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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790098203321

Titolo

Social banks and the future of sustainable finance / / edited by Olaf Weber and Sven Remer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-80444-7

1-283-10363-X

9786613103635

1-136-80445-5

0-203-82787-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Routledge international studies in money and banking ; ; 64

Altri autori (Persone)

RemerSven

WeberOlaf <1965->

Disciplina

332.1

Soggetti

Banks and banking - Social aspects

Development banks

Social responsibility of business

Community development - Finance

Finance - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A new attitude towards money: the case of GLS Treuhand - giving as part of holistic banking

Sommario/riassunto

Social Banking describes a way of value-driven banking that has a positive social and ecological impact at its heart, as well as its own economic sustainability. Although it has a long and successful history, it has arguably never been more topical than it is now in the aftermath of the latest financial crisis. Most Social Banks came out of this crisis not only unscathed but much stronger and bigger than they were before. And contrary to their conventional peers, none of the Social Banks had to be bailed out with public funds. This increasingly attracts the interest not only of clients sear