Show Notes
Money makes the world go around, or so the saying goes. But did you know that YOUR money, might be making fossil fuel companies go round (aka fund them!), without you knowing?Do you want a few bonkers stats?- The “Big 5” UK high-street banks – Barclays, HSBC, Santander, Lloyds andNatWest – have financed the fossil fuel industry with more than $556 billion between 2016 and 2023 (1)- In 2023 alone, they provided $55 billion to fossil fuel companies (1).- For every £10 you put into your pension, £2 is invested in deforestation (2).In today’s episode I’m chatting to Lisa Stanley-Mann, from Good with Money. We dive into all things money, and more specifically, the power of our money, and what it might be being used for when we think it’s all tucked up nice and safe and innocently in our bank accounts or pensions.I was convinced that Lisa had been on the podcast before, but I scrolled back through the archives and couldn’t see an episode, someone please correct me if I’m wrong! But Lisa and I have previously chatted ‘off air’ quite some time ago as it turns out, when I hosted some podcasts for Good With Money – we got chatting about the 2016 craze that is/was sweeping the internet at the time of recording, and that I was blissfully unwaware of as I’m not cool enough! Inevitably I hopped straight onto the bandwagon pretty much as soon as my call with Lisa ended, and if you’re in any way interested (it’s genuinely not that interesting, so I won’t be offended if you’re not!), I did my own 2016 post – I’ll pop a link to it below if you want to have a nose.PS. We should have said this in the chat, but hopefully it's blindingly obvious that I'm not a financial advisor, and Lisa isn't either! Do take proper professional advice before moving your money.References:(1) https://makemymoneymatter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Banking-Guide-2025.pdf(2) https://makemymoneymatter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Green-Pensions-Guide-2025.pdf Lisa Stanley-Mann
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USEFUL LINKS:Good With Money- Website- Instagram- Facebook- The Good Egg accreditation- The Good Guides- The Good Lists Make My Money Matter- E-mail template to email your employer about their pension provider Bank Track Pension Bee Zero Related podcast episodes from the archives:- [015] - Money as a Force for Good with Triodos Bank- [091] - Make My Pension Matter - with Make My Money Matter- [169] - How green is your money - with Dan Sherrard-Smith from Mothertree Bank.Green Ethical Consumer B-Corp Naturesave My 2016 post on Instagram
Are you going to do a bit of investigating into your money, and your current accounts and savings after listening? Or have you already moved your money? Do let me know! […]
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