Financial service providers range from large multinational organisations providing a wide range of services to smaller specialist or boutique providers. In all cases they will impact the environment through the carbon emission created by the running of their offices & branches and to a greater or lesser degree, as a result of the way in which they invest and manage the financial resources under their control.
Increasingly these institutions are responding to concerns over the impact their own operations have on the environment and probably more importantly, the impact of the activities and operations of the companies in whom they invest.
In the world of finance the term 'ethical' is widely used to describe eco-friendly or green investment funds, insurance schemes and carbon-neutral operations.