Nationwide goes green for 2007

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Nationwide goes green for 2007

Wed 10th Jan 2007

Nationwide has opted for a green new year's resolution that people can adopt in order to help foster a more environmentally-friendly attitude, starting with Paperwatch - an opportunity to cut paper wastage.

The building society is offering its customers the chance to turn down paper statements and instead view them online, eradicating the use of paper and thus helping to preserve the environment.

In addition, Nationwide has made improvements to its online facility so that customers will get more from their visit when they log onto the website. This includes ordering replacement cards for those that are damaged and requesting a pin code reminder.

Jeremy Wood, divisional director at Nationwide, remarked: "Nationwide is committed to reducing the impact the society has on the environment. We have been using recycled paper on all our marketing literature and monthly statements for over three years so statement suppression is a natural step for us."

He went on to state: "With the help of our customers opting to view their statements online, we can take another step to improve our environment."

To promote the launch of Paperwatch, customers who cancel paper statements are entered into a prize draw for £1,000 and the building society has said that it will donate a proportion of the money saved to the charity Community Service Volunteer's Action Earth campaign.

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