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Independent review of Boohoo supply chains finds that company directors knew of problems long before they were reported in the press
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As the carbon crisis intensifies, growing numbers of companies are now starting to label their products with their carbon footprint, says Simon Birch.
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Our Beyond Consumerism page seeks out ideas big and small, for rethinking economic systems or reducing reliance on corporations and money. This time we hear from herbalist Jesper Launder about autumn foraging.
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Amazon announced at the beginning of September that its key UK business paid £14.46million in corporation tax in 2019, just a 3% increase since 2018, despite its pre-tax profits growing by more than 35% during the same period.
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Campaigner and blogger, Mayisha Begum on Peacocks and the #PayUp Campaign.
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We speak to Aja Barber, a writer and fashion consultant with expertise in race, intersectional feminism and sustainable fashion, and a strong believer in holding corporations and organisations to account. We talk to her about fast fashion, the impact of Covid and more….
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Over the last few months, we have been reporting on the allegations of illegally low wages, poor working conditions and furlough fraud in Leicester garment factories, those largely supplying online fast fashion brand Boohoo.
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Tom Bryson tells us more about the new Facebook boycott campaign.
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There has been turmoil in the electricity and gas retail sector recently, and many small and even big companies have been hurrying for the door.
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An interview about Barclays’ role in climate breakdown and its responsibility to change in Bangladesh and beyond.
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Friends Of the Earth’s open letter calls on England’s biggest landowners to grow more trees.
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In July 2020, a group of Kenyan tea plantation workers filed a complaint with the UN against Unilever, stating that the company violated international human rights standards by failing employees who were attacked after ethnic violence broke out following an election in 2007.
In this article, we ask whether Unilever is still failing to respect its…
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The UK Government has announced a new fund to improve workers’ rights and conditions in high street supply chains during the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses said to be benefiting from the scheme include Primark, Mondelez (Cadbury, Green & Blacks) and Tesco.
Campaigners ask why these multi-million pound brands are not already protecting those…
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A new UK network is creating collective, national campaigns to challenge corporate power. Ethical Consumer has published research on JCB - the target of its first campaign - in support of the launch.
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Greenpeace UK is calling on Tesco to stop buying meat and dairy from companies allegedly involved in Amazon deforestation and to halve the amount of meat it sells by 2025. Alison Kirkman from Greenpeace UK explains why.
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May Project Gardens – a community permaculture garden in Morden – works with urban communities, to address poverty, disempowerment and access to resources and influence. Now, they are trying to raise £25,000 so they can own their premises. Co-Director Mona Bani explains why.
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KitKat announced in June that it would be cutting its ties with Fairtrade, even after the popular Nestlé brand was warned that the move would affect thousands of farmers.
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The End Uyghur Forced Labour (EUFL) coalition is calling on brands to end the use of forced labour in their Chinese supply chains. Brands are being urged to cut ties with the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China (known to local people as East Turkistan), over atrocities there.
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Thousands of Moroccan women stranded in Spain due to coronavirus travel restrictions have begun to return home after a torturous 2 month ordeal.
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Andy Hughes explains the challenges faced by Shoe Aid, a UK-based charity that aims to eliminate shoe waste by providing shoes to those in need.