Bookshops
How to be an ethical bookworm. Includes high street and online bookshops.
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In 2005 Ethical Consumer called for the boycott of the biggest corporate donors to George Bush's Republican Party to encourage the US government to take climate change seriously. Check out the top ten UK brands to avoid, and some ethical alterntives.
Carbon offset providers claim that offsets are a tool for increasing ‘carbon literacy’ and funding the transition to a low carbon economy. Ethical Consumer argues they are an imaginary commodity created by deducting what providers hope happens from what providers guess would have happened. This extended report explores the controversies, assesses the merits of the best of the offset providers and offers some alternative ways forward. First published in Ethical Consumer magazine in 2007.
Football Clubs
Which Premiership club should you cheer for? Also includes a rating of the kit suppliers and the clubs' sponsors.
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We picked ten top gifts from www.ethiscore.org - our daily updated guide to ethical shopping.
The top 20 Fairtrade certified products that have come top of the table in our product reports.
Twenty six brands rated.
Supermarkets
Can we meaningfully distinguish between the supermarket chains? We rate the retail giants plus some smaller grocery and convenience stores. Report inlcudes a comparison of the shops' animal testing policies and their environmental reporting policies. And we look at their policies on the stocking of products.
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