Have your say
Our ethics are your ethics
Our ethical policies have always been based on the concerns of customers; after all, it is your money that we're investing.
We recognise that people's concerns change over time, so with this in mind, we are committed to periodically reviewing our policies and asking customers to vote on them. Since the first customer vote on The Co-operative Bank's Ethical Policy in 1992, we've reviewed the policy three times; in the last customer vote, 97% of customers expressed their support for the policy.
More than 44,000 customers were involved in the launch of the Co-operative Insurance's Ethical Engagement Policy in 2005, and so the Policy reflects their views on how we should use our influence on the companies we invest in.
Have your say
Tell us what you think about The Co-operative Bank’s Ethical Policy and The Co-operative Insurance Ethical Engagement Policy – you can get in touch at ethics@co-operative.coop.
You can get involved in other ways too
2008 Ethical Policy vote - gives our customers a say on what types of business they do, and don't, want their money to support. By voting, you can make a difference to issues that are important to you, such as human rights, animal welfare, fair trade and climate change.
Customers Who Care – each year the bank campaigns on one of the issues covered in its Ethical Policy. Over the last two years the issue has been climate change, and we’re now campaigning on human rights. Find out more about our latest campaign
Charity vote - help us decide which charities should benefit from the money raised through Customers Who Care campaign.
