Save Our Bank (The Cooperative)

So happy to voice the #SaveOurBank campaign for the world’s first customer union for ethical banking, created to help keep the #CooperativeBank ethical. As a customer of 20+ years, it’s a message very close to my heart…

In the 90s, @thecooperativebank was the only high street bank with an ethical policy underpinning how it does business. It campaigned on these issues, too. Very cool. 😎. At a time when I was first learning about taking an ethical stance in life and work, The Cooperative Bank was a big inspiration. So when the bank hit troubled times, like many customers, I worried about things changing…

The bank’s ethical foundation might have crumbled if not for the intervention of the Save Our Bank campaign. This customer union for ethical banking (backed by @ethical_consumer_magazine) now works closely with the bank to help it stick to its customer-led ethical policy and founding principles.

The original ethical bank had (and still has) a trailblazing policy of not investing our money in unethical activities like selling arms to oppressive regimes, funding fossil fuels, or businesses that fail to implement basic human rights.

So what’s next?

Discover more about the bank’s history, future, become a union member, and donate to the #SaveOurBank campaign via the video…

Because saving (and making) money actually doesn’t have to cost the Earth. And The Cooperative is a bank we can still hold to account. 💰 🌍 💕 🌊 ☮️ saveourbank.coop | ethicalconsumer.org | co-operative bank.co.uk