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Part of our environmental policy is to work with underwriters who understand climate change. Catlin not only understands it, but is actively funding research to understand more about our vulnerable planet. During 2012-2013 the Catlin Seaview Survey conducted a 3 month study along the length of the Great Barrier Reef (survey continued in 2013 with major expeditions to study coral reefs of Bermuda and throughout the Caribbean). Coral reefs are a clear visual indicator of this change – we’ve seen a 40% loss of corals around the globe in the last 30 years alone. The Catlin Seaview Survey is a unique global study, working with some of the world’s leading scientific institutions, dedicated to monitoring this change and communicating it to the world.
Catlin is currently committing to upgrading the environmental credentials of all of their existing building stock and locating new offices in environmentally accredited buildings. By the end of 2014, more than 63% of global staff will either be working in a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified office or in one undergoing certification, with a goal of 85% by 2019.
Catlin is currently committing to upgrading the environmental credentials of all of their existing building stock and locating new offices in environmentally accredited buildings. By the end of 2014, more than 63% of global staff will either be working in a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified office or in one undergoing certification, with a goal of 85% by 2019.
As our ongoing concern to work with underwriters who understand climate change, we also work with RSA Group (otherwise known as Royal Sun Alliance), especially with our renewable energy policies. RSA understand corporate responsibility and they have a specific focus on ‘Sustainable Future‘. RSA were the first Carbon Neutral insurance company.
Pure Leapfrog is dedicated to ensuring that community energy becomes a significant part of the sustainable energy mix in the UK. We achieve this through the provision of accessible expertise and affordable finance to community energy groups and projects. Our network of members provides expert professional advice on a voluntary basis – including legal, financial, marketing and technical consultancy – to help carbon reduction projects overcome non-financial barriers to their success. Our Community Energy Fund offers low interest loans for community renewable energy projects, drawing on a credit facility from Big Society Capital and to date, we have worked with more than 100 community groups in the UK encompassing the whole gambit of carbon reducing technologies.
Ecotricity is an electricity company with a difference. As green energy pioneers, Ecotricity is dedicated to building new wind turbines to fight climate change. Switching is easy and it’s the biggest single step you can take to reduce your emissions and protect the environment.
Investing Ethically are independent financial advisors offering ethical pensions, investments, mortgages, wealth management, life insurance and ethical advice. Naturesave has an affinity arrangement with Investing Ethically, who will donate 10% of all initial fees and commissions to The Naturesave Trust for any policy acquired or placed through this website. Please mention Naturesave when you contact them.
Nigel’s Eco Store is an award-winning online shop full of the latest resourceful and innovative energy saving and eco friendly products, homewares and gifts that help you have a smaller environmental footprint, take more control over the way you live, and save resources, money and energy.
Stephens Scown Solicitors are specialists in advising on the legal aspects of renewable energy projects across all technologies. The team has advised landowners, homeowners and developers on some of the country’s most innovative projects including Hendra Holiday Park and Wheal Jane. Their projects are generating more than 100MW of power – enough to boil a kettle more than 3.3 million times! Your Money – ethical Investment, mortgages and financial advice.
Park House Financial Services – Ethical Specialist Independent Financial Advice – working to provide individuals, businesses, charities and social enterprises with tailored advice on investments, insurance, mortgages, savings and pension plans to match budgets and beliefs. All Ethical / Green/ Socially responsible requirements analysed and catered for. Free initial meeting. Clear fee structure. UKSIF/ EIA/ EIRIS member.
As part of environmental policy and ethical stance, we make sure that we use companies that have a commitment towards the environment. Our phone lines and broadband are provided by BT who have a ‘Better Future’ programme which informs all the work they do. Specifically, their design stage determines a product’s environmental impact. It affects how it is manufactured, used and disposed of. BT have been working with the University of Cambridge Engineering Design Centre to develop the Designing Our Tomorrow (DOT) initiative to help designers consider how to improve the environmental impacts at each stage of the product’s life-cycle. You can see this thinking in BT’s new Hub 5 wireless router, which is packaged from recycled cardboard and includes intelligent power management which puts individual functions into power saving mode when not in use. Its slim-line design allows the delivery package to fit through most home letterboxes, improving the customer experience by avoiding the frustration of failed deliveries – also reducing the carbon impact of repeated delivery trips.
Barchester Green Investment – independent financial advisors on ethical investment
The Ethical Partnership – ethical financial advisers
Ethical Investors Group – ethical financial management and advice
Insuring It (UK) – site offering useful information about types of insurance
Findhorn Eco-Village – sustainable community living
Sloeberry Trading – The Duke of Cambridge – organic food pub in London
Ethical Consumer – scrutiniser of companies for concerned consumers
Greenphase – UK environmental directory
Bioregional Development Group – independent environmental organisation
Life Cycle UK – charity which encourages people to cycle
RenewableUK (formerly BWEA) – the trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewable information. Their website includes information on wind & marine energy, including a consumer guide for small scale wind turbines.
Association of British Insurers – Trade body representing around 400 insurance companies
Edie.net – Market-leading information resource driving sustainability in business
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