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The Good Energy Shop selects suppliers for their energy saving credentials, making it less confusing for buyers to make the right choice.The Good Energy Shop selects suppliers for their energy saving credentials, making it less confusing for buyers to make the right choice.
What has winning at the Observer Ethical Awards meant for your project and what have you gone on to do since winning the award?What has winning at the Observer Ethical Awards meant for your project and what have you gone on to do since winning the award?
Good Energy won the award for best online retail initiative back in 2009. Since winning the award, Good Energy’s focus as a business has developed even further and the last few years have been some of the company’s most successful.Good Energy won the award for best online retail initiative back in 2009. Since winning the award, Good Energy’s focus as a business has developed even further and the last few years have been some of the company’s most successful.
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As a company we started small but with a big idea – to inspire change. Our purpose was and still is to keep the world a habitable place by avoiding climate change and to make the UK more energy self-sufficient. We want to give people the chance to choose renewable energy. We no longer operate the shop for which we won the original award, as we’ve moved away from this kind of service, but under the all-encompassing programme of ‘switch for good’, we’ve delivered some great initiatives, and over the last 12 months alone, for example, we’ve:As a company we started small but with a big idea – to inspire change. Our purpose was and still is to keep the world a habitable place by avoiding climate change and to make the UK more energy self-sufficient. We want to give people the chance to choose renewable energy. We no longer operate the shop for which we won the original award, as we’ve moved away from this kind of service, but under the all-encompassing programme of ‘switch for good’, we’ve delivered some great initiatives, and over the last 12 months alone, for example, we’ve:
What are the future plans for your project?What are the future plans for your project?
As a company, we believe a 100% renewable energy future for the UK by 2050 is possible and with help from initiatives such as the Observer Ethical Awards, it is really helping to put environmental and eco-friendly ways of living and working on the map.As a company, we believe a 100% renewable energy future for the UK by 2050 is possible and with help from initiatives such as the Observer Ethical Awards, it is really helping to put environmental and eco-friendly ways of living and working on the map.
Do you have any advice for other people who are thinking of entering the awards?Do you have any advice for other people who are thinking of entering the awards?
We would encourage anyone thinking about entering the awards to go for it! You’ve got nothing to lose. It is always great to be recognised by a third party in this way.We would encourage anyone thinking about entering the awards to go for it! You’ve got nothing to lose. It is always great to be recognised by a third party in this way.