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Ecotrust joins the Divest-Invest movement

Recognizing that an alignment of capital and public purpose is more important than ever.

Jim Norton
June 17, 2016 18 June 2016

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Craft3 founder leaves legacy of innovation in building community, capital

Originally Shorebank Enterprise Pacific, co-founder John Berdes led the innovative lending firm, Craft3, for more than 20 years.

Carolyn Holland
June 15, 2016 16 June 2016

Helping investors navigate new opportunities

Ecotrust Forest Management listed among best fund managers for impact investors for the fourth year in a row by ImpactAssets.

Megan Foucht
October 21, 2015 21 October 2015

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The nation’s first environmental bank

Spencer Beebe tells the story of the founding of ShoreBank Pacific in Ilwaco, Washington.

Megan Foucht
March 23, 2015 23 March 2015

Divesting from coal, reinvesting in Ecotrust Forests

Moving their money to cool the planet, The Russell Family Foundation reinvests $1 million in Ecotrust Forests.

Oakley Brooks
November 7, 2014 18 June 2016

Empowered to Succeed: How tribes can unlock new capital to grow in Indian Country

By Dave Castillo “How is it that the United States can put a man on the moon but not a bank on an Indian Reservation?” A version of this question was asked by a tribal official in 1999 during the …

guest
August 29, 2013 01 October 2014

Beyond the bank: funding entrepreneurs and the recovery

By Terry Brandt A lot is being written about how to best lay the foundation for our country’s economic recovery. There seems to be little consensus  on whether we should borrow capital, which increases our national debt on the promise …

guest
November 7, 2012 01 October 2014

Vines growing up the outside of the Ecotrust building turn red in the fall

Kickstarting social innovations

Spreading those killer social innovations can be tough. There’s rarely enough money to support the ventures, the marketplace needs to take a leap of faith and if the government is involved, well, things are slow.  We’ve had our share of …

Oakley Brooks
July 30, 2012 29 July 2016

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Beyond ‘Sustainable Capitalism’

Noah Enelow
March 14, 2012 15 January 2020

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Mobilizing capital to drive social change

Kristen Sheeran
March 9, 2012 14 January 2020

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