citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message ecology building society type building society mutual industry financial services founded 1981 headquarters silsden england uk number of locations 1 key people paul ellis chief executive products savings mortgages investments net income 2.5 million gbp december 2014 13.64 % on 2013 total assets 138 million gbp december 2014 10.61 % on 2013 members 9 074 december 2014 1 number of employees 25 website www.ecology.co.uk ecology building society is a building society in the united kingdom . established in 1981 the ecology is based in west yorkshire and has over 10 000 open accounts . it is a member of the building societies association . the initial vision was to set up a building society that specialised in properties that conveyed an ecological benefit in terms of construction use of land or lifestyle . the idea was sparked at a green party conference following the experience of a yorkshire solicitor david pedley . he had great difficulty in finding anyone willing to give him a mortgage on a property needing extensive renovation . the primary purpose of the society is to achieve the greatest degree of environmental sustainability by the application of its financial strength as can be achieved concomitant with the legal framework that the society is subject to . this is achieved by lending activity primarily to foster the creation and maintenance of a sustainable housing stock where possible in the context of sustainable communities but also to support green enterprise with this lending programme fed by funding secured with the least degree of environmental degradation possible and with the greatest degree of stakeholder endorsement obtainable . this primary purpose is anchored in the memorandum of the society which contains a requirement to promote ecological policies designed to promote or enhance the environment in accordance with the principles of sustainable development . sustainable development is defined as improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems . the ecology offers a range of mortgage products and lends throughout the uk . it specialises in renovation and new build mortgages on properties and projects that respect the environment . where possible mortgage pricing is aligned with the project s positive environmental impacts in particular energy and carbon reduction through its series of c change mortgage discounts . the society is particularly interested to see derelict and dilapidated property brought back into use . the society also actively supports the widespread application of passivhaus building principles in the uk . the society also offers a range of savings accounts including instant access accounts a notice account and an individual savings account isa which allow individuals to fund the society s ecological lending programme . mortgage and savings accounts can be managed online via the ecology s website or by post . see also edit ethical banking references edit company profile ecology building society external links edit official website kpmg article v t e independent building societies in the united kingdom bath beverley buckinghamshire cambridge chorley coventry cumberland darlington dudley earl shilton ecology furness hanley economic harpenden hinckley and rugby holmesdale ipswich leeds leek united loughborough manchester mansfield market harborough marsden melton monmouthshire national counties nationwide newbury newcastle nottingham penrith principality progressive saffron scottish skipton stafford railway swansea teachers tipton & coseley vernon west bromwich yorkshire retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ecology building society & oldid 743722524 categories building societies of englandorganizations established in 19811981 establishments in the united kingdomcompanies based in west yorkshirehidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2015all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 21 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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