In case you missed it, you can watch the first United in Sustainability Network of 2022 on YouTube!
11 Cares partner, Clearview Federal Credit Union is hosting free, contactless Shred Day events at several of their financial centers in honor of Earth Day.
Celebrate Earth Day with some recycled best practices featured previously on CreditUnions.com
Since its inaugural credit union sustainability summit at UN headquarters in 2018, the United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) established a movement. The United in Sustainability (UIS) Credit Union Network is a platform for ongoing engagement on climate resiliency and socio-economic equality.
UN scientists on Monday delivered a stark warning about the impact of climate change on people and the planet, saying that ecosystem collapse, species extinction, deadly heatwaves and floods are among the "dangerous and widespread disruptions” the world will face over the next two decades due to global warming.
Credit unions find their values align with internal and external sustainability efforts.
Bank.Green’s new Alliance, made up of 8 founding members, aims to fuel the global movement towards a more sustainable and climate-resilient financial sector.
From lending off the grid to feeding appetites and wallets — and much more in between — VSECU supports quality of life for members, business, and communities across the state of Vermont.
Corporate finance leaders are increasingly stepping up to help their companies deliver on racial and economic justice commitments. Most are enthusiastic about doing it, I’ve found in regular conversations with treasurers and CFOs, but some hesitate at the threshold of moving a big chunk of money. Impact deposits and investments are a new, unanticipated part of their jobs, and they don’t have accepted models to follow.
Majority-Black credit unions, while being more numerous than other majority-minority credit unions, are smaller on average, and have more difficulty lending their assets out into their membership. Here's how to change that.