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By Merle Büter
A workers’ union representing employees of Amazon has demanded the closure of the company’s logistics centre after 68 employees were tested positive for the virus. The union, Verdi, also raised concerns after Amazon took 14 days to inform employees about the first positive test result.
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May and June's news and events in ethical food and drink.
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Will there be a boom in onshore wind energy following the government’s change of heart? Simon Birch investigates.
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Colin Birch with a light-hearted guide to trying, and sometimes failing, to be ethical. This week he grapples with ethical sunscreen.
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We caught up with Kathryn Adams at Ecotricity, an ethical Best Buy company in our guide to Energy Suppliers and operator of Ecotalk, featured in our guide to Mobile Phone Networks.
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We caught up with a number of companies featured in our cosmetics shopping guides to ask how they are being impacted by the current crisis. Tim Hunt looks at their responses.
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A seasonal worker is suing the Spanish government for confining him to a makeshift home without water or basic supplies during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Memories of Rana Plaza remain raw – yet sweatshop conditions persist in Bangladesh and are being made worse by Coronavirus says Jay Kerr from campaign group No Sweat.
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COVID-19 has had a huge impact on consumer habits with shops shut and deliveries becoming more difficult. Sophie Billington looks at what it means to be an ethical consumer in this time of crisis, with some simple suggestions on how to live a good life on lockdown.
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Workers in Almeria, Spain say that they are denied the minimum wage and left without employment if they speak out.
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The global pandemic has seen a groundswell of ordinary people devoting their time to help others put at risk by the virus or the resulting lockdown. Unfortunately, many UK clothing companies do not appear to be joining in with this new sense of solidarity.
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With so many different issues fighting for prominence, it was significant to see a number of changes on tax in Rishi Sunak’s first Budget – and several of them were positive changes, at least on the surface.
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Amazon warehouse workers in Italy, France and New York are protesting the company’s response to the global coronavirus pandemic. Workers say that the multinational, which has seen a surge in orders since social-distancing measures began, is not doing enough to protect their safety.
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The United Nations’ special rapporteur on extreme poverty has condemned conditions for immigrant workers in Huelva, Southern Spain, as the start of the 2020 berry picking season begins.
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The news has concentrated on stories of selfish stockpiling and fights over toilet paper but amidst the distress and panic-buying, there have been pockets of incredible community cooperation.
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Finding eco-friendly bathroom products can be a challenge but we aim to make it much easier with this simple guide.
We help you avoid plastic packaging, palm oil and toxic chemicals and help ensure you are buying from more ethical companies.
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International companies have “enabled" and "profited from" illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine, according to the UN.
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The International Campaign for the Rohingya (IRC) has called for a boycott of Kirin Group over its links with the military and authorities in Myanmar (Burma), in the wake of ethnic cleansing in Rakhine state.
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Athena, a new alliance of organisations based in the US, is campaigning against Amazon. The coalition brings together activists, advocates, policy experts and academics.
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Extinction Rebellion UK members turned Siemens’ London office into a ‘crime scene’ on the 16 January, following its decision to continue providing railway signalling services to the Adani coal mine in Queensland, Australia.