Green Banking, Texas-style
Welcome to Green Bank — one of the nation’s few banks focused on sustainability. I want to dedicate this first blog entry to sharing a quick personal overview of how and why we started Green Bank.
Redstone Bank reborn as Green Bank
We openly admit that, when we started brainstorming how to create the best bank for fellow Texans, we unexpectedly discovered the trend toward environmental stewardship and even the name Green Bank. Since then, ‘green’ has gone mainstream in Texas and even in our bank and personal lives.
What we didn’t realize at first was that ‘green’ has always been at the core of who we Texans are. For example, when we polled our team about their favorite pastimes, hobbies or memories, everyone listed fun, outdoor activities – such as, golf, walking, biking, tennis, jogging, fishing, camping, bird watching, gardening, etc.
We’ve also been surprised to see that today’s ‘green’ dispels most of the myths and stereotypes that used to keep people from taking care of our great state – including both our neighbors and the great outdoors. Because businesses and consumers have so many more practical alternatives from which to choose – from food to transportation to buildings to energy, ‘green’ is finally practical, cost-competitive, entrepreneurial and fun.
Being Green Bank is not being radical, it is just being smart.
We’re ‘green’ not because it’s popular, but because it’s practical.
A healthy, efficient bank for Texans
Here is the bank we have created for you:
- A community bank operated by a team of seasoned professionals who:
- call Texas home, and
- are committed to being “green” through bold changes in their personal lives to lead cleaner, healthier, more sustainable lifestyles
- A simple portfolio of products and services that reward green personal banking, green commercial banking, and green commercial real estate.
- A well-balanced combination of high-touch and high-tech, that is, good old-fashioned personal banking and customer care along with appropriate modern technologies
- Processes and practices that save customers time and money and even save the planet
- Fun educational resources (green events calendar, news, calculators, and more) to help you enjoy what we’re learning and what you probably already find interesting; and
- Healthier and more efficient green headquarters and branches that use 100% green power or are even pursuing LEED Certification through the US Green Building Council.
We look forward to getting to know you, and to helping you create healthy profits, healthy people and a healthy planet.