Corporate and social responsibility

An open letter responding to sector-wide call for climate action

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corporate and social responsibility climate change

Please read Ivan Frishberg’s letter, Director of Impact Policy at Amalgamated Bank, to ShareAction, outlining the details of Amalgamated’s work which demonstrates the leadership and action commensurate with the scale of the climate risk before us.

A green, thriving Colorado, and the story of Namasté Solar

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corporate and social responsibility environmental sustainability Amalgamated clients

Dollars deposited at Amalgamated are directly lent out to impact businesses that take corporate social responsibility seriously.  Amalgamated’s impact lending strategy is steeped in our values to build a more just and sustainable world.  The clients we serve are values-aligned organizations that we’re proud to do business with and support their efforts to make the world a better place. Today, we’d like to share the story of Namasté Solar, one of our solar lending clients focused on bringing clean energy to Colorado. 

Radical imagination in banking and our economic system

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banking industry corporate and social responsibility American economy

Officially one year into the COVID-19 pandemic and erratic state-by-state lockdowns, we continue to question what a “new normal” will look like for our country. We know that a return to old ways of doing business isn’t viable for the health of our planet and communities and that we have a responsibility to radically reimagine how we do business. 

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Amalgamated Bank Becomes First Major U.S. Bank to Endorse HR 40

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racial justice corporate and social responsibility

Amalgamated Bank (NASDAQ: AMAL), America’s socially responsible bank, announced today its endorsement of H.R. 40, calling upon the Federal Government to form a commission to study the effects of slavery and explore appropriate remedies and reparations for African Americans.

Amalgamated Bank endorses HR 40

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racial justice corporate and social responsibility

Today, Amalgamated Bank announced its endorsement of HR 40, which is calling upon the Federal Government to form a Commission to explore reparations for African Americans. As of now, we are the first major U.S. bank to endorse HR 40, but are hopeful we are not the last.

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Amalgamated Financial Becomes the First Publicly Traded Financial Services Company to Incorporate as a Public Benefit Corporation

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corporate and social responsibility Amalgamated Bank history

Amalgamated Financial Corp. (“Amalgamated Financial” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:AMAL) and Amalgamated Bank (the “Bank”) today announced the consummation of a holding company reorganization, effective March 1, 2021, pursuant to which the Company became the parent bank holding company of the Bank.

Amalgamated receives top score from Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index

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LGBTQ+ justice corporate and social responsibility Amalgamated Bank history

Amalgamated Bank was founded almost 100 years ago to create a diverse, inclusive, and egalitarian community for labor workers. These tenets of our founding are elevated again today as we proudly announce that the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index (HRC CEI) has designated Amalgamated Bank “One of the Best Places to Work” in 2021.

Placing values upfront during uncertainty

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corporate and social responsibility

The year 2020 has brought extreme hardship for millions of people throughout the United States and the world. Millions are out of work while wealth concentrations have reached new highs. Our already unstable healthcare system is at the brink while the global pandemic is expanding. Regardless of the outcome of the 2020 election, it is clear that the fundamental pillars of our democracy are challenged.

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Amalgamated Bank Becomes First Public U.S. Company To Add Environmental and Societal Commitments To Corporate Organization Certificate

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environmental sustainability corporate and social responsibility

As part of its continued commitment to social responsibility and sustainability, Amalgamated Bank (Nasdaq: AMAL) today announced it will become the first U.S.-based publicly traded company and the first publicly traded bank across the globe to amend its Organization Certificate to formally recognize the value of business objectives that realize standards of sustainability and public good.

Morgan Stanley's big step for values based banking

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values-based banking corporate and social responsibility banking industry

Morgan Stanley’s announcement that they are joining the Partnership For Carbon Accounting (PCAF) is evidence of the gradual shift in the banking sector towards meaningful climate action. It is also a big victory for values based banking and for all those clients and customers who have decided to put their money where their values are.