For the first twenty years of its life Ethical Consumer was managed by its staff as a not-for-profit workers' co-operative. 

In October 2008 we began the process of converting into a multi-stakeholder co-operative where both workers and investor members are involved in decision-making and elect representatives onto the Board. 

The new company is being registered as an Industrial and Provident Society and its objects and not-for-profit status remain essentially the same. 

We are currently waiting for approval from the FSA for our final amended rules. 

You can download the Ethical Consumer Research Association Draft Rules Nov 2008 as a PDF file (for which you will need Acrobat Reader).

Once the new rules are approved we will be putting more information on this page about how new members can join up. 

Until then, if you want to contact us about membership or the new organisation, please use our contact mailform.