Recent Ecological Achievements

Final commissioning and ‘switch on’ of the Group’s first wind farm at Coldham, Cambridgeshire
Final commissioning and ‘switch on’ of Co-operative Insurance’s Solar Tower
Installation of 19 micro-wind turbines on Co-operative Insurance’s Portland Street building
Launch of carbon dioxide offset products by The Co-operative Travel and Co-operative Insurance
Initiation of photovoltaic (PV) pilot programme with eight Co-operative enterprise schools, followed by launch of a £2m Green Energy for Schools Scheme
During 2006, virtually all (98%) of the electricity supplied to the Group (some 743,170,286kWh, or 743GWh) was sourced from good quality renewable sources – exclusively wind, hydro and biomass technologies. This makes the Group one of the largest purchasers of green electricity in the world, and supports annual CO2 savings of 320,000 tonnes.

ecological achievements