Triodos Bank UK has been awarded the inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance Deal of the Year award at this year’s Insider South West Dealmakers Awards for its pioneering conservation-focused debt package to Oxygen Conservation. Announced in April 2023, the £20.55m loan has allowed Oxygen Conservation to acquire 23,000 acres in Scotland, marking a significant step forward in its commitment to scale conservation across the UK. The loan is believed to be the largest conservation-focused commercial debt package in the UK to date. Organised by the publishers of South West Business…
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Triodos Bank announced as Best Ethical Financial Provider at the British Bank Awards
Triodos Bank UK has been named Best Ethical Financial Provider at the British Bank Awards for the third consecutive year. The awards are determined by customers’ reviews and feedback on the Smart Money People website, with over 150,000 people contributing to this year’s awards. In their reviews, customers highlighted Triodos Bank’s ethical credentials, its customer service and the ease of managing their money through the banking app or online. Triodos Bank UK was a finalist in seven further categories, including Best British Bank, Best Banking App, Customer Service Champion, Best…
Read MoreTriodos Bank calls for urgent shift to restorative and circular economy
Triodos Bank published its vision paper on the resource transition, in which it calls for more ambition to shift the economy from wasteful and linear, to restorative and circular. The current ecological crises require not only better financing, new risk and business models, but a system change. One in which companies and individuals see the value in the waste currently being discarded in landfills, and understand the ecological and social damages this causes. Triodos Bank argues that this change in norms will shift economies away from the ‘take, make, dispose’…
Read MoreCentre for Thriving Places announces ‘Wellbeing Economy in Action’ project
Centre for Thriving Places has announced a new project with support from Triodos Bank UK and Carnegie UK to amplify and celebrate the progress being made to embed wellbeing economics. Across the UK, local government, business and community groups are fuelling a revolution and reclaiming their local economies. When aligned with the values and aspirations of the community, these systems can reshape places to drive positive and sustained social and environmental action. The ‘Wellbeing Economy in Action’ project will bring these stories to life, creating a compendium of first-person narratives…
Read MoreTriodos Bank delivers meaningful positive change and strong financial performance in 2023
Triodos Bank, a leader in sustainable banking since 1980, recently announced its performance for 2023. The 2023 Annual Report was also published today and is available here: www.annual-report-triodos.com Meaningful positive change First bank to join the global campaign for a proposed Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty EUR 23.2 billion (2022: EUR 22.6 billion) of total assets under management directed towards positive impact in our five transition themes and residential mortgages Named most active clean energy lead arranger globally by total number of deals (140) Ranked #3 in the global 2023 Sustainable Banking League Table Improved return…
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