Gateway to a cleaner environment

19th May 2000
The UK's first and largest dedicated 'green' electricity company, Ecotricity, will be on show at the Thames Gateway 2000 exhibition at the London Arena on 22nd & 23rd May.

Ecotricity is electricity derived from sources that are significantly less polluting and more sustainable than conventional fuel sources. The company founded the 'green' electricity market in 1996 and its mission is to help sustain the environment for current and future generations by stimulating a mass market for Ecotricity.

Ecotricity has recently been awarded 'Millennium Product' status - an initiative launched by the Prime Minister in 1997, to search for and recognise innovative, creative and forward-thinking products and services in the UK.

Ecotricity has also been awarded The Queen's Award for Enterprise. This is the first year of the new Queen's Awards with the categories of Innovation, International Trade, and Environmental Achievement, which has been awarded to Ecotricity. Thirty per cent of the UK's carbon dioxide emissions are generated from the electricity industry and Ecotricity is leading the way in replacing conventional polluting electricity fuel sources.

The Award is given to the organisation as a whole, management and employees working together as a team. In just 4 years, Managing Director Dale Vince and his team have taken the company's turnover from £13k to over £50m.

"We have challenged the belief that products which are good for the environment have to cost more by supplying Ecotricity for the same price as 'brown' electricity." - Dale Vince, Managing Director.

Ecotricity customers include the Millennium Dome, The Co-operative Bank, Thames Water, The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, The Ecology Building Society and Local Authorities, such as Lewisham Borough Council. Organisations interested in joining these 'green-chip' companies should contact Ecotricity on Tel: 01453 756111 or visit their stand, no: C29, at the exhibition. Ecotricity will be available to domestic customers later this year.