Looking for the most ethical bookshop?
Our guide rates and ranks 26 top UK bookshops, providing Best Buys, recommended brands, and which to avoid. Find your next great read while supporting ethical businesses.
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Ethical Consumer
Join thousands of others and become an ethical consumer today.
Join thousands of others and become an ethical consumer today.
Learn how to use your spending power to help change the world for the better.
We are an independent, not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder co-operative with open membership.
At the heart of the ethical consumer movement, since 1989.
We are an independent, not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder co-operative with open membership, based in Manchester.
We provide all the tools and resources you need to make choices at the checkout simple, informed and effective.
Includes guides to: Bookshops, Ethical Online Retailers, Music Streaming & Chocolate
The latest magazine includes guides to:
- Bookshops
- Ethical Online Retailers
- Music Streaming
- Chocolate
Plus:
- score tables rating and comparing the brands
- Best Buy recommendations
- why do we still need to boycott Amazon?
- which bookshops have links to Israel and which support Palestine
- all about our new Israel-Palestine rating for companies
- which online retailer to use instead of Amazon
- Is Spotify any better than Amazon Music?
- music streaming platforms rated on Artist Compensation
- which chocolate brands pay cocoa farmers a fairer share?
- how to choose the most ethical chocolate for your budget
Features
- what progress have we made in the UK towards sustainable lifestyles?
- how to support our Challenging Corporate Power crowdfunder
Issue 217 (Nov/Dec 2025) now in print and online.
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- Looking for an ethical and sustainable chocolate brand? This guide rates and ranks 31 chocolate brands, with our unique Best Buy recommendations and the brands to avoid.Read more
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Our guide to ethical energy supplier cuts through the greenwash so you can select a provider to help you play your part in the energy transition. We look at the most ethical and green energy suppliers. The guide has rankings for 17 UK energy companies, with best buys and recommended brands, plus which brands to avoid and why.
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Ethical Consumer is extending its work on challenging corporate power beyond consumer markets. We are launching a crowdfunder in autumn 2025 to ask for support for this important area of work.
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Find the main Israel boycott targets, boycotting strategically, ethical brands you can support instead, plus an introduction to the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
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Our conference connects people, ethical businesses, and campaign groups to explore our collective power and the change we can ignite in our communities. We ask the big questions facing society and discuss possible solutions and answers that prioritise people and planet over profit.
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