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After decades of being ignored by Shell, communities in Nigeria have recently won an important legal first step. Anna Clayton outlines the human and environmental importance of this new ruling.
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A new report on financing fossil fuels finds that the UK’s ‘big five’ banks have actually increased investments in dirty energy since the Paris Agreement.
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For more than a year now, Manchester United has been partnered with a direct funder of the 2017 Rohingya genocide.
Laurence Crumbie and Christian Gilberti delve into this controversial partnership.
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New research has found that home rental company Airbnb is pouring money into ‘grassroots lobbying’ organisations which are subverting local democracy.
We shine a light on Airbnb’s lobbying practices and outline some of the issues and negative impacts associated with their ‘Home Sharing’ or ‘Host’ Clubs.
Also see our ethical guide to Travel…
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Ahead of the ISA deadline at the end of the financial year on April 5th 2021, Jill Jackson, CEO of The Big Exchange talks to Simon Birch about how your ISA can help save the planet.
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Francesca Willow, or Ethical Unicorn as she is known on her social media platforms, is an artist and writer/blogger who aims to bring a factual and informative approach to sustainable living and social justice.
We caught up with her to talk about activism, social justice, the pandemic and regenerative agriculture.
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Tech giants have profited from the global pandemic, particularly from online shopping but many of them are still not paying a fair amount of tax.
We outline some recent figures and what you can do to help our tax campaigns.
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Richard Wilson, Director of Stop Funding Hate, looks at the impact that GB News could have on the UK, and explains why companies should not support it.
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Are we simply swapping plastic for PFAS?
Dr Kerry Dinsmore of environmental charity Fidra explains how chemicals of concern, PFAS, risk undermining the environmental benefits of many so called ‘sustainable’ packaging alternatives, and why almost 12,000 people have joined together to ask UK supermarkets to take action to remove harmful forever…
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The closing date (Wednesday 17th March) for the UK Government’s consultation on genetic engineering technologies is fast approaching. Read on for some of the key issues at stake and what action you can take.
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Beyond Consumerism articles seek out ideas big and small, for rethinking economic systems and reducing reliance on corporations and money.
Here we focus on advertising and the craft economy.
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Human rights groups and political leaders are calling for a boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing over the Chinese Government’s atrocities against Uyghur citizens in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
The Chinese government is estimated to have held between 1 to 1.8 million people in detention and forced labour camps in the region – the…
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Now that Brexit's finally happened, what's the impact on the UK's ever growing ethical consumer market?
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Over 500 workers have lost their homes after a fire in Nijar, Almeria. The workers, who supply salad vegetables to supermarkets in the UK, have faced multiple fires over recent years. They are forced to live in unsafe conditions due to exploitative working conditions and a lack of legal status.
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Laura is a climate activist and Advocacy and Campaigns Coordinator for Tearfund in Scotland with a large social media following under the name Less Waste Laura.
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Amazon has been ordered to pay over $61.7million in compensation to drivers for withholding tips, following charges by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Once again, the Westminster government has authorised the owner of Silver Spoon to use bee-toxic pesticide in England.
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The Southern Co-operative has drawn criticism from civil rights groups Big Brother Watch and Privacy International following revelations that the supermarket chain has been using live facial recognition technology in its stores.
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As You Sow is a US organisation calling for corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy. Olivia Knight and Meredith Benton introduce the organisation’s new scorecards, which show which companies are ranking best and worst when it comes to issues like racial justice.
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As part of our new campaign, we are encouraging consumers to contact big tech companies and asking them to publicly justify continued use of tax avoidance schemes in economies severely impacted by the current pandemic.