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A few hours before the opening of London Fashion Week in mid-September, Extinction Rebellion activists staged a ‘die-in’ outside the central venue.
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In June, Microsoft made a multi-million-dollar investment in AnyVision, whose surveillance technology is used in Israeli checkpoints in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The investment has been condemned by Human Rights Watch.
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Villain of our ongoing boycott for tax avoidance, Amazon hits the news again for violations in its supply chain. Hundreds of teenagers in China have been asked to work nights and overtime to meet production targets for making Amazon’s Alexa devices, in violation of Chinese law.
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A huge amount of e-waste is produced globally: 57.4 million tonnes in 2021, according to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Forum (WEEE). Where does all this waste go, what harm does it do to people and the environment and what toxic chemicals are involved?
In this article we explore the issues of e-waste and what consumers can do.
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Inadequate working conditions are a persistent issue in the IT supply chain. The vast majority of manufacturing takes place in countries with fewer protections for workers.
In this article we look at typical working conditions, particularly in China, and the use of potentially forced labour.
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To build the components that make up a computing device requires a plethora of raw materials. Among these are a number of metal elements that are commonly sourced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the mining trade has, for many years, been used to fund brutal conflicts.
In this article we discuss what conflict minerals are, legislation…
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Tom Bryson introduces the ethical issues involved with technology.
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UK councils spend billions every year subcontracting services in their area.
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Julian Richer is the founder of the high-street hi-fi chain Richer Sounds. He has also published a book, The Ethical Capitalist, and he was the opening keynote speaker at the Fair Tax Mark’s annual conference in July.
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The Academics for Peace group has renewed calls for a boycott of academic institutions linked to the Turkish state.
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The debate around oil sponsorship in culture peaked around this year’s BP Portrait Award.
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Driven by health concerns, the government monitors residue levels in food consumed in the UK.
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We need to start including the Global South when talking about tackling climate change, says Simon Birch.
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As fires continue to rage across the Amazon, Josie Wexler looks at companies that are implicated.
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Simon Birch talks to Tamsin Lejeune, one of the UK’s leading advocates for ethical fashion.
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A new report called ‘Green is (Relatively) Good for European Utilities’ has been released by Morningstar, the US global financial services firm which provides research and information on investment funds.
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As part of our anti-greenwash series, we caught up with Christina, the founder of the ethical cleaning product company Greenscents. They came top in our guides to Laundry Detergents, Toilet Cleaners, Washing-up Liquid and Household Cleaners.
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As part of our anti-greenwash series, we caught up with Hanna Pumfrey, the founder of Acala, a zero-waste health and beauty retailer and Best Buy in our shopping guide to Ethical Online Retailers.
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Rob Harrison, one of Ethical Consumer's founders, looks back at what's been achieved and forward at what remains to be done.
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The Soil Association’s new ‘Out to Lunch’ league table has ranked children’s food at 28 popular chains and found many of them were serving children unhealthy and unsustainable meals.