Good for everyone
Keeping a watchful eye on the environment
aim to run our business in a socially and economically responsible way. Our Manchester headquarters, the UK's tallest office building outside London, is the country's biggest solar project. We've also signed up to ClimateWise, a set of principles aimed at monitoring and reducing the environmental impact of our business. Click for more information...
Getting involved in the local community
We are firmly committed to working in partnership with local communities. Our aim is to contribute to their development and improvement by working closely with charities, voluntary organisations and community groups. It's this strong focus on the community around us that saw us awarded 'Company of the year' in the 2008 Business in the Community's Awards for Excellence. Click for more information...
Standing up for what we believe in
We're different to other banks and insurers - you tell us where you'd like your money invested. Our ethical policies ensure that we'll always stand up for the issues our customers feel passionately about. So simply by being our customer, you're helping us change the world, little by little, every day. Click for more information...
Turning our ethical credentials into action
As well as supporting businesses committed to upholding labour rights, we refuse to invest in businesses breaching our Ethical Policy standards on global trade. Making global trade fairer would enable more people to leave poverty behind them and become self-sufficient. Click for more information...
Saving energy and promoting fuel efficiency
We will not invest in businesses whose core activity is production or extraction of fossil fuels or unsustainable harvesting of natural resources. Instead, we finance renewable energy and carbon reduction projects. We already have our own wind farm in Cambridgeshire. Click for more information...
Working together to change the world
Since launching our Ethical Policy in 1992, we've turned away £1 billion worth of loans that would have conflicted with our ethical policy. Our influence doesn't stop there. Since 1994, we've lent our voice and leverage to campaigns alongside our customers on crucial global issues like landmines, safer chemicals, climate change and fair trade, through our Customers Who Care campaigns. Click for more information...
