Are you looking to help the environment with your buying choices, but don’t know where to start? We’ve done the hard work for you – pulling together a list of useful resources that can help you make informed consumer choices:
Climate Stewards
Climate Stewards helps you to measure your carbon footprint, reduce what you can and offset the rest.
Ecotricity
Ecotricity’s electricity is 100% green – made from the sun and the wind. It generates about 12% itself, and the rest is certified green energy it buys from other green generators or via the wholesale market.
Energy Saving Trust
The Energy Saving Trust is an independent organisation, working to address the climate emergency. A trusted voice on energy efficiency and clean energy solutions, it works towards a smart, decarbonised, decentralised energy system.
Ethical Consumer Magazine
At the heart of the ethical consumer movement since 1989, Ethical Consumer Magazine publishes excellent news and advice about how to make informed choices. Its guide to switching to a green energy supplier will help you cut through the greenwash. It also looks at alternative ways to power and heat homes, with guides to solar power and heatpumps.
The Good Shopping Guide
The Good Shopping Guide is very well established as a leading independent authority on the ethical comparisons of companies and brands. It has excellent reference books – and free access online data that influences journalists, investors, company policy makers, trade buyers, employees and consumers.
Green Mortgages From MoneySavingExpert
Everything you need to know about green mortgages… if you have an energy-efficient home, you can see if you could save with a green mortgage.
