Climate-Friendly Banking, with Charley Cummings

About this episode

The episode discusses climate-friendly banks and their role in promoting sustainability with Charley Cummings, CEO of Walden Mutual.

Climate-friendly banks are financial institutions that employ public and private capital to support sustainable technologies and climate-forward initiatives, and commit to not investing in the fossil fuel industry. This week, we spoke with Charley Cummings, the CEO of a climate-forward bank called Walden Mutual, about how greener banks are pushing for a more sustainable future. For a transcript, please visit climatebreak.org. For a transcript please visit climatebreak.org/climate-friendly-banking-with-charley-cummings/

People in this episode

Host: Berkeley Law

Guest: Charley Cummings

Topics covered

• climate-friendly banking
• sustainable technologies
• fossil fuel divestment
• climate initiatives
• financial institutions

Keywords

• climate-friendly banks
• sustainable finance
• Walden Mutual
• fossil fuel industry
• sustainable future

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Walden Mutual, Berkeley Law

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