BERLIN, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
The Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), a network of the world's leading sustainable banks, issued a declaration outlining how the banking system should be transformed. The sustainable banks call for a fundamental shift in how banks operate to make them more transparent, sustainable and diverse.
Peter Blom, Chair of the GABV and CEO of Triodos Bank: "We want to draw on the successes of groundbreaking banks around the world to develop the partnerships and genuinely innovative approaches necessary to forge a financially viable future for banking."
Thomas Jorberg, CEO GLS Bank and member of the Steering Committee of the GABV: "To change the financial system we need a vision that takes social and ecological impact into account when making financial decisions. This means that next to profit and risk, a banker also has to judge the social and ecological impact in the real economy."
Contact
GLS Bank
Christof Lützel, Press Secretary
christof.luetzel@gls.de
Tel. +491732786963
http://www.gls.de
GABV
Thomas Steiner, Press Secretary
thomas.steiner@gabv.org
Tel. +31653488813
http://www.gabv.org
SOURCE GLS Bank