GLS Bank

GLS Bank
Company typeCooperative
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1974
HeadquartersBochum, Germany
Key people
Thomas Jorberg, President
ProductsSustainable banking
AUM€4.1 billion (2016)
Number of employees
514 (2017)
Websitewww.gls.de

GLS Bank (officially GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eG) is a German ethical bank that was founded in 1974 as an anthroposophical initiative by Wilhelm Ernst Barkhoff and Gisela Reuther. It was the first bank in Germany that operated with an ethical philosophy.[1] According to GLS Bank, its focus is on cultural, social and ecological initiatives, initiated by people, and not anonymous interests seeking capital or maximum profit. The name stands for Gemeinschaftsbank für Leihen und Schenken which translates as Community bank for loaning and giving.

The head office of the German GLS Bank in Bochum, Germany

The bank is based in Bochum, Germany, and is a co-operative. As of November 2006, the bank's total balance was EUR 645 billion.[1] As of 31 December 2008, the balance sheet total was EUR 1,013 billion, further rising to EUR 1,847 billion as of 31 December 2010.

In 2015, the bank received the first German Award for Excellence from the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Zertifizierung (German Certification Group).[2][3] The award was granted to honor the bank's fair business practices.

In December 2016 at the annual general assembly, about 80% of the 1200 people present at the assembly decided to introduce the GLS Beitrag.[4][5][6]

Growth

In 2010, the bank acquired over 18,000 new customers and in February 2011 GLS announced a growth of 37%, the largest in the bank's history.[7] As of December 2016 the Genossenschaft (co-operative) has 46,313 members,[8] compared to December 2015 with 41,982 members[8] this is a growth of 10.3%.[8]

Support

GLS bank is supporting a number of initiatives and projects in the fields of renewable energies, food, housing, "sustainable business", health and culture and education. GLS bank supports for example the lobby-organisation "Center for a modern liberalism" of former Alliance 90/The Greens-politicians Marieluise Beck and Ralf Fücks.[9]

See also

  • Triodos Bank, another ethical bank founded under anthroposophical principles.

References

  1. ^ a b GLS Gemeinschaftsbank, summary by International Association of Investors in the Social Economy, December 2006. For summary report enter 'GLS' in search box
  2. ^ GLS Bank für vorbildliche Geschäftspolitik ausgezeichnet Archived 2015-11-22 at the Wayback Machine, Umwelt-Kompass
  3. ^ "Erstmals verliehener "German Award for Excellence" geht an GLS-Bank". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  4. ^ GLS Beitrag: Im Neuland, GLS Blog
  5. ^ bankspiegel.pageflow.io/gls-beitrag Archived 2017-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, pageflow.io
  6. ^ "Gebühr ohne Schrecken". Handelsblatt. 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  7. ^ "GLS Bank with 37 percent record growth". nna-news.org. 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  8. ^ a b c GLS Bank, Zahlen & Fakten
  9. ^ "Zentrum für Liberale Moderne". www.gls.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-07-28.

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