankers have increasingly talked about issues like ‘sustainability’. But it’s hard to tell how seriously many [...]
Press Release
GABV: “The decision to include gas and nuclear in the EU green taxonomy undermines the credibility of the EU to combat the climate urgency”
The decision to include gas and nuclear in the EU green taxonomy undermines the credibility of the EU to combat the climate urgency, according [...]
GABV social impact
Projects
Cómo los bancos con valores impulsan los objetivos de impacto social de la UE
Cada vez se habla más de sostenibilidad en el sistema financiero. Algunos bancos anuncian compromisos para alcanzar metas ambientales y sociales en el futuro [...]