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Based on 571 reviews, last reviewed 2nd Jun 2025
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Latest highest rating:

5

20 years a customer I've been with the Ecology for over 20 years, and always glad to be a customer. One of the very few financial institutions that has a genuinely ethica... Read more Reviewed on: 2nd June 2025
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Latest lowest rating:

1

Awful online presence Outdated online offering, way to longwinded application process, living in the pst Reviewed on: 4th April 2022
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Ecology Building Society Savings reviews (571)

Review of the Ecology Building Society, Savings:

Ethical in every way

5
We have saved with Ecology for years, knowing that our money will be used for good. Reviewed on: 2nd February 2023

Ecology Building Society puts its ethical principles into practice

5
I've saved with the Ecology Building Society for about 20 years now. I am delighted to be a member of an organisation that 'walks the talk' when it comes to environmental sustainability and treating people fairly. I see the climate emergency and the ecological crisis that we face as the ethical issue of our times - and one that the Ecology Building Society is taking seriously. It is great to see the Ethical Building Society putting money to very good use - enabling people to live in sustainable properties and contributing positively to our country's future. I'm impressed that the Ecology doesn't 'rest on its laurels' but is always actively looking for new ways to increase its impact. Reviewed on: 12th March 2021

Ethical saving at reasonable interest rate

5
Interest rates are very low everywhere so we made the choice to choose a saving that would bring something more than just interests. Glad we made this choice! Reviewed on: 12th March 2021

Brilliant company to work with. I trust them with my money.

5
Prompt and friendly service any time. Good savings products on offer. Very impressed with the projects they support. Informative newsletter Reviewed on: 12th March 2021

A "green" building society

5
A friend recommended EBS to us as a savings bank. We are very happy knowing that our small savings are helping other people build sustainable homes. I love the fact that literature from EBS shows real people (ie looking down to earth like me!). Reviewed on: 12th March 2021

Very satisfied long-standing customer

5
I've been a saver at the this building society for over 30 years - from back when virtually no one had heard of 'ethical banking' - and they have always provided great service as well as very high ethical standards. I have also had mortgages with them. Reviewed on: 12th March 2021

Good feelings all round

5
I love saving with Ecology, I know where my money is going because the newsletters are so informative and interesting, and I can stand behind my ethical beliefs and values by doing so. Reviewed on: 12th March 2021

First Class Service

5
Lovely to be a part of a wholly ethical enterprise, but with no compromise on service quality. Reviewed on: 12th March 2021

Excelent Service , Putting money where it will really help the present and the future.

5
I have been with the building society for many years. I have always found their service prompt, reliable, helpful and personal. They have excelent policies and do splendid work in encouraging community housing and much more sustainaable building and adaptations. Reviewed on: 12th March 2021

Great building society for planet and people

5
The Ethical Building Society are fantastic because they are protecting our planet from climate change and ecological emergency by only supporting & investing money into projects and buildings that are sustainable. They do this yet pay a good rate of interest, an all round winner! Banking is hugely implicated in climate change because of their financial links with damaging fossil fuels. The Ethical building Society is free of this, as far as I’m aware. Reviewed on: 12th March 2021

Support for energy-efficiency - whatever your circumstances

5
I've been with the Ecology for more than 20 years, because I just support what they do. For many years I had hoped to build my own eco-house, but even when that plan waned, I still wanted to support the idea of my savings helping others with their eco-projects. The EBS has kept me updated over the years but not excessively so, it tells uplifting stories about people it has helped, and it's a way of savers helping even if they can't do their own building. I don't recommend many businesses to my friends because you can so easily be let down, but to anyone wanting to support eco-building and renovation, I'd happily recommend the Ecology. Reviewed on: 12th March 2021

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