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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 220 (May/June 2026)

 

Shopping guides

  • Sunscreen 
  • Shampoo 
  • Soap and shower gel 
  • Toilet paper

 


The magazine includes:

  • score tables rating and comparing the brands
  • Best Buy recommendations
  • Israel-Palestine rating for all companies in the guides
  • the cost of ethical sunscreen
  • chemical, mineral and nano sunscreens
  • who sells organic sunscreen?
  • ethical and cruelty-free shampoo brands
  • bars of soap versus liquid
  • which soap is organic and cruelty free?
  • bamboo versus recycled toilet paper
  • deforestation and environmental impact of toilet rolls
  • animal testing of cosmetics and toiletries
  • Uyghur forced labour in everyday products
  • equity fines for corporations, not cash fines

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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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    Travel & Transport Shopping guides: Electric Cars, Bicycles, Travel Booking Companies

    Plus: guide to Fast Food Chains

    Features: Palestinian dates for Ramadan

    Our new Community Best Buy accreditation scheme

    Corporate power and the climate catastrophe

  • Issue 218

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    Tea & Coffee Shopping guides: Coffee, Tea, Coffee Shops

    Plus: guides to Cooking Oil and Olive Oil

    Features: Amazon & Palestine

    Challenging Corporate Power through community ownership

  • Issue 217

    Cover of back issue Issue 217

    Alternatives to Amazon Shopping guides: Bookshops, Ethical Online retailers, Music Streaming

    Plus: Chocolate

    Features: Our new ratings column on Israel-Palestine

    Our latest Climate Gap report

    Challenging corporate power  - buying and boycotts

  • Issue 216

    Cover of back issue Issue 216

    Shopping guides: Energy suppliers, Heat pumps, Boilers, Solar panels

    Features: Migrant fruit & veg workers in Spain

    The partnership between Amazon and Trump

    Converting for-profit corporations to co-ops and social enterprises

  • Issue 215

    Cover of back issue Issue 215

    Shopping guides: Ethical Pensions, Ethical Investment Funds, Stocks & Shares ISAs, Innovative Finance ISAs, Alternative Investments, Home & Car Insurance

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  • Issue 214

    Cover of back issue Issue 214

    Shopping guides: Current Accounts, Savings Accounts, Mortgages

    Features: Which banks are supporting Israel?

    Imagining a world without corporate power

  • Issue 213

    Cover of back issue Issue 213

    Shopping guides: Broadband, Mobile phone networks, Email providers, TV & video streaming 

    Feature: What does AI mean for human rights and climate breakdown?

  • Issue 212

    Cover of back issue Issue 212

    Shopping guides: Meat-free alternatives, Plant Milk, Vegan Cheese, Beans & pulses 

    Feature: forced migrant labour in Taiwan

  • Issue 211

    Cover of back issue Issue 211

    Shopping guides: Mobile Phones, Laptops, Binoculars & Sports Optics, Eggs & Egg Replacers 

    Feature: Our latest consumer climate gap report

  • Issue 210

    Cover of back issue Issue 210

    Shopping guides: Dairy Milk, Butter & Spreads, Supermarket, Ethical Food Shops 

    Feature: Are B Corps any good?

  • Issue 209

    Cover of back issue Issue 209

    Shopping guides: Washing Machines, Laundry Detergent, Washing-up Liquid, Fridges & Freezers 

    Feature: Olympic scale tax avoidance

  • Issue 208

    Cover of back issue Issue 208

    Shopping guides: Outdoor clothing, Shoes, Trainers, Sportswear

    Feature: Palestine solidarity - brands to avoid and alternative brands to buy

  • Issue 207

    Cover of back issue Issue 207

    Shopping guides: High Street Clothing, Ethical Clothing, Underwear, Jeans

    Feature: Economic crisis hits ethical spending - the state of the ethical market.

  • Issue 206

    Cover of back issue Issue 206

    Shopping guides: Shampoo, Skincare, Makeup, Deodorant, Toothpaste

    Feature: Profiting from refugees' misery - the private companies housing asylum seekers

  • Issue 205

    Cover of back issue Issue 205

    Shopping guides: Chocolate, Mince Pies, Alternatives to shopping at Amazon - Ethical Online Retailers & Bookshops

    Features: What do UK consumers need to do to close the climate gap?

    A new rating for Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity?

  • Issue 204

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    Shopping guides: Vitamins & Supplements, Breakfast Cereal, Baked Beans, Cat & Dog Food

    Feature: Our updated list of oppressive regimes