ECOTRICITY has formed a new partnership with the Soil Association in to help businesses learn more about sustainability and offer practical steps to become more eco-friendly.

The two organisations aim to inform and encourage change around wider issues of sustainability, including energy, transport, food and nature.

Employees are increasingly becoming interested in what their businesses are doing to engage in a sustainable future, and practical information can help to develop the environmental policies of thousands of businesses across Britain.

Businesses that have signed up to the Soil Association will receive weekly guides throughout ‘Organic September’, packed with useful information and features on how they can start to think about wider sustainability issues and minimise their environmental impact.

Clare McDermott, business development director at Soil Association Certification, said: “Organic September is a great time to think about sustainability in general, not just in food, and we wanted to support our businesses with the resources to do so. Staff and customers are looking to the UK’s companies to take the lead in this area and there are fantastic examples of best practice we wanted to share.”

Ecotricity spokesman Will Guyatt added: “There are many simple steps businesses can take to become fully eco-friendly and sustainable, and switching to a 100 per cent renewable energy supplier is just one of them.”