[IMC-UK-Features] Good Friends: Good Energy and Friends of the Earth join forces on renewable energy

[Laura Quinn]

Press Release 15th September 2008

 

 

 

Good Friends: Good Energy and Friends of the Earth join forces on renewable energy

 

Leading green electricity supplier Good Energy has teamed up with influential campaigning organisation Friends of the Earth in the fight against climate change.

 

Good Energy buys 100 per cent renewable energy and also gives financial support to households that produce their own renewable energy. Switching to electricity supplied by Good Energy gives people the opportunity to combat climate change by lowering their domestic carbon emissions. Good Energy was last month rated the best company in the sector in a Concerned Consumer survey funded by The Times.

 

Friends of the Earth harnesses people power to change politics, most recently demonstrated by its success with The Big Ask - the campaign for a strong climate change Bill, which will become law by the end of 2008. Now the green group is encouraging the public to write to their MP and demand that Gordon Brown delivers on his promise to generate 15 per cent of our energy from UK renewable sources - such as the sun, wind, wave and tides - by 2020.

 

Good Energy will be advocating the campaigns Friends of the Earth embark on in the coming months and will donate £30 to the charity for every customer who mentions FOE when they sign up. 

 

Nick Rau, Friends of the Earth's renewable energy campaigner, said: "Friends of the Earth is working in partnership with Good Energy because it raises awareness of climate change and funds renewable energy projects - which supports Friends of the Earth's goal to wean the Government off its addiction to dirty coal, oil and gas and pave the way for a cleaner and greener future."

 

Juliet Davenport, CEO and founder of Good Energy said: "Good Energy and Friends of the Earth are working towards a similar goal - a sustainable world where people are concerned about what is happening around them and to the environment. This powerful new partnership will add weight to the fight for more renewables, and Good Energy is very pleased to be able to work with such an influential organisation during this critical time for the future of energy in the UK." 

 

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For more information please contact:
Laura Quinn at Good Energy: 01249 766794; laura.quinn at good-energy.co.uk  

Rosemary Hall at  Friends of the Earth: 0207 566 1649; rosemary.hall at foe.co.uk 

 

 

Notes to Editors

 

*         Good Energy is the first and only 100% renewable electricity supplier in the UK. Unlike many other suppliers, Good Energy buys all of its electricity from renewables and uses no fossil fuels or nuclear power. By choosing 100% renewable electricity, individuals are cutting their personal carbon emissions and impact on Climate Change. 

 

*         Over 25,000 homes and businesses across the UK have switched to Good Energy. The electricity supplied by Good Energy comes from over 400 independent renewable generators that use wind, small scale hydro, solar power and sustainable biomass to generate electricity.

 

*         Good Energy's customers are cutting their personal carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by an average of two tonnes per household. That's saving the equivalent emissions produced by driving 5,000 miles in a petrol car.

 

*         In an official report entitled "Reality or Rhetoric? Green Tariffs for Domestic Customers" from the National Consumer Council, Good Energy was rated the greenest energy supplier in the UK. The report states: "For those consumers who want a green electricity supply, pure and simple, this is probably the closest they will get to it."

 

*         Good Energy is owned by the Good Energy Group, an independent PLC which specialises in investing in renewable energy. Good Energy Group has in the region of 1700 shareholders, of which over 90% are customers of Good Energy.

 

*         Good Energy is the first electricity company to publish an independent audit of its renewable supply claims.

 

*         Join Good Energy today and reduce your carbon footprint by up to one third. Call 0845 456 1640 or sign up online at www.good-energy.co.uk <http://www.good-energy.co.uk/> 

 



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