CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking

CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking

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Join 10,000 other members and supporters in the world's first independent customer union. We represent customers of the UK's Co-operative Bank, and support ethical banking and #coops.

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Co-operatives UK
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Friends of the Earth
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In partnership with The Co-operative Bank, we're funding Postcode Gardeners in communities across the UK, to green up their spaces in the way they want. John Pickles is a Postcode Gardener's helping to create healthier and greener streets in Hull. 👇 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4wx2l4z4qo

bbc.co.uk'Right to grow' helping wild flowers bloom in HullSupporters say growing flowers or food on unused land can improve mental health and local pride.
CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking
@cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social

Great to see! Cambridge Uni is shifting some 💸 away from HSBC and Barclays and towards "preferred banks including Handelsbanken, the Co-operative Bank and Coventry Building Society."

Positive Money UK@positivemoneyuk.bsky.social

Huge UK banks are losing money from Cambridge University "as it starts pulling hundreds of millions of pounds away from institutions that finance fossil fuels." 🥳 Huge congratulations to the students campaigning on this! Climate destruction has consequences 👊 www.bloomberg.com/ne...

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Richard Hull
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Great to see the Co-operative Bank puting its ethical and planet-friendly values front and centre. H/T @cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social. #Co-ops #Co-operatives #Mutuals www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/co-oper...

prolificnorth.co.ukCo-operative Bank launches new national campaign promoting ethical and values-led finance - Prolific NorthAt the centre of the campaign are real customer voices, including Friends of the Earth and The Social Change Nest, highlighting long-standing relationships with organisations working to deliver positi...

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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15)
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The Co-op Bank is now back in mutual ownership. Suits us.

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Which? Magazine: "Ditch your bank if it’s a major fossil fuel financier, try one of our Eco Providers (Triodos or The Co-operative Bank), or a building society." 👏 👏👏 www.which.co.uk/news/article...

which.co.ukAre you bankrolling the climate crisis? - Which?As banks backtrack on environmental pledges, Which? reveals how your money could be funding climate change – and where to move it

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Bank.Green
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We love it when one of the frontrunners in sustainable banking raises the bar 👏 Triodos Bank has launched its first combined Climate and Nature Strategy, aiming for real impact by 2030. Curious to find out how your bank is supporting the planet? Visit Bank.Green

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Co-operatives UK
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👋 ⭐ Good news for #coops! ⭐ 📢 If you want to grow, adapt or tackle challenges, our Business Support for Co‑ops programme offers 6 days of tailored expert guidance to help take you to the next level. It has already helped some 500 groups to start, develop or convert to a co‑op! (1/2)

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BankTrack
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After the exodus, the NZBA had two options: double down and align with the science, or reduce its ambition to keep fossil banks on board. Today members voted for the second option. www.unepfi.org/net-zero-ban...

unepfi.orgNet-Zero Banking Alliance renews mandate with increased focus on unlocking opportunities for financing real economy decarbonizationNet-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) members vote overwhelmingly in favour of adopting proposed changes to the NZBA framework, concluding a strategic review that has been underway for a year. The vote...
CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking
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In practice of course, ethical arms companies don’t exist. But worth remembering that the Co-op Bank’s Ethical Policy on the arms trade has always focused on human rights, & never excluded defence companies supplying conventional arms to open, democratic governments. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comLabour MPs urge banks and investors to support defence firmsA group of over 100 Labour politicians say ethical investment rules are holding the sector back.

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Eco Stoic
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Democracy may be in decline. But we can still vote with our money. Divest away from banks that fund fossil fuels, tobacco and weapons companies. Some of the most ethical UK banks are: Triodos The Co-operative Bank Nationwide A full list by country can be found here: bank.green

bank.greenFind Ethical & Sustainable Banks In Your Area - Bank.GreenBank.Green is sounding the alarm on the climate-destroying activities of banks while recommending sustainable alternatives and empowering consumer action.
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We are liking the look of the first joint Co-op Bank / Coventry Building Society campaign. Exciting news indeed. As a Customer Union, we will continue to represent the interests of bank customers in the merged organisation. www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/new-cam...

prolificnorth.co.ukNew campaign, new future for Co-op Bank as Coventry BS completes £780m takeover - Prolific NorthA new campaign entitled ‘All Together Even Better’, has launched to announce that The Co-operative Bank is now officially part of the Coventry Building Society family, following the completion of a £7...

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Richard Hull
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Some of the credit for saving The #Co-operative Bank must also go to the Customer Union for Ethical Banking @cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social (originally Save Our Bank and now a co-op society), which is I think the first ever Customer #Union to achieve a recognition agreement

The Cooperative Economy@cooperatives.bsky.social

Coventry Building Society has taken over the Co-op Bank (United Kingdom), restoring it to mutual ownership after its near-collapse in 2013 when it was sold to private investors. The merger promises enhanced benefits from increased customer numbers and expanded mortgage and savings balances. 🏦👷‍♀️

thenews.coopCoventry Building Society completes takeover of the Co-op BankThe deal returns the 152-year-old bank to mutual ownership after it was sold to private investors following its near-collapse in 2013

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Ryan Brightwell
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A big welcome to BlueSky to the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, formerly known as the Save Our Bank campaign. Give it a follow, especially if you're a Co-op Bank customer, and Join The Union.

CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking@cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social

Here it is, our first BlueSky post. The deal for Coventry Building Society to buy The Co-operative Bank has been approved by regulators and will go through on 1st January. We're delighted. Really welcome news for us and our 10,000 members & supporters. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comCoventry Building Society to take over Co-operative Bank in 2025The Co-op Bank will officially become a subsidiary of Coventry Building Society on 1 January.

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Cllr Tom Laing
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It’s really exciting news I must say I did begin to lose faith we would ever see the bank return to mutual ownership but I’ve been proven wrong

CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking
@cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social

Here it is, our first BlueSky post. The deal for Coventry Building Society to buy The Co-operative Bank has been approved by regulators and will go through on 1st January. We're delighted. Really welcome news for us and our 10,000 members & supporters. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comCoventry Building Society to take over Co-operative Bank in 2025The Co-op Bank will officially become a subsidiary of Coventry Building Society on 1 January.

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