Our power as consumers is as much about what we don't buy as what we do.
Here's a few examples from the last 20 years of consumer boycotts that have changed company behaviour.
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1989
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Scott paper pulls out of Indonesian plantation
over threat to tribal peoples
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1989
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Bird’s Eye and Tesco stop selling Icelandic fish due to whaling
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1989
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Avon stop animal testing
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1990
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Ratners divests from South Africa before
boycott is officially launched
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1991
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Philip Morris diverts cash to redress balance
of its financial support for homophobic senator
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1993
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South African apartheid regime ends and
boycott of South African produce ceases
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1993
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British Midland ceases transporting live
monkeys, some other airlines follow
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1993
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Jack Daniels and Grolsch-Ruddles amongst others stopped sponsoring angling competitions
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1993
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General Motors stops using animals for crash tests.
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1994
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Big Six DIY Sheds agree to stop selling mahogany
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1994
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Selfridges stops selling fur
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1994
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Some major supermarkets stopped selling Faroese fish due to whaling, other supermarkets agreed to label the produce
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1994
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Scott Paper cancelled clear-cutting at Clayoquot Sound
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1995
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Shell disposes of Brent Spar oil platform on land
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1996
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BHS leaves Burma
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1996
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French nuclear testing halted
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1997
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Holiday Inn leaves Tibet
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1997
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P&O stops live animal transport
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1997
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Pepsi and Apple leave Burma
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1997
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Gillette announces moratorium on animal testing
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1998
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Texaco leaves Burma
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1999
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Burger King closes West Bank outlet
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2000
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Mitsubishi makes concessions to rainforest campaigners
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2000
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Mitsubishi pulls out of industrial salt project in Mexico
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2000
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Five baby elephants released from South
African zoo
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2001
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Body Shop joins Esso boycott
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2001
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John Lewis ends employees’ shooting trips
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2002
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Premier Oil pulls out of Burma
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2002
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Triumph pulls out of Burma
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2003
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John Hewitt Bar bans Coca-Cola
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2003
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Halfords ends use of chimpanzees
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2003
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Focus DIY ceases sale of all pets
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2003
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Kuoni stops selling tours to Burma
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2003
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Kookai Clothing pulls out of Burma
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2003
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Staples Office Supplies concedes to recycled paper campaign
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2004
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Royal Caribbean Cruises installs Advanced Waste water Purification technology on all its ships
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2004
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Harvey Nichols introduces no fur policy
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2004
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Office Depot concedes to recycled paper policy
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2004
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PricewaterhouseCoopers leaves Burma
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2005
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Inditex Group, which owned fashion chain Zara, withdraws fur from all the group’s 2,064 stores
in 52 countries
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2005
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Aon Corporation intended to terminate all business in Burma
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2005
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Snow+Rock announce it would no longer be selling real fur garments
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2005
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Automobile Association (AA) ban captive animals from their adverts
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2005
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Abercrombie & Fitch join boycott of Australian wool
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2006
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Libby’s fruit juices end their involvement with Nestlé
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2006
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Austrian Airlines, Eastravel and FromersGuides withdraw from Burma
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2007
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Harvey Nichols withdraws from selling foie-gras
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2007
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Wyevale withdraws patio heaters from it’s sales
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2008
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Several airlines stop transporting primates for
the research industry
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2008
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Cotton Traders withdraws from Burma
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2008
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Insurers XL and Chubb withdraw from Burma
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2008
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Donna Karan and DKNY come to an agreement over claims US workers were discriminated and under paid
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2008
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Auchan, Carrefour, Co-op & ICA supermarkets withdraw the sale of bluefin tuna
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2008
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Wildlife Photographer of the year award ends
its sponsorship deal with Shell
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2008
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Book Trust ends sponsorship deal with Nestlé
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2009
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Kangaroo meat dropped from final major UK stockist
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