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GLS Bank head office in Bochum. Photo: Molgreen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY SA 3.0)

About GLS Bank

GLS Bank (full name 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. The bank focusses on cultural, social and ecological initiatives, initiated by people, and not anonymous interests seeking capital or maximum profit.

Website http://www.gls.de
Headquarters
Christstraße 9
44789 Bochum
Germany
CEO/chair Thomas Jorberg
CEO
Supervisor
Bundesbank
Annual report Annual report 2019
Ownership

GLS Bank has a co-operative structure.

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other documents
2020-12-08 00:00:00

Collective Commitment to Climate Action - Year One in Review

2020-12-08 00:00:00 | UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking
other documents
2020-09-19 00:00:00

Collective Commitment to Climate Action

2020-09-19 00:00:00 | UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking
annual reports
2020-07-02 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

2020-07-02 00:00:00 | GLS Bank
correspondence
2019-09-11 00:00:00

Letter from GLS Bank to BankTrack on PRB implementation

2019-09-11 00:00:00 | GLS Bank
csr policies
2019-07-02 00:00:00

Exclusion criteria

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-07-02 00:00:00 | GLS Bank
annual reports
2019-04-30 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

2019-04-30 00:00:00 | GLS Bank
csr policies
2017-01-31 00:00:00

Anlage und Finanzierungsgrundsätze

2017-01-31 00:00:00 | GLS Bank
correspondence
2015-09-22 00:00:00

Letter from GLS to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

2015-09-22 00:00:00 | GLS
annual reports
2015-04-14 00:00:00

Annual Report 2013

German only
2015-04-14 00:00:00 | GLS Bank
annual reports
2015-04-14 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2013

Germany only
2015-04-14 00:00:00 | GLS Bank
annual reports
2013-04-24 00:00:00

Annual Report 2012

2013-04-24 00:00:00 | GLS Bank
annual reports
2012-07-16 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2011

2012-07-16 00:00:00 | GLS Bank
annual reports
2011-05-27 00:00:00

Annual Report 2010

2011-05-27 00:00:00 | GLS Bank
annual reports
2010-05-05 00:00:00

Annual Report 2009

2010-05-05 00:00:00 | GLS bank
our publications
2008-05-19 00:00:00

GLS Bank annual report 2007

2008-05-19 00:00:00
our publications
2008-05-19 00:00:00

GLS Bank annual report 2007

2008-05-19 00:00:00

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GLS Bank has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
  • Klimaschutz-Selbstverpflichtung des Finanzsektors
  • Collective Commitment to Climate Action (CCCA)
  • Global Alliance for Banking on Values
  • Global Reporting Initiative
  • Paris Pledge for Action
  • Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
  • Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)
  • Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
  • Principles of Sustainable Banking

Investment policies

GLS Bank's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.

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csr policies
2019-07-02 00:00:00

Exclusion criteria

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2019-07-02 00:00:00 | GLS Bank
csr policies
2017-01-31 00:00:00

Anlage und Finanzierungsgrundsätze

2017-01-31 00:00:00 | GLS Bank

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