Corporate Partners & Testimonials

Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa (MCFEA) was established in 1992 by Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation (UK) Plc to promote environmental conservation and education. To date, they have contributed almost £200,000 to ZSL. In March 2007 they provided ZSL with a grant to build a climate change feature in the BUGS! building at ZSL London Zoo, which MCFEA helped establish in 1999. This interactive feature will provide visitors with an introduction to climate change and its global impact on habitats and species.

Crispin and Borst, part of the Vinci group, are a construction company that have built exhibits in London Zoo. Through the business partnership, they have become involved in supporting the conservation mission of ZSL.

Global financial services company American Express became a corporate member in Jan 07, as part of their CultureCard initiative for employees.

Openreach are a division of UK Telecommunications operator BT and have been members since June 2007. They utilise their membership with ZSL to build team moral and for staff recognition. They held an event at London Zoo where the ZSL Director-General met the staff and gave a presentation outlining ZSL’s vital conservation mission.

The Heath Lambert Group are Europe’s leading independent insurance broker. They became a corporate member of ZSL in August 2007.

The Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group became a corporate member of ZSL in August 2007.

Timbmet are leading distributors of hardwoods in the UK, and source much of their product from Ghana, Africa. Timbmet and ZSL are concerned current sustainable timber harvesting techniques do not effectively consider the impact on wildlife, and have consequently developed the Wildlife Wood Project. To bring this project closer to home, Timbmet employees worked with ZSL conservationists to create an educational children’s trail around the zoo, to educate children about how a company’s decisions can effect wildlife.

Thames Water are the utility responsible for water supply in parts of Greater London. They sponsored ZSL London Zoo’s ‘Water-Wise’ garden, designed to educate that gardens can look stunning without water-resource intensive plants.