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By Imogen Ford
14 Jan 2025

Last year, through our join incentive and Refer a Friend scheme, our customers donated £27,638 to Friends of the Earth, an international environmental organisation fighting for a fairer, greener future. What’s more, our total customer donations have now passed £200,000!  

We’ve been working with Friends of the Earth for over 20 years, and a lot has happened in that time – including:  

  • The Climate Change Act 2008 was enacted (November 2008)  

  • We became the first energy supplier to offer our customers a green option to heat their homes with gas – Green Gas (2010) 

  • We launched a joint campaign with Friends of the Earth to promote Clean British Energy, or CBE (2012) 

  • The de facto ban on onshore wind was also lifted by the new Labour government (July 2024) 

  • The UK’s last coal power station closed down (September 2024) 

Plus many, many more environmental feats! 

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For people and planet 

We have a shared goal – to create a future where green energy is the major source of power for the country’s needs. We’re proud to work alongside organisations whose values align with ours, so we’d like to say a big thank you to Friends of the Earth for all they do.  

How can you help? 

Join Ecotricity quoting ‘FOE’ and we’ll donate up to £50* to Friends of the Earth when your account goes live with us, as well as a further donation for every year you stay with us.  

*£25 per fuel (gas/electricity) or £50 for dual fuel 

This country is blessed with a vast renewable energy resource – we need to see a massive investment in that resource if we are to tackle climate change, rather than going down the route of extracting new fossil fuels. 

- Friends of the Earth 

At Ecotricity, being green isn’t just a label - it’s our mission. 

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