Wainwright was featured in three books on this topic: in 2005, Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism by Patrician Aburdene;[2] in 2006, named as a “truly responsible and highly profitable firm that is changing business now” in The High Purpose Company by Christine Arena;[3] and in 2008 in the Soul of a Leader[4] by Margaret Benefiel PhD, CEO of Executive Soul and a teacher of spirituality and leadership at Andover Newton Theological School.
[11] The bulk of Wainwright Bank and Trust Co.'s commercial loan portfolio financed socially responsible community development projects.
The last two of its 12 branches - Coolidge Corner [13] and Newton[14] received Silver and Gold certifications respectively under the LEED certification system that measures how well a building or community performed across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.
"[18] The bank was founded on 28 July 1987 by John Plukas and Robert Glassman and opened public stock sales nine months later, on 13 October 1988.
In 2006, Business Ethics again cited Wainwright, ranking it 18th of "100 best corporate citizens", stating that it had provided more than $400 million in loans to development projects such as affordable housing and homeless shelters.
"[22] In 1999, Wainwright’s CommunityRoom.net was launched to provide free web pages to any nonprofit client of the bank and the ability to accept online donations.
[23] 2006 - Wainwright offered the Equal Exchange Certificate of Deposit the first "branded CD" in partnership with the Fair Trade coffee and chocolate cooperative company.
The allocation was awarded, in the sixth round, to provide financing for projects in four "highly distressed" Boston neighbourhoods — Hyde Park, Mattapan, Dorchester and Roxbury.