Find ethical, sustainable and fair trade chocolate: ratings for 84 brands of bars of chocolate and chocolate snacks, with recommended brands and ones to avoid.
Is all fair trade chocolate equally fair? What are chocolate brands doing about child labour? We look at the big ethical issues including colonialism in the cocoa sector, palm oil and deforestation, child labour, cocoa certification, as well as who makes vegan chocolate, and how to find ethical and responsibly-sourced chocolate to suit your budget.
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Includes guides to: Chocolate, Mince Pies, Ethical Online retailers, Bookshops
The latest magazine includes shopping guides rating:
- Chocolate
- Mince Pies
- Alternatives to shopping at Amazon:
- Ethical Online retailers
- Bookshops
Plus:
- score tables rating and comparing the brands
- Best Buy recommendations
- how to buy decolonised chocolate - the brands giving cocoa farmers the fairest deal
- choosing the most ethical chocolate for your budget
- the second trial of a new rating system - Mince Pies
- why you shouldn't shop at Amazon
- the most ethical alternative online retailers
- where to buy your books from
Features on:
- exploring a new rating for diversity, equity and inclusivity
- what progress has been made towards sustainable consumer lifestyles in the UK?
Issue 205 (Nov/Dec 2023) now in print and online.
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- Guide to 34 leading UK bookshops, with best buys. Includes alternatives to Amazon and its various book-selling brands and how to find ethical online and local bookshops. We also look at the best options for ebooks and audio books, sustainability, buying secondhand books, and how to support independent authors, publishers and bookshops.Read more
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