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Ethical Consumer Magazine

Ethical Consumer Magazine is an indispensable read for any independent thinker.

Each issue features detailed shopping guides, news of ethical products and campaigns, in-depth features, opinion, comment, boycott updates, readers' letters, and much more. Discover the truth behind the products we buy and the companies we buy them from.

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Issue 219 (March/April 2026)

 

Travel & Transport guides

  • Electric Cars
  • Bicycles & ebikes
  • Travel Booking Companies

Plus: guide to Fast Food Chains

 


The magazine includes:

  • score tables rating and comparing the brands
  • Best Buy recommendations
  • Israel-Palestine rating for all companies in the guides
  • 10 reasons to boycott Tesla
  • practical issues around choosing an electric car
  • second-hand bikes, repair shops, rental and subscriptions
  • what to do with your old bike
  • which travel companies offer rentals in illegal Israeli settlements
  • is there such a thing as sustainable tourism?
  • UPFs and high in sugar, salt and fat
  • are any fast food chains doing anything about animal welfare?
  • fast food chains linked to Israel
  • who offers the most vegan options
  • which Palestinian dates to buy
  • our new Community Best Buy accreditation scheme
  • corporate power and the climate and nature crises

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Ethical Consumer magazine is printed on chlorine-free, 100% post-consumer waste paper. It is printed by Deltor in Cornwall using vegetable-based inks. Our envelopes are also 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

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    Feature: Companies House, Lush Spring Prize

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    Features: How to boycott Trump

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    Features: The growth of the ethical market, Phasing out the for-profit corporation

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    Features: How can we challenge Amazon's monopoly power?

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  • Issue 160

    Cover of back issue Issue 160

    Product Guides: Meat-free sausages & burgers, Rice, Cooking Oil, Supermarkets

    Features: Veg box schemes

  • Issue 159

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  • Issue 158

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