Every time you use your credit card, transaction fees go to the bank that issued it. You may also be paying annual fees and interest fees if you carry a balance. You can make sure this money is used to build a better world by finding a socially responsible credit card.
Take a look at the front of your credit card. What you’ll likely see is the branding – maybe a bank logo, store brand or nonprofit organization. Now turn your card over and look at the back. What you may find in small print is the issuer of your credit card. That’s who you send your payments to each month.
Sometimes the brander and issuer of the card are the same, but often they are not – and the issuer is who determines whether the fees associated with using the card align with your values.
Those fees include:
This means that even if your credit card has no annual fee, and you pay it off in full each month, your purchases are still responsible for transaction fees that go to your credit card issuer.
How can you make sure these fees are used in a way that aligns with your values? Find a socially responsible issuer for your credit card, usually a responsible bank or credit union.
Learn more by clicking on the resources below.
We have had many big breakthroughs recently. Major companies across all industries are changing -- proof of the power of consumer pressure. We are witnessing how our economic power is truly changing the world for good and towards a simpler, more sustainable way of living. We are winning and we are opening doors for more businesses to go green.
Learn more...
Safeway and other major grocery chains have a huge climate problem. Refrigerators in the companies’ stores using potent super-pollutant gasses, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), are leaking and accelerating the climate crisis.
Tell these megabanks to finance clean energy for people and planet, not fossil fuels that cause climate chaos.
Vanguard is lagging on climate: It’s the top fossil fuel investor and is failing to hold companies accountable on their climate and sustainability impacts.
U.S. agriculture is becoming increasingly toxic to pollinators – the very creatures so much of our food system relies on. Toxic pesticides are a big reason for this unfolding tragedy. Yet millions of crops every year are still treated with toxic pesticides.
The holidays are upon us and with them the flurry to find the perfect gift for loved ones. This year, consider giving to not just people, but the planet, too, by shopping our guide of sustainable gifts. From pets to the ones who say they don’t…
From the most recent issue of our magazine, Green American, where we update readers on the progress we've made over the last quarter on climate, finance, food, labor, social justice, and more.
We made tremendous progress…
©2024 Green America
Green America's website is sponsored by Green America members and 
