No. It may have been part of the founding of the bank back in the day, but I worked an intensive five years at Triodos and this is the first time I've even heard that word. No one I worked with or saw in the organization was related to that movement. It was clear to everyone there that as a bank we focus on providing a service that is socially positive for the community, and the people there did take that very seriously, but from what I've seen Dutch society has that to some extent embedded in its fabric.
I believe you that regular employees are not a part of this, and if it were just something the CEO believed I wouldn't care. But they use customer funds to fund ahtropospohical institutions. See, for example,
Those aren't some old examples that I had to dig deep into the bank's archives to find, theyre just two examples of grants that are highlighted on their website right now. You and your colleagues probably weren't related to anthroposophy, but the management and the funding decisions definitely are.
From what I saw, if an organization can demonstrate a positive social impact and a business plan for paying them back, they have a good chance of getting funding. Judging from the number of customers they lend to, I have real doubts that this represents a large percentage of their customer base, or is on anyone's radar there.
No. It may have been part of the founding of the bank back in the day, but I worked an intensive five years at Triodos and this is the first time I've even heard that word. No one I worked with or saw in the organization was related to that movement. It was clear to everyone there that as a bank we focus on providing a service that is socially positive for the community, and the people there did take that very seriously, but from what I've seen Dutch society has that to some extent embedded in its fabric.
I believe you that regular employees are not a part of this, and if it were just something the CEO believed I wouldn't care. But they use customer funds to fund ahtropospohical institutions. See, for example,
An anthroposophical pseudomedicine center:
https://www.triodos.nl/projecten/gezondheidscentrum-de-lemni...
An anthroposophical school:
https://www.triodos.nl/projecten/steinerschool-michaeli
Those aren't some old examples that I had to dig deep into the bank's archives to find, theyre just two examples of grants that are highlighted on their website right now. You and your colleagues probably weren't related to anthroposophy, but the management and the funding decisions definitely are.
From what I saw, if an organization can demonstrate a positive social impact and a business plan for paying them back, they have a good chance of getting funding. Judging from the number of customers they lend to, I have real doubts that this represents a large percentage of their customer base, or is on anyone's radar there.