UK Employers Are Lending Their Workers Cash For Heat Pumps

Heat pumps are a climate-friendly alternative to gas boilers, but they’ve struggled to gain traction in certain countries as homeowners are either unaware of them or see the technology as too expensive.

Now, some employers are promoting heat pumps as part of their corporate benefit programs in the UK.

Multinational firms including French IT consultant Capgemini SE and Swiss insurer Zurich International Group Ltd. are offering interest-free loans to help UK-based employees afford heat pumps and other sustainable technology. Other companies are including third party heat pump funding services, from providers like Heat Scheme, in UK corporate incentive packages.

Companies commonly offer benefits ...