Bankowość alternatywna. Społeczna ewolucja biznesu finansowego – wybrane aspekty ekologiczne
Alternative banking. Social evolution of financial business – selected ecological aspects

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays, the growing public pressure for implementing social criteria in business is widely noticeable across the world, also in financial service industry. Many leading financial institutions create new standards of doing business respecting social responsibility. Moreover, some financial institutions are specialized exclusively in financing undertakings of significant social value. The aim of the article is to present financial institutions strictly oriented at social issues. A special attention is paid to indicate possibilities and limitations of their social activities focusing on ecological issues. In the elaboration methods of description, comparison and case study are used. Based on research results it is possible to state that alternative banking activities compared with regular banking are very limited. Alternative banking is a marginal part of banking system.

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