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On the opening day of London Fashion Week in September, Friends of the Earth (FoE) called on the fashion industry to do more to tackle plastic pollution as new figures highlighted that the sector is a ‘significant contribution’ to the problem.
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Rainforest Alliance and UTZ are asked to bolster their standards when they merge.
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Ethical Consumer has just heard the news that Traidcraft, the fair trade pioneers founded in the 1970's, could cease trading by the end of 2018 unless a solution can be found this month.
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Online giant paying less tax despite bumper profits
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Costa’s ethical score to fall from 6.5 to 2 out of 20
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The summer has seen a plethora of new reports about supermarkets – one looking at ready meals, another on how they are dealing with food waste and a third looking at the human suffering in supermarket supply chains.
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In this guide we investigate, score and rank the ethical and environmental record of the 5 big oil companies
We also look at climate denial, investment in renewables, transparency and give our recommended buys.
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Bikes might be the healthiest and greenest vehicle going. But in the UK, it is still an activity dominated by men, writes Rachel White from Sustrans, the UK’s walking and cycling charity
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Finding an eco-friendly bicycle and e-bike, with recommended buys and what to avoid. With ethical & environmental rankings of 32 e-bike brands and 37 push bike brands.
We look at carbon emissions, where bikes are made, recycling and repair options, cost of bikes, and shine a spotlight on the ethics of the Frasers Group (owns Evans Cycles,…
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Are stain resistant clothes leaving a lasting mark on the environment? Guest blog from Fidra.
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With the World Cup underway in Moscow, football has become the latest target for the global marketing of junk food, says Simon Birch.
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Federer’s new sponsor UNIQLO pays him millions, but refuses wages to workers
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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…
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In this guide we investigate, score and rank the ethical and environmental record of 25 brands of bread.
We also look at the Real Bread Campaign, packaging, shine a light on the ethics of Biona and our recommended best buys.
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Ethical and environmental record of 50 brands of butter and spreads including vegan butter and margarine.
We investigate palm oil and animal rights, shine a spotlight on Arla and give our recommended buys.
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Ethical and environmental rankings for 50 brands of biscuits.
We look at vegan biscuits, including those made by non-vegan companies. We also look at palm oil, issues around sugar and cocoa, plastic packaging, and give our recommended buys.
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Ryan Brightwell from BankTrack explains the organisation’s work and answers a few questions.
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How the Save our Bank campaign has grown and changed
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Finding an ethical and eco-friendly herb and fruit tea. Ranking the environmental and ethical record of 30 brands of herbal and fruit teas and rooibos tea.
We also look at plastic in teabags, loose teas, shine a light on the ethics of Pukka Tea and Teapigs and give our recommended buys.
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In this guide we investigate, rate and score the ethical and environmental record of 15 travel insurance underwriters.
We also ask if your travel insurance company is funding climate change, spotlight the green and eco insurance companies and give our Best Buy recommendations.