DITCHED: Greening the Banks

Banks don’t just hold on to your dollars and cents, they also play a role in addressing the climate crisis.  In the latest episode of Political Climate's DITCHED series, we take a closer look at the banking sector and what institutions like JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and others can do to fight global warming. Patrick McCully, climate and energy director at the Rainforest Action Network, explains how activists are pressuring banks to clean up their act through initiatives like Stop the Money Pipeline.  Plus, Joe Sanberg, founder of the financial firm Aspiration, explains how this traditional bank alternative is putting climate at the center of its business strategy.  But first, we kick off the episode with Monica Medina and Miro Korenha, founders of leading independent environmental news platform Our Daily Planet, which Political Climate is thrilled to be partnering with to bring you the DITCHED podcast series! Recommended reading: Reuters: Fed moves closer to joining global peers in climate-change fight Ceres: Measuring and Addressing Climate Risk for Banks Fortune: How one of the world’s biggest banks plans to tackle climate change RAN: Banking on Climate Change 2020 Banking Dive: Aspiration CEO banks on customers' social conscience Episodes of DITCHED will air Mondays over the next several weeks. Listen and subscribe to Political Climate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you get podcasts!