Environmental Bankers Association

What Environmental Bankers Association does

The Environmental Bankers Association (EBA) is a non-profit trade association founded in 1994 and headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, that represents the financial services industry's interface with environmental risk. Its membership comprises US and international depository institutions (banks, savings associations, trust companies, credit unions, and IFIs), insurers and surety providers, asset managers, environmental consultants and data providers, environmental and real estate attorneys, and P&C insurers serving the lending chain. EBA's stated mission is to promote best practices that protect net income and assets of member institutions from environmental risk arising across commercial real estate lending, collateral evaluation, foreclosure, and asset management activities — focusing on Environmental Policy Development, Environmental Risk Evaluation, and Environmental Risk Mitigation.

The organization's core products are professional development and networking vehicles rather than technology platforms: the Environmental Risk Manager (ERM) Certificate Program delivered on the Thinkific learning management system (six-week course, three annual cohorts, 100-question exam with 75% pass threshold, 3.4 CEUs), the Managing Risk in a Changing World workshop series, a semi-annual EBA Journal, an Annual in-person Conference and an Annual Virtual Conference (delivered via Whova), and a Resource Library with a search tool. Supporting infrastructure includes an online member community (YourMembership), a job board (jobs.envirobank.org), monthly Risk Management Meetings, regional Meet-Ups, virtual Zoom Arounds, the EBA Book Club, EBA Gives Back community outreach, Ask a Banker consultation, and an EBA 15 Club for long-tenured members. EBA also engages with regulators (SEC, FDIC, OCC, SBA) and contributes to ASTM standards development, including the Federal AAI standard.

Commercially, EBA operates on a membership-dues-and-events model. Annual financial-institution dues are scaled by asset size (less than $10B: $755; $10B-$24.9B: $955; over $25B: $1,195; IFIs/State Associations/Associate Online-Only: $455), and affiliate dues scale by firm type and footprint ($595-$1,995). Conference registration is tiered across Early Bird and Standard pricing with member, additional-staff, and prospective-member rates, while sponsorships are sold at Diamond/Platinum/Gold/Silver levels. The ERM Certificate is priced by organization size, and the organization is staffed by a small team (11-50 employees) led by a Senior Association Manager, Events & Conference Manager, and Association and Community Coordinator, with governance provided by a volunteer Board of Governors drawn from member institutions including Truist, Wells Fargo, JPMorganChase, Fifth Third, TD Bank, U.S. Bank, SouthState, and Self-Help Credit Union.

Name

Environmental Bankers Association

Legal name

Environmental Bankers Association

Website

https://envirobank.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Environmental Bankers Association is a 1994-founded, Marietta, Georgia-based non-profit trade association serving US and international banks, insurers, asset managers, and environmental consultants with environmental risk management education, certifications, conferences, and networking.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry Trade Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) & Due Diligence (BPAHAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

EIA/ESIA Documentation & Technical Studies (Air/Water/Noise/Traffic) (EUAHAAAC), EHS Management Systems & ISO Consulting (ISO 14001/45001) (BPAHAJAF)

Keywords

• Environmental risk management
• Banking trade association
• Professional certification programs
• Commercial lending compliance
• Industry networking services

Headquarters

HQ city

Marietta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues from financial institutions and affiliate members. Dues are scaled by asset size for banks and by firm type for affiliates.
2. Conference Registration Fees: Revenue from annual conferences and virtual conferences, with tiered pricing for members, prospective members, and additional staff from member organizations.
3. ERM Certificate Program: Revenue from the Environmental Risk Manager Certificate Program, a six-week course with exam administered three times per year.
4. Sponsorships: Event sponsorships at Diamond, Platinum, Gold, and Silver levels for annual conferences.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Environmental Bankers Association (EBA) is a non-profit trade association that delivers environmental risk management education, professional certification, and networking to financial institutions, insurers, asset managers, and environmental service providers. Its core sellable offerings include institutional membership, the Environmental Risk Manager (ERM) Certificate Program, the Managing Risk in a Changing World workshops, the semi-annual EBA Journal, and Annual and Virtual Conferences. The organization additionally operates a Resource Library, member committees, monthly Risk Management Meetings, regional Meet-Ups, and a Career Center job board.

Product overview

The Environmental Bankers Association (EBA) is a non-profit trade association offering a portfolio of professional development and networking products for the environmental banking industry. The core offerings include the Environmental Risk Manager (ERM) Certificate Program, the Managing Risk in a Changing World Workshops, the EBA Journal (semi-annual publication), and Annual/Virtual Conferences. Supporting products include a Resource Library Search Tool, member committees (including DEI), EBA Gives Back community outreach, EBA Book Club, Career Center job board, Risk Management Monthly Meetings, EBA Meet-Ups, EBA Zoom Arounds, and EBA 15 Club. The organization also provides Ask a Banker consultation services. All offerings serve the financial services industry's environmental risk management needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EBA Institutional Membership (Financial Institutions and Affiliates) Annual institutional membership for financial institutions (banks and credit unions) and affiliate members (environmental consultants, attorneys, appraisers, insurance firms), scaled by asset size and firm type, providing access to the Resource Library, member community, committees, and discounted conference/certificate pricing.
• Environmental Risk Manager (ERM) Certificate Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 3.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) awarded for ERM Certificate Program completion
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers29 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Consumer Bankers Association (CBA): CBA is a US trade association for retail and consumer banking, with an overlapping bank-member roster to EBA. Comparable in trade-association model for US banks, though CBA focuses on consumer banking policy rather than environmental risk specifically.
• Credit Union National Association (CUNA): CUNA is the largest US credit union trade association, providing advocacy, compliance, and professional development. Comparable in serving depository institutions with risk and compliance education, though credit-union-focused rather than environmental-risk-specific.

Broad incumbents

• Institute of International Finance (IIF): IIF is the global association of financial institutions covering capital markets, risk, regulation, and sustainability. EBA's environmental risk mission overlaps with IIF's sustainable finance agenda; IIF is far larger and global, whereas EBA is US-focused.
• American Bankers Association (ABA): ABA is the largest US banking industry trade association covering all banking topics including compliance, lending, and risk. EBA competes for member attention and dues within the same banking audience but operates in the narrower environmental risk niche.

Direct peers

• Risk Management Association (RMA): RMA is a trade association serving commercial and community banks with risk management education, networking, and credit risk training — closely analogous to EBA's banking-risk professional development focus, though RMA's scope is broader across credit, market, and operational risk rather than exclusively environmental.
• Bank Policy Institute (BPI): BPI is a policy and research association for major US banks covering risk, regulatory, and capital topics. Comparable to EBA in being bank-driven and focused on risk/regulatory issues, though BPI's scope is broader and policy-oriented rather than practitioner environmental risk training.

Others

• Ceres: Ceres is a sustainability nonprofit working with institutional investors, banks, and companies on climate and ESG issues. Comparable in mobilizing the financial sector around environmental risk and disclosure, but operates as an advocacy/NGO rather than a member trade association.
• Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI): EESI is a nonprofit focused on environmental policy education for policymakers and the public. Comparable in environmental policy education mission, but addresses a broader policy audience rather than banking practitioners.

Emerging players

• UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI): UNEP FI is a UN-backed coalition of banks, insurers, and investors working on sustainable finance including environmental risk management. Directly comparable to EBA in the sustainability-banking nexus, but UNEP FI is global and policy-oriented whereas EBA is practitioner- and US-oriented.
• Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF): PCAF is an industry-led partnership developing standardized GHG accounting methodology for financial institutions. Comparable to EBA in serving banking professionals around climate/environmental measurement, though PCAF focuses narrowly on financed emissions accounting.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Envirobankorg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/environmental-bankers-association

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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