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Zaytoun sells olive oil, dates, almonds, herbs and grains from Palestine. It also organises trips to Palestine to learn about the region and its food, and to help with the olive harvest. Cathi Pawson tells us more.
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Community RePaint is a leftover paint redistribution project with 70 schemes across the UK. Madeleine Jones spoke to Sarah Burns, Community RePaint Network Coordinator to find out more
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Anna Hughes, the leader of the Flight Free 2020 campaign asks if you could pledge not to fly alongside 100,000 others in 2020.
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Simon Birch laments the passing of a pioneering organisation.
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On 22nd January 2019, the Chair of the Tax Justice Network, John Christensen spoke at the European Parliament on ‘The Impact of Brexit on Tax Evasion and Money Laundering’, organised by the European Free Alliance of the Greens. Extracts from that speech are reproduced here and full text, video and slides are available.
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In December, HSBC announced that it had fully divested from the Israeli drone manufacturer Elbit Systems, known for selling weapons to the Israeli military used in attacks on Palestinian civilians.
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An investor group managing some $6.5 trillion called on six of the world’s largest fast food chains to start managing their climate impacts. The owners of McDonald’s, KFC and Burger King were among the companies targeted.
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Human rights activists have increased calls for jewellers to boycott gemstones mined in Myanmar, which are funding the country’s military. The long-running campaign responds to the military’s attacks on communities of Rohingya Muslims in the country.
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The Bangladeshi garment industry has become infamous for a multitude of workers’ rights abuses with extremely low pay, long hours and dangerous working conditions being key problems. During January 2019, widespread strike action has seen thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers take to the streets in protests largely related to low pay.
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Representatives of major fashion retailers were defending their positions in parliament in November as part of the Environment Audit Committee’s inquiry into the sustainability of the fashion industry.
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Delia McGrath from La Via Campesina in Spain reveals the terrible conditions that agricultural workers face on farms in southern Spain.
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Burma Campaign UK recently published its new ‘Dirty List’ of companies linked to the military in Burma.
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Boohoo and Zacharia Jewellers are the latest clothing companies to have been found selling real fur as faux.
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Lush launch first 'Naked' store in a bid to ditch plastic packaging
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Amnesty International have just published a report which focuses on digital tourism companies which list holiday accommodation, activities and attractions in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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Clare Carlile looks at the reasons behind the slow down revealed in our 2018 Ethical Consumer Markets Report.
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Leeds Building Society has this week become the first national high-street financial institution certified as an accredited Fair Tax Mark business, having been successfully assessed against the Fair Tax Mark criteria.
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How is the campaign against bigotry and racism in the media going? Simon Birch finds out.
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Climate change has been in the media spotlight several times over the past few months thanks partly to the release of the frack-free three from Preston prison in September, which was followed by the launch of ‘Extinction Rebellion’ at the end of October.
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We give an update on what companies are doing to get rid of single use and non-recyclable plastic, and list campaigns that encourage them to do so.