Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. Summerland Bank has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

Summerland Bank Sustainability Profile

Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. Summerland Bank has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

What do our labels mean?

Summerland Bank presents sustainability as central to its business, describing strong environment, social and governance principles as the basis of its approach. The bank says it aims to protect the natural environment, support local communities, and operate as a customer-owned institution that gives back to the Northern Rivers and surrounding regions. It became a Certified B Corporation in 2023 and later achieved B Corp recertification, with an increased score since 2023. Its sustainability content also refers to ethical banking, reduced resource use, community investment, and support for projects that protect natural heritage and wildlife.

About Summerland Bank

Status
Unverified

Website
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Employees
100 - 500

Country
Australia

Summerland Bank Sustainability Actions

B Corp recertification

Summerland Bank has proudly achieved B Corp recertification, increasing its score by 20% since 2023. This milestone reflects its ongoing commitment to ethical banking, environmental responsibility and creating positive impact across its communities.

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Certified B Corporation

Summerland Bank became a Certified B Corporation in 2023. The bank says the certification verifies its social and environmental impact, accountability and transparency, and that it stands alongside a global movement of businesses committed to using their influence for good.

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Supports Friends of the Koala

As part of its B Corp commitment to protect and restore the natural environment, Summerland Bank supports Friends of the Koala. Their work in habitat restoration, tree planting, and community education helps protect vulnerable koala populations across the Northern Rivers.

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Avoids certain investments

Summerland Bank says it does not invest in fossil fuels, tobacco, gambling, and weapons manufacturing, and that it is choosing a future that is fairer and better for its communities.

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Reduced paper use

Since 2011, Summerland Bank says it has reduced paper usage by 36%, saving 240,000 sheets of paper, equivalent to sparing 28 trees. It says this has been achieved through transitioning to digital processes, encouraging electronic communication over print, and streamlining workflows to reduce waste.

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Summerland Bank Sustainability Commitments

2025

Expand community education

Summerland Bank said it was delivering financial literacy education and scams awareness to community groups and secondary school students across the NSW Northern Rivers, and that it was looking forward to expanding this initiative over the next 12 months.