Sierra Club Partners with Visa to Promote Environmental Initiatives

Credit cards have become increasingly necessary to navigate everyday life, but not all credit cards are created equal. Many credit cards in the market finance dirty energy practices that the Atlantic Chapter aims to combat. What if there were an alternative to the big bank credit cards that would allow individuals to direct fees to activities you want to support?

The Sierra Club Visa® Rewards Platinum Credit Card is aligned with your environmental values, supports the Sierra Club with every purchase, and is offered in partnership by Beneficial State Bank, a triple bottom-line bank that doesn’t back environmentally destructive industries or projects.

Using a responsible, values-aligned credit card is another way to deprive those resources from the big banks engaged in anti-environmental or anti-justice activities.

For each approved Sierra Club Visa application that comes through the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, our chapter will receive $40 to help support clean energy, protect air and water, and save wild places.

“You'd be getting a double benefit because your credit card would not only support sustainable, socially responsible banking but also support the Sierra Club's work. By taking one small action, you'll be making a difference every time you eat out or rent a movie,” says Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune.

Sierra Club Visa® Platinum Credit Cardholders have already diverted over $44 million away from big banks. Sierra Club members and supporters in New York are invited to join the growing movement from dirty energy toward a new clean-energy economy.