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Over the years, Ethical Consumer has included Buyer's guides, features and other articles covering a huge range of companies, products and issues. If you are looking for an ethical bank account, trying to find the most environmentally friendly car, or want to find out exactly what the oil industry is up to, take a look through our list of back issues!
Recent back issues
EC100 (May/June 2006) Current Issue!Buyer's guides to washing machines, laundry detergents, pasta and rechargeable batteries. Features on the changing face of ethical consumerism and how to calculate your carbon footprint.
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EC97 (November/December 05)
Buyer's guides to supermarkets, games consoles, perfumesand
wine. Features on Islamic boycottsand Shell.
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EC96 (September/October 05)
Buyer's guides to paper, dvd players, baby bottles and biscuits.
Features on gold mining and retail giant Arcadia..
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EC95 (July/August 05)
Buyer's guides to cars, domestic wind and solar power, low energy
light bulbs and green electricity. Features on reducing
your carbon footprint and carbon trading.
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EC94
(May/June 05)
Buyer's guides to banks, butter and margarine, televisions, and
shampoo. Features on animal welfare labelling and Japaneses
megacorporations.
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EC93(March/April 05)
Buyer's guides to tea and coffee, flat screen monitors, urban fashion,
and baby milk and food. Features on the Slow Food Movement
and nanotechnology.
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EC92 (January/February 05)
Buyer's guides to fridges and freezers, coffee and sandwich
shops, toilet cleaners and pet food. Feature
on the Sustainable Communities Bill.
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EC91 (November/December 04)
Buyer's guides to carpets and floor coverings, sugar and sweeteners,
fleeces and tools. Feature on the
European Social Forum.
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EC90 (September/October
04)
Buyer's guides to fruit juices and smoothies, sewing
machines, vitamins and nappies. Features on
Smithfield Foods and tax havens
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EC89 (July/August 04)
Buyer's guides to buggies, car seats and slings, internet bank
accounts, dishwashers and flour. Features
on palm oil and the links between sweated labour
and and Olympic sportswear
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EC88 (April/May04)
Buyer's guides to printers, bicycle accessories, washing-up
liquid and fizzy drinks. Features on Ethical Consumer's first
fifteen years and a report on car company Ford
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EC87 (Feb/Mar04)
Buyer's guides to furniture shops, personal stereos, spirits
and rice. Features on the Ethical Purchasing Index and a
report on construction company Carillion
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EC86 (Dec03/Jan04)
Buyer's guides tosupermarkets, mobile phones, bedtime
drinks and toothpaste. Features on BoycottBush
and a report on workers' rights
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EC85 (Oct/Nov 03)
Special issue on sustainable consumption. buyer's guides to seeds
and compost, fresh fruit and veg, meat substitutes, green electricity
and bicycles. Features on religion and consumerism and
a sustainability toolkit.
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EC84
(August/September 03)
Main report on computers, plus buyer's guides to mortgages, cereals,
and soap. Features on biodynamic farming and US company
Bechtel, currently rebuilding
Iraq, and an interview with former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change Robert Watson.
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EC83
(June/July 03)
Main report on cars, plus buyer's guides to gas companies,
herbal teas and hair removal products. Features on corporate
carbon sinks and fruit company Dole, tips for enjoying sustainable
holidays, interview with journalist Greg Palast.
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EC82
(April/May 03)
Main report on washing machines, plus buyer's guides to sunscreens,
outdoor equipment and breakfast spreads. Features include
a piece its activities in Israel.
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EC81
(February/March 03)
Main report on petrol, plus buyer's guides to household cleaning
products, tinned veg and vacuum cleaners. Features include
oil and war and a Corporate Watch on Exxon.
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EC80
(December/Jan 2002/03)
Main report on insurance, plus buyer's guides to recycled tissues
and kitchen towels, painkillers and crisps. Features include
marketing in schools, tips for enjoying the festive season,
a Corporate Watch on aluminium company
Alcoa, and our updated oppressive regimes.
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EC79
(October/November 2002)
Main reports on toys
and paints, plus buyer's guide to chocolate. Features
include anti-dam campaigns and a Corporate Watch on Bacardi.
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EC78
(August/September 2002)
New redesigned Ethical Consumer. Main report on televisions with
buyer's guides to organic and/or vegan ice cream, gas condensing
boilers and sports shoes. Features include a Corporate Watch
article on US cake giant Sara Lee and a look at what environmental progress
there's been since the Rio Earth Summit.
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EC77
(June/July 2002) Sorry, sold out! Photocopies available on request
Main report on clothes shops with buyer's guides to camera
film, kettles and biscuits. Features include energy saving
and an interview with George Monbiot and our Corporate Watch
article is on petrol company Petrochina.
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EC76
(Apr/May 2002)
Main report on cookers, with buyer's guides to jeans, skin
care and phone networks. Features articles on PR firm Burson-Marsteller
and the latest market research on ethical consumerism.
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EC75
(Feb/Mar 2002)
Main report on beer with buyer's guides to shoe shops, rechargeable
batteries and bottled water. Features include a look at Fair
Trade and the seed saving and our Corporate Watch article
is on biotech giant Bayer.
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EC74
(Dec/Jan 20 2002) Sorry, sold out! Photocopies available on request
Main report on hi-fis with buyer's guides to shampoo, bread
and eco lightbulbs. Features include a look at what the growth
of the organic movement and our Corporate Watch article is on accountancy
firms and their wider influences.
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EC73
(Oct/Nov 2001)
Main report on tea and coffee with buyer's guides to shareholder
pensions, digital cameras and laundry detergents. Features
include a look at what GATS means to consumers and our Corporate
Watch article is on venture capitalist firm Doughty Hanson.
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EC72
(Aug/Sept 2001)
Main report on Banks & Building Societies with buyer's guides
to organic pasta sauces, printers and coffee shops. Features
include EC's Manifesto for Change
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EC71
(June/July 2001)
Main report on Supermarkets with buyer's guides to sanitary
protection, baked beans and DVDs. Features include a look
at Boycott Bush campaigns.
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EC70
(April/May 2001)
Main report on Electricity companies with buyer's guides to ethical
mortgages, meat alternatives and eco-websites. Features
include a look at gold and diamonds.
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EC69(Feb/March 2001))Sorry,
sold out! Photocopies available on request
Main report on fridges and freezers, with other reports on toothpaste,
shirts and fruitjuice. Features include an investigation
into corporate lobby groups and a look at ethical tourism.
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EC68
(Dec00/Jan 2001)
Main report on bicycles with buyer's guides to charity credit
cards, internet service providers and jams & spreads.
Features include a look at Keiretsus (Japanese mega-corps) and
defence company Serco.
EC67(Nov
2000)
Main report on pensions, with other reports on cooking
oils, recycled toilet roll and motorbikes. Features
include a look at privatised rail companies and a profile of
Glaxo Wellcome.
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EC66
(August/September 2000)
The main Buyer's guide looks at washing machines
with other reports on baby equipment, pet food and
soup. Corporate watch focuses on chemical giant Du
Pont and its links to life sciences, while the feature is on
the UK Ethical Trading Initiative.
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EC65
(June/July 2000).
The main report looks at computers while other reports
feature ethical ISAs, soft drinks and suntan lotions.
There's a corporate watch article on the Wallenberg family empire,
and this issue's feature is on the controversial Ilisu dam in Turkey.
EC64 (April/May 2000).
A main Buyer's guide to the the car industry with other
reports looking at cosmetics, pasta and vitamins.
Corporate watch takes a look at recent mergers and
their ethical implications while the feature article is a consumer guide
to sustainable wood products.
EC63 (February/March 2000).Sorry, sold
out! Photocopies available on request
Insurance companies fall under the spotlight this
issue with other reports looking at cereals, baby foods
and washing-up liquids. Corporate watch looks at Novartis
- the GM company behind household brands and there is a feature
on country of origin labeling.
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EC62
(December 1999/January 2000). Sorry, sold out! Photocopies
available on request
The main report looks at electrical kitchen appliances
while other reports feature sports shoes, sugar and
butter and margarine. There's a corporate watch article
on the WTO and its links with big business, and a look at corporate
ethical labeling schemes.
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EC61 (October/November 1999).
Everything you need to know to obtain the 'greenest' fresh fruit
and vegetables, plus other reports on soap,
bananas and mobile phones. Features
include a look at maximising effective environmental choices and
a profile of Premier Oil, one of the few remaining companies operating
in Burma.
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EC60
(August/September 1999). Sorry, sold out! Photocopies
available on request
Features a guide to banks & building societies,
plus other reports on gas companies, chocolate
snacks and tinned vegetables. Features include
a look at the corporate sponsors behind the Millennium Dome
and a profile of Wal-Mart, new owner of the ASDA supermarket
chain.
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EC59
(June/July 1999).
Features a guide to supermarkets, plus other reports
on crisps & snacks, vacuum cleaners
and the environmental impacts of petrol & diesel.
Features include a look at the environmentally destructive business
of shrimp farming plus Disney and its abuse of workers rights.
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EC58 (April/May 1999).
House paints special report, plus buyer's
guides to petrol & diesel, tights and biscuits.
Features on Microbiocides and Philip Morris'
tobacco empire.
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EC57
(February/March 1999).
Laundry products special report. Also buyer's
guides to nappies, garden tools and
non-dairy milk, plus a feature on Murdoch's
global empire.
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EC56 (December/January 1998/99).Sorry, sold out!
Photocopies available on request
TVs and videos special report.
Also buyers guides to herbal teas, bread
and mortgages. Feature: is it possible to sell
the anti-consumerist message at Christmas?
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EC55(October/November
1998)
Tea and Coffee special report. Also buyer's guides to
painkillers, toys and fax
machines, plus a feature on the worlds worst oppressive
regimes.
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EC54(August/September
1998)
Household cleaners special report. Also buyer's guides
to flea treatments, yoghurt and jeans.
Features on animal testing laboratories and banned adverts - the ones
they don't want you to see.
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EC53
(June/July 1998)
Fridges & freezers special report. Also buyer's guides to cameras
and shoe shops. Features on the company that still puts lead in
petrol and organic and free range meat.
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EC52 (April/May 1998) Sorry, sold out! Photocopies available
on request
Beer, lager & cider main report. Also buyer's guides to furniture,
bicycles and shampoo. Special feature on green electricity
options.
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EC51
(February/March 1998)
Holiday companies, airlines & ferries. Also essential oils,
microwave ovens and PEPs. Also UNICEF on child labour and the companies
that lobbied against climate change at Kyoto.
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