Ethical Consumer

Ethical Consumer

Ethiscore Top 10 gifts

   

This is a free buyer's guide from Ethical Consumer, the UK's leading alternative consumer organisation. We research the social and environmental records of companies.

 

Download this buyer's guide as a Research Report pdf which contains a more detailed ratings table, plus all the company stories behind the ratings and details of company ownership. See bottom of page to order for £3 and view a sample research report.
 

Or subscribe to Ethiscore - our premium online shopping guide and get unlimited access to all of our buyer's guides, daily updated scores and ratings that you can change to reflect your own values.

   


Brand
Rating
Escor wooden toys [S,F]16.5
Divine After Dinner mints [F]16
Green People lipstick [O,A]15.5
Dolma fragrances [A]15
Highland Harvest organic whisky [O]14
Archos MP3 player12
Denon DVD player12
Ricoh digital cameras11.5
Nintendo Wii10
Nokia mobile phones7.5

The ratings on this scorecard were last updated from our database at www.ethiscore.org on 22 May 2008. The higher the rating, the more ethical the brand.

Ethiscore Top 10 gifts

The ethiscore.org website presents the ultimate guide to making sure that your gift giving is ethical.
Jane Turner, researcher at Ethical Consumer says: "People might be surprised to see the much-hyped Nintendo Wii in an Ethical Top Ten as electrical goods can be associated with toxic chemicals and poor workers' rights records. But the Wii scores the best of all the games consoles we've looked at."

Or how about 'good gifts' - buying valuable resources for the Majority World, for people in need of help in the UK or to aid the environment. We've done a pick of the best...

  • Sponsor a football team in the UK Homeless Football League - £20 from www.goodgifts.org
  • Disaster survival kit - £24 from http://shop.christianaid.org.uk/
  • Adopt a barn owl - £35 a year from www.barnowltrust.org.uk or tel: 01364 653 026
  • Train a midwife in Yemen - £46 from www.oxfamunwrapped.com



   

Sorry. No downloadable research report available for this product.



   

 Ethical Consumer is a not-for-profit, workers' co-operative founded in 1989.

 

You can help us track and expose mulitnational companies. Support Ethical Consumer - subscribe, donate or buy a research report (above).

 

Subscribe to Ethical Consumer magazine - get buyer's guides six months ahead, plus in-depth analysis and critical discussion on ethical consumerism.

 

Subscribe to Ethiscore - your daily updated online shopping guide 

 

Compare All Products

 

Donate to Ethical Consumer and support independent research.

 

Thank you for your support!

 

   

Add your own comments on this report...


Your name:
Title:
Comment:
Security Code
Enter the code shown above in the box below
Add Comment    Cancel  
   

 
ethiscore
The Phone Co-op
Triodos Bank
Co-operative Bank