Etheco Directory
Browse the best ethical brands in the UK - 2026
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UK green digital bank, founded in 2014, offering savings, cash ISAs and green lending such as home-improvement loans and vehicle finance. A large share of its lending funds energy-saving home upgrades, positioning it as a fully digital bank focused on the low-carbon transition.
etheco score
people
planet
performance
74
Products & Services
Savings accounts; Cash ISAs; Green loans; Credit cards
UK high-street bank founded in Manchester in 1872, with current accounts, savings, ISAs, mortgages, credit cards and business banking. Guided by a customer-led ethical policy since 1992 that rules out lending to firms conflicting with members' values on human rights and the environment.
etheco score
people
planet
performance
72
Products & Services
Current accounts; Savings accounts; Cash ISAs; Residential mortgages; Buy-to-let mortgages; Remortgaging; Green mortgages; Personal loans; Credit cards; Overdrafts; Business accounts; Business loans; Buildings & contents insurance; Life insurance; Travel insurance; Financial advice & planning; Charity & not-for-profit banking
Full-service UK bank headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne and founded in 1995, offering current accounts, savings, ISAs, mortgages, credit cards, pensions, insurance and business banking. Now part of Nationwide, broadening a mutual-owned group serving customers across the UK.
etheco score
people
planet
performance
63
Products & Services
Current accounts; Savings accounts; Cash ISAs; Stocks & shares ISAs; Residential mortgages; Buy-to-let mortgages; Remortgaging; Personal loans; Credit cards; Travel insurance; Buildings & contents insurance; Life insurance; Business accounts; Business loans; Pensions & annuities; Charity & not-for-profit banking; Child banking
The UK's largest building society, member-owned with roots to 1846 and based in Swindon, offering current accounts, savings, ISAs, mortgages and insurance. As a mutual, profits go back to members rather than shareholders, funding member rewards and community programmes across the UK.
etheco score
people
planet
performance
58
Products & Services
Current accounts; Savings accounts; Cash ISAs; Stocks & shares ISAs; Residential mortgages; Buy-to-let mortgages; Remortgaging; Shared-ownership mortgages; Green mortgages; Personal loans; Credit cards; Overdrafts; Buildings & contents insurance; Life insurance; Travel insurance; Health & income protection; Breakdown & rescue cover; Financial advice & planning; Child banking; Child ISA
