Bank/Building Society


Barclays PLC

1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP

Contact: Philippa Birtwell, Social Affairs Manager

Tel: 0207 116 1000

Email: philipa.birtwell@barclays.com
Web: www.barclays.com

Barclays PLC is a UK-based financial services group and one of the UK's largest companies. Barclays provides retail banking products to a wide range of personal and business customers, as well as investment banking and asset management expertise to a global client base. Barclays has been involved in banking in the UK for over 300 years and today operates in around 70 countries worldwide.

Community Investment is an integral part of Barclay's corporate strategy. In 1997, Barclays committed over £15 million to community initiatives worldwide. Encouraging local action is key to all our programmes and we seek to work in partnership with local communities and voluntary sector organisations to tackle issues that matter to them.
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Co-operative Financial Services (CFS)

1 Balloon Street, Manchester, M60 4EP

Contact: Barry Clavin, Corporate Affairs  

Tel: 0161 827 6160

Fax: 0161 827 6230

Email: Barry.Clavin@cfs.co.uk 

Web: www.cfs.co.uk

 

Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) is the name for the group of businesses that includes Co-operative Insurance and The Co-operative Bank including smile. CFS’ core business is the provision of financial services – banking, insurance and investment products – to corporate, business and personal customers.

 

The Ethical Policy of the Co-operative Bank and smile was formulated after an extensive programme of customer consultation, and stipulates who the Bank will and will not finance, as directed by customers. It covers all of the Bank’s assets (e.g. retail and syndicated loans, and corporate leasing) and liabilities (e.g. retail deposits and savings, and treasury dealings), along with the investment of all retained balances. The Bank’s Ethical Policy is currently all but unique in UK retail banking, in that it is customer-led and contains explicit clauses that restrict the provision of financial services to certain activities and sectors. 

 

Co-operative Insurance's approach to socially responsible investment was launched in 1999.  During 2002, Co-operative Insurance became the first UK investor to disclose its entire UK voting record via its website, and this was extended to overseas companies in 2005.  In June 2005, Co-operative Insurance became the world's first insurance company to launch a customer-led ethical engagement policy to guide its responsible shareholding activities.

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Ecology Building Society

7 Belton Road, Silsden, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD20 0EE

Contact: Paul Ellis, Chief Executive

Tel: 01535 650 770
Fax: 01535 636 166

Email: paulellis@ecology.co.uk
Web: www.ecology.co.uk

Ecology Building Society has been providing its distinctive brand of green mortgages and ethical savings account for over 25 years.

Mortgages are only available for properties that benefit the environment such as;

  • Run-down, derelict properties requiring renovation or conversion to bring them back into use.
  • New buil properties that have high energy efficiency and are constructed from sustainable materials.
  • Where energy saving measures and renewable energy systems are being installed to existing homes.

They also lend across the UK on;

  • Properties with non-standard constructions such as timber, straw bale, rammed earth, wattle & daub.
  • Small woodland.
  • Organic smallholdings.
  • Housing co-operatives.
  • Small scale development projects.
  • Buy-to-Let properties.

For further details please visit www.ecology.co.uk
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HSBC Holdings Plc

8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ

Contact: Ivor Godfrey-Davies, Head of Group Corporate Relations

Tel: 020 7991 8888
Fax:

Email: ivorgodfrey-davies@hsbc.com
Web: www.hsbc.com
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Lloyds TSB Group Plc

25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN

Contact: John Swannick, Manager of Public Affairs

Tel: 020 7356 2402
Fax: 020 7356 2403

Email: john.swannick@lloydstsb.co.uk
Web: www.lloydstsb.com
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NatWest

Community Development Banking, Level 3, 2 Waterhouse Square, 138- 142 Holborn, London EC1N 2TH

Contact: Esther Deshaut, Team Coordinator

Tel: 020 7427 9139
Fax: 020 7427 9145

Email: esther.deshaut@natwest.com
Web: www.natwest.com

Switchboard number 020 7920 5555. NatWest is a member of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
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Triodos Bank

Brunel House, 11 The Promenade, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3NN

Contact: Charles Middletton, Managing Director

Tel: 0117 973 9339
Fax: 0117 973 9303

Email: charles.middleton@triodos.co.uk
Web: www.triodos.co.uk

Triodos Bank lends only to businesses and charitable initiatives delivering real social and environmental benefits, including enterprises across the social economy in such sectors as organic food and farming, renewable energy, social housing, fair trade and microcredit in developing countries.

Loan applications are assessed on a case by case basis by the bank's staff, analysing the social and environmental "added value" of a project alongside its financial performance.

Triodos Bank is committed to a policy of transparency, giving regular information on where it lends. A wide range of competitive banking services is available, including savings accounts for individuals and current and investment accounts for businesses, charities and groups. Customers can choose to target funds to specific sectors.

Triodos Bank is authorised to advise companies on share issues, to develop and authorise prospectuses and to provide other corporate finance and investment services.

Triodos Bank initiated and manages The Triodos Renewable Energy Fund, the UK's first renewable energy investment fund, which invests in small scale wind and hydro power developments and gives individuals an opportunity to take a stake in renewable energy.

Established in 1980 in the Netherlands, Triodos Bank's independence and social and environmental principles are guaranteed through a special shareholding trust. Triodos Bank has offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK and an International Development Investment Unit which finances fair trade and microcredit in developing countries. A new office will be opening in Spain later in 2004.
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Unity Trust Bank

Nine Brindley Place, 4 Oozells Square, Birmingham B1 2HB

Contact: John Brooks

Tel: 0121 616 4287

Email: john.brooks@unity.co.uk
Web: www.unity.uk.com
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