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- Akita Bank-8343 on TSE, Eco-Bonds, see story.
- Bank Ochrony Svodowiska- BOS SA on Warsaw. Environmental loans program.
- CIBC-CM on TSX, Renewable Energy and Clean Technology department in Wholesale Banking group, April 2010.
- Clean Energy Development Bank-on Nepal Stock Exchange, focus on green business.
- Credit Suisse Group AG-CSGN on VTX, CS ADR on NYSE, investment in see-wind-CPTC, other.
- e3bank-invest at site, Pennsylvania triple bottom line bank
- Jefferies + Company Inc-JEF on NYSE, full service investment bank and institutional securities firm. hosts the Jefferies Alternative Energy + Cleantech Conference annually in NYC.
- JP Morgan-JPM on NYSE, US$1B for a Green Fund for Korea, to invest in smart grids, batteries, and solar.
- New Resource Bank-NWBN.OB on OTC, San Francisco, 2006 founded. focus on green businesses and projects.
- Ringkjobing Landbobank A/S-RILBA on CPH, regional bank in Denmark, offers investment opportunities in wind turbine sector.
- Shiga Bank-8366 on TSE, Loans for Eco-Friendly Firms, carbon offset initiative.
- SVB Financial Group-SIVB on NASDAQ, manages US$1B in cleantech climate investments.
- TD Bank Financial Group-TD on TSX, NYSE, wind and solar for green-minded investors April 20, 2009. see also- newsrelease of April 13, 2010.
- Triodos Groenfonds (NL)- WKN 884004 on Xetra, TRIO on Amsterdam, very environmental, financing, funds.
- Umweltbank AG- WKN 557080 on Xetra, UBK.BE, May 2001 IPO. German bank specializing in environment.
- Wainwright Bank + Trust Co-WAIN on NASDAQ, Boston USA area bank, over 40% of the banks commercial lending is to progressive community development initiatives, Green Loans program-low rate loans for residential solar, rated 18th out of 100 Best Corporate Citizens by Business Ethics Monthly, sponsors a unique Certificate of Deposit for Equal Exchange, the Fair Trade coffee pioneers.
- Western Union Company-WU on NYSE, not a bank but possibly getting into micro-lending banking internationally.
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- HSBC-HSBA on LSE, HBC ADR on NYSE, has a forest loans review policy (see Forests, missed a review), other environmental initiatives, named sustainable bank of the year 2005! aat the Financial Times Sustainable Banking Awards 15 June 2005. offsets corporate electricity with RECs.
- Wells Fargo-WFC on NYSE, 4th largest USA bank, plans $1Billion RE lending by 2010, has created an Environmental Advisory Board, and established a 10-point 'environmental commitment' corporate pledge. offsets 40% of corporate electricity with RECs. 2006/2007 has financed 4 windfarms.
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- GABV-Global Alliance for Banking on Values. committed to TBL banking.
- Asian Development Bank- Japan to set up a $100M Envirofund. 2007.
- 56 Japanese banks-April 2009, 'Regional Bank Federation for Protecting Japanese Forests', plus Japanese forest conservation summit in December 2009 in Kyoto.
- BankTrack- NGO monitoring private banks.
- CEE Bankwatch Network-Central + Eastern European network for monitoring the activities of international financial institutions
- Citigroup has in 2004 agreed to not finance the destruction of old growth forests anywhere in the world. 2007 aims $50Billion at climate businesses over 10 years.
- Ecoreporter- Grunes Geld, 15-17 September 2006, Dusseldorf, Germany.
- Financial Times Sustainable Banking Awards-HSBC/ABN Amro Real/Citigroup/Credit Suisse/WestLB
- European Principles for the Environment-criteria for investment set out by European Investment Bank
- event-Foreseo GmbH-April 2007 Banking meets New Energy conference.
- Fortis Bank to go carbon neutral, Jan 07 announcement.
- Green Bank Act of 2009- USA.
- Greenbiz-August 11, 2008, How Banking Became Green.
- - Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Central American Renewable Energy and Cleaner Production Facility.
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation - JCIB Environmental Support Bonds
- Japan Commercial Bank - JCB, Eco Action Point Program
- Japan Green Fund Co. - February 2003, Citizen-Funded Wind Power Plants.
- Merriman Curhan Ford & Co-subsidiary of MCF Corporation-MERR on NASDAQ, has Annual CleanTech Conference for CleanTech company introductions to institutional investors.
- Reckless Times-newsletter
- TD Waterhouse- "Wind power and solar power are sound options for green-minded investors". April 20, 2009.
- Tsuruga Shinkin Bank-credit union in Japan with 'Eco Term Deposits'
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