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VoiceYourself.com is happy to highlight ShoreBank Pacific as our second Stand Out organization. We would like to thank Laurie Landeros for nominating ShoreBank Pacific as a Pacific Northwest Stand Out. In her nomination, Laurie stated that ShoreBank Pacific is "the only bank in the nation that considers the social and environmental impact of every loan they make. We calculate and track the impact of doing business, from our own internal policies and procedures to loan quality decisions. We have a scientist on staff and follow The Natural Step Principles." She notes that ShoreBank Pacific is also "developing a carbon offset program to mitigate environmental impact caused by personal and business travel and other energy consumption".

ShoreBank Pacific's CEO recently presented their business model to the World Bank's Forum on Sustainability.

ShoreBank Pacific is a community-development bank with a mission to promote sustainable businesses and the conservation-based economy through its lending activities in the Pacific Northwest. The bank was founded on the belief that long-term community prosperity goes hand-in-hand with a healthy environment. They support individual and community efforts to bring together conservation and economic development. ShoreBank Pacific lends to small businesses and provides information on conservation improvements that can increase the value of the borrower's business. ShoreBank Pacific helps borrowers use energy efficiently, reduce waste and pollution, conserve natural resources and plan for the long term.

Founded in 1973 on the south side of Chicago, Shorebank Corporation was the first community development bank in the United States. Shorebank Corporation has pioneered a way to rebuild inner cities and rural towns by merging banking, real estate development, venture capital, and specialized job and housing programs.

ShoreBank Pacific and its non-profit affiliate, Shorebank Enterprise Pacific, were created by two organizations - Shorebank Corporation and Ecotrust.

Ecotrust is a non-profit corporation founded in 1991 in Portland, Oregon. The mission of Ecotrust is to foster the emergence of a conservation economy in the coastal temperate rain forest region of North America.

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