Why I love Costco and wish they would clean up their credit card
🗽“The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.” —Lady Bird Johnson.
As someone who grew up in the Pacific Northwest, I had the honor of visiting the first Costco ever. I was so excited to visit this store that everyone was talking about. I remember how cool it was to see this warehouse set up to provide a new way to shop. I have been a member ever since. I am a Costco fangirl! I love the quality (so much so, I will drive out of my way to shop at Costco), the prices, and I love how Costco treats their employees (they take great care of their staff! People that come to work at Costco, stay at Costco).
But……
I recently learned that Costco’s credit cards are issued by Citi, which is one of the biggest funders of fossil fuels. Citi pumps billions into building new oil, gas, and coal projects that are creating toxic air pollution and worsening deadly fires, floods, hurricanes, and extreme heat. Since 2016, Citi has provided more than $332 billion in financing polluting fossil fuel companies, threatening our homes, our jobs and our lives.
I am asking you to please join me in calling on Costco to do better and seek out another credit card provider. Can you take 1 (one) minute and send a message to Costco?
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No Costco member need us the citibank card. We canceled our about 20 yrs ago.
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