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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.

Issue 222
(Sept/Oct 2026)


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Shopping guides

  • Deodorant
  • Makeup
  • Vitamins & Supplements
  • Nappies
     

The magazine includes:

  • score tables rating and comparing the brands
  • Best Buy recommendations
  • should I buy 'natural' cosmetics?
  • cosmetics companies rated on use of 'harmful ingredients'
  • have your cosmetics been tested on animals?
  • mica and the problem with sparkle
  • shade inclusivity of makeup
  • animal ingredients in vitamins
  • do we need supplements?
  • are eco disposable nappies better than conventional? 
  • Israel-Palestine rating for all companies in the guides

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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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Next issue...

Issue 223

(Nov/Dec 2026)

  • High Street Clothes Shops
  • Ethical Clothing Brands
  • Sportswear
  • Trainers

Out mid October

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Back issues

  • Issue 157

    Cover of back issue Issue 157

    Product guides: Cat & Dog food, Instant & Ground Coffee, Perfume & Aftershave

    Features: Amazon's tax turnaround? Ethical charity sponsorship and climate change