City First Bank

🌍 Gen Z is setting new standards for business—and B Corps are listening. Our latest report shows brand awareness for #BCorp Certification is strongest among young consumers, reflecting a powerful generational shift towards values-driven choices and meaningful impact. As customers, employees, and even founders, #GenZ is pushing businesses to prioritize genuine impact, transparency, and accountability. For Hazel Horvath, founder of Ecolytics, the stakes couldn’t be clearer: “Gen Z has made it clear…they want to work for and buy from companies that share their values.” For her, #BCorpCertification is a way to cut through greenwashing, offering proof of real impact. 🔗 Read our full report to find out how the B Corp brand connects with and builds trust among the next generation: https://bit.ly/4ePmgae

Join us this November 2024 for the third event in a series exploring the transformative journey of values-based banks within the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) as they work to improve millions of lives. On 19 November, leading impact experts from Bank Australia Beneficial State Bank City First Bank Climate First Bank and Vancity will provide firsthand insights into how they are driving measurable, positive change to create long-term, sustainable impact in Australia, USA and Canada. Get your free tickets here: https://lnkd.in/dSfUKd6F #BankingonValues #TransformingBanking #TransformingLives

Hear how institutional depositors can make an impact in underserved communities as City First CEO Brian Argrett explains the new ACT Deposit Program (https://lnkd.in/dJi6ZhuE) on this Family Office Exchange podcast. >> https://ow.ly/3zE650TUooZ

Hear how institutional depositors can make an impact in underserved communities as City First CEO Brian Argrett explains the new ACT Deposit Program (https://lnkd.in/dJi6ZhuE) on this Family Office Exchange podcast. >> https://ow.ly/3zE650TUooZ

“We are all green banks now.” — Oswaldo Acosta, CEO, City First Enterprises Read more about how CDFIs – Community Development Financial Institutions – are leveraging the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) to drive impactful climate action in under-resourced communities across the United States: https://lnkd.in/eteA8gJk

By influencing where and how community development dollars are spent, we can help drive capital to communities with low incomes and make the community development finance system more durable and equitable. There are many points of entry to the community development finance system, each with its own strengths based on the intended impacts. RWJF worked with BWB Solutions to develop a useful graphic with examples of how each type of community development finance organization can build healthier, more equitable communities. Our team is working with a variety of these types of organizations to advance health and racial equity, including: 🔴 The National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders: a network of community development finance institutions working to provide loans to affordable housing developers and small businesses in Latino communities. 🔴 Inclusiv: a nonprofit that funds community development credit unions, increasing their capacity to provide capital to families and communities with low incomes. 🔴 The Council of Development Finance Agencies: a national association that provides capital to development finance agencies to foster job creation and economic growth for small businesses of color. And many more! Learn more about each of these types of organizations below.