Naturesave Policies Ltd was founded in 1993 by Managing Director, Matthew Criddle and is based in Totnes in Devon.

We have a strong commitment to environmental issues and ethical business practices. 

We wanted to do something that mattered, and that could "make a difference".  In the late '80s we became more aware of global-warming and climate change, and what this could mean for all of us, and future generations, if we just sat back and let it happen.  

We believe that if you want to see change, you ultimately have to get involved and whilst we recycled household waste, used energy saving methods at home, travelled by train wherever possible, we wanted to work towards getting other people, and businesses, to look at the ways in which they too could save/recycle/conserve/preserve by adopting more environmentally-aware trading practices and lifestyles and to the extent to which the insurance industry could be used to achieve this goal.

Naturesave is ethical in that it offers is a good service for what is a necessary part of everyday life, together with contributions to specific environmental and conservationist projects, free environmental performance reviews for SME clients, carbon offset grants for SMEs and lobbying within the insurance industry. On the wider stage Naturesave is striving to change the way the insurance industry works – currently by "mopping up" the effects of accidents, some of which are undoubtedly due to human-induced climate change.  Naturesave's primary objective is to use the insurance industry as a vehicle for sustainable development.

Over the past 15 years we have funded a broad variety of projects throughout the UK from water voles and bats to renewable energy and recycling projects. Additionally we have assisted many businesses and organisations in becoming more environmentally aware in their trading practices through the Environmental Performance Reviews.

Naturesave enjoys connecting with like-minded individuals to change the way we work to improve our environment – many of our commercial clients are also "green" but increasingly, and as importantly, we are attracting firms who have not yet had time to consider the commercial mechanics of sustainable development and the growing eco-curious sector of the market.