Where you put your money can change the world. Whether you’re opening your first bank account or keeping track of your retirement investments, you can ensure your money works for both your future and healthier communities worldwide.
Our freedom to invest our retirement and college funds in companies that align with our values is under attack. Politicians and companies funded by Big Oil are running campaigns to obstruct our ability to find a company’s greenhouse gas emissions, support companies that prioritize diversity and equity, or bring and vote on shareholder resolutions.
Now more than ever, it’s critical that we use every tool available to protect people and the planet.
We often think of using our power as activists, community-builders, voters, and as green consumers, to make change in society. We don’t always think of our power as bank account holders and investors.
You might wonder, “Can my finances make a difference to struggling communities, corporate conduct, and the environment?” Yes, they can! Through Green America's Responsible Finance campaign, we will show you how.
Strategies to vote with your dollars can be used by anyone, no matter where you fall on the spectrum of wealth. Even if you have only $50 in the bank, it can be in an account that supports the world you want to live in as a Green American.
Learn more by clicking on the resources below.
Guide to Socially Responsible Investing and Better Banking
Green America’s Guide to Socially Responsible Investing & Better Banking can help you use your money – no matter how much or how little – to build a more sustainable and equitable world.
Your money has the power to create significant, positive change -- or contribute to the destruction and exploitation of people and planet.
Even $100, put in the right place, can make a difference. In the Finance section of this website, you can find resources to help you:
Take the pledge to Align Your Money with Your Values in our Responsible Finance Action Center!
You can also find Fossil-Free Products and Services and financial planners and advisors who are members of our Green Business Network.
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Green America is not an investment adviser, nor do we provide financial planning, legal, or tax advice. Nothing in our communications or materials shall constitute or be construed as an offering of financial instruments or as investment advice or investment recommendations.
In 2024, the Federal Insurance Office, an agency within the U.S. Department of the Treasury, worked with state insurance commissioners on what's known as a data call. The initiative gathered zip code level data from across the country on how climate change affected property insurance from 2018 through 2022.
This is important because most major insurance companies are insuring fossil…
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.
Many large insurers are scaling back coverage and raising rates, all while insuring fossil fuel projects and investing in fossil fuels.
Tell your House Representative: Protect my freedom to invest responsibly by joining the Sustainable Investment Caucus.
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