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How Your Credit Union Can Reap the Rewards of Green Lending Why should credit unions care about clean energy, and what do they stand to gain from helping low-income and disadvantaged communities deploy clean energy projects? All credit unions should be thinking about clean energy and green lending That can start with looking across all your current products and putting a “clean and green” lens on them
How Community Development Credit Unions Are Using Capital to Expand . . . Historically redlined communities experience the highest energy burdens, with Black and Native American households spend about 45% more of their income on energy costs than non-Hispanic white households Clean Energy Credit Union is dedicated to financing clean energy projects for consumers
Credit Unions Are Key to Reaching Climate Justice Goals Many credit unions already have green lending expertise, and every day more and more are working to develop new green loan programs to help their members address skyrocketing energy costs and build resiliency in their communities
Reasons for Credit Unions to Consider Green Lending 3 Green lending supports your community By offering loans that enable members to save money by reducing energy expenses, credit unions invest in the local economy
Climate Justice Starts With Credit Unions With Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund dollars, CUs can bring affordable clean energy loan products to those who need them most
How Credit Unions Are Pushing a Just Energy Transition “Credit unions can utilize their influence to facilitate a just [green energy] transition by supporting their members and local businesses in reducing their emissions,” writes Helen Tooze, a researcher at the University of British Columbia, in a 2023 report
Green Lending: What Is Your ‘Why?’ | CreditUnions. com | Data Insights . . . Green vehicle loans are not just another vehicle loan A home equity loan for energy improvements is not just another home equity loan Credit unions should see these loans as having potentially safer behaviors Finally, every credit union might begin its green lending journey by asking the all-important “why” question