Join Us for Banking on Values Day 2024 celebrations!

Banking on Values Day returns on 7 November! This annual event unites a global movement committed to positive change through values-based banking. This year’s theme, Transforming Banking. Transforming Lives, highlights six key areas where values-driven banks are making an impact. Join us and celebrate the future of banking!

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Transforming Banking and Lives in Six Key Areas

Affordable Housing

Shelter is a fundamental and universal necessity. Values-based banks promote the idea that affordable housing as a source of financial inclusion and wellness. Most of these banks offer financial solutions to access housing.

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Biodiversity & Nature Conservation

Financial institutions impact biodiversity by directing capital in ways that can either harm or benefit the environment. Values-based banks fund projects that protect and restore ecosystems.

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Women Empowerment

Finance plays a key role in advancing women’s rights and achieving gender equality globally. Values-based banks prioritise leadership development and tailored financial products for women.

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Clean Energy

Values-based banks finance the development of renewable energy generation technology to lower carbon emissions, and help customers to reduce their energy costs.

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Financial Inclusion

Financial inclusion fuels economic progress and poverty reduction. The banking on values movement contributes in innovative ways, including microloans.

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Peace & Social Justice

Banking can be a powerful force for good; pooling its vast resources to make widespread changes that help shape a just, peaceful and equitable society.

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Don't Miss Out on the Opportunity to Hear from Values-Based Banking Leaders Across the World

Learn from leaders of European values-based banks as they share their insights and experiences on how they are reshaping the financial landscape to transform lives for good.

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Leaders from leading values-based banks in India, Kyrgyzstan and RD Congo will share their strategies for fostering sustainable growth and inclusive finance.

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Leading impact experts from values-based banks in Australia, Canada, and the USA will provide first-hand insights into how they drive measurable, positive change.

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Leaders from values-based banks across Latin America will share their stories, experiences, and insights on financial inclusion as a catalyst to transform lives (in Spanish).

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Upcoming events by GABV member banks

📆 6 November: Triodos Bank - 20 years of Transformation in Spain (Madrid, Spain)

Triodos Bank celebrates its 20th Anniversary in Spain. Two decades transforming the way banking services are provided. Join them for an in-person event in Madrid. In Spanish.

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📆 8 November: GLS Bank - Financial Literacy for Women (Berlin, Germany)

GLS Bank is organising a half-day workshop on financial literacy for women in their offices in Berlin. In German.

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📆 12 November: vdk bank - Breaking barriers: the path to climate solutions (Ghent, Belgium)

vdk bank has gathered several bright minds to introduce you to the latest insights into evolutions in climate finance. In Dutch.

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📆 14 November: GABV - Move the Money to Fossil Free Banking. Webinar from COP29

Join us for a free broadcast by the TV platform "We Don't Have Time" from COP29 in Azerbaijan on "Finance Day" at 17:30 Baku time (4.30 pm UTC). With the participation of Triodos Bank, Amalgamated Bank, World Resources Institute and the Fossil Fuel Treaty initiative.

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📆 18 & 26 November: Sozialbank – Webinar on Sustainable Investments

Join the webinar “Green Bonds – Sustainable Investment in the Current Capital Market Environment” organised by Sozialbank and GLS Investments (GLS Bank). In German.

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📆27 November: Banca Etica – Beyond Profits Event (Madrid, Spain)

Presentation of the 7th Ethical Finance in Europe Report, which highlights how ethical banking is transforming the financial landscape in Europe. With the participation of the GABV Executive Director. In Spanish and English.

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