The UK now has a website to help you review your bank & energy provider - Switch It!

You can switch to a green energy provider using Big Clean Switch.

• Switch
• Fossil Banks
• Better Options
• Pension

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• The easiest way to switch is to use the quick tool on the Earth Day Switch website.  We recommend also writing to your bank to tell them you are leaving due to their fossil fuel investments, to make sure your switch really counts.
• Switching a current account in the UK is really easy due the Current Account Switch Guarantee. Your new bank will do most of the work for you.
• To move your current account in the UK, you can use The Current Account Switch Service. This is a free service that closes your old current account, moves your balance and switches any payments. This service is run by Bacs, the not-for-profit organisation behind Direct Debit in the UK. Read their how to switch guide here.
• Follow these steps to transfer a savings account. ​​

.Use Earth Day Switch to find out how your bank compares.  
Key Sources: 

• BankTrack:  Fossil Banks, No Thanks campaign and ​Bank Policy Assessment Tables
• ​RAN:  Banking on Climate Change 2020 report

Earth Day Switch will also help you find alternatives.  Options include:

• Triodos Bank is an ethical and sustainable current account option and. GABV member. Learn more about them here.
• Nationwide or other Building Societies or Credit Unions
• Digital only banks such as Monzo or Starling Bank but beware that not all digital-only banks are FSCS Protected.
• The Co-operative Bank

The following banks are ethical savings account options but do not offer current accounts. Both are GABV members.

• Charity Bank
• Ecology Building Society

See a full list of options on the Good Shopping, the Ethical Consumer Carbon Divestment guide or Choose UK.

• PensionBee has launched a fossil-free pension fund.
• ​Sign this petition calling on UK pension funds to invest in people and nature.
• Sign this petition to ensure the 2020 Pensions Bill is amended to stop our pensions from funding climate breakdown. Also email your MP.
• Find out what other options are available to use using the ShareAction guidance.
• Contact your pension provider. They might already offer an ethical fund and it could be as easy as switching online.
• There is increasing pressure on pension funds to divest from fossil fuels. You can add your support at Fossil Free UK - Divestment Campaigns . You can also send a letter to your pension to encourage them to divest with this template.
• Use an ethical financial advisor like The Path to make the switch to an ethical pension fund.
• Other resources include: Ethical Consumer Carbon Divestment Guide; Love Money - Ethical Pensions How to Switch; Ethical.net - Fossil Fuel Divestment 101