A bank with an eye on the opportunities in financing sustainability takes these fundamental business objectives a step further to include longer-term needs of the communities it serves. These needs include healthy air and water, thriving diverse business districts and healthy neighborhoods. Nontraditional developments and business innovation require new banking interpretations. These new interpretations and expanding knowledge base can help banks avoid risk and seize business opportunities in new types of service providers, technologies and consumer markets. By financing businesses that create innovation and support environmental and social responsibility, the bank helps build businesses that will thrive in an increasingly competitive economy.
Banks can be exceptional community participants when they choose to spread their wings wider.
With a vision for the economic, social and environmental health, banks become a catalyst and partner in the development of a community. In the process, a better bank is built because bank performance ultimately reflects the economic health of the communities it serves. If you believe in corporate responsibility, you probably want to be investing with both your values and your returns in mind. With Progressive Investment Management, you can make informed and financially sound investments supporting your ethical principles. Shorebank Pacific is a commercial bank building economic relationships that maintain ecological integrity, while fostering businesses and job growth.