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Ethical Consumer hears from global animal welfare charity, World Animal Protection, which is urging UK high street bank Barclays to stop funding animal cruelty, and to stop investing in global meat producer, JBS. 

We sat down with The Path Financial, to talk about the company and their vision for the future. The Path Financial is one of our new Best Buy Label brands which has products that aren't covered in our regular shopping guides. It was fully screened by our team of trained researchers to rate its ethics against our strict criteria. 

A group of concerned customers set up the Save Our Bank campaign in 2013 to try to keep the Co-operative Bank true to its co-operative principles and retain its ethical polices.  In 2025 its acquisition by the Coventry Building Society will hopefully bring this dream into reality. Rob Harrison tells the inside story of Ethical Consumer's own…

In what looks like a win for campaigners, Barclays appears to no longer hold shareholdings in Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.

Jasmine Owens explains how brands sponsoring the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 are coming in last place for tax conduct.

What is ethical insurance, which insurance companies are ethical in the UK, and how can you find ethical insurance options? 

Ethical banking addresses everything from climate breakdown to animal rights. So what is ethical banking, why are ethics important in banking, and how can you find an ethical bank?

Ethical savings can drive the transition towards a greener, more sustainable future. So how can you ensure that your savings are doing good and not inadvertently funding some of the most harmful industries around the world.

By making ethical investments, you can ensure that your money funds a more sustainable future.  Find out about the types of ethical investing, why they are important, and how to find the most ethical providers.

From fossil fuels to cluster munitions, unethical banks enable some of the most damaging industries and projects in the world. 

Banks are funding some of the most notorious corporations around the world - from companies profiting from oppressive regimes to those violating indigenous rights. So which banks are involved in human rights abuses and what can consumers do about it?

Amazon is notorious for its tax avoidance practices, but it’s not the only retailer dodging their responsibilities.  In this article we look at tax avoidance amongst large retailers, and ask what alternatives there are.

Ryan Brightwell, Director of Research at the Dutch NGO BankTrack, reports from the front line.

Income inequalities exist in all industries, including the finance sector. Ruth Strange explores gender and ethnicity pay gaps and looks at which banks are better or worse at taking action on inequality.

High street banks are funding some of the world’s most notorious arms companies. We look at which banks are involved and what consumers can do. We also look at the wider financial industry and its links with nuclear weapons in particular.

Banks in the UK are funding everything from factory farming to animal testing.  So which banks are financing animal exploitation and how can you avoid them?

The financial industry is notorious for tax avoidance – including some well-known high street brands.  So why does tax avoidance matter and how can you avoid the worst offenders?

Through the ownership of a single share, ordinary people are joining the shareholder activist movement and effecting corporate change on pay, climate change, diversity and more.  In this short guide, Jake Kroeger from ShareAction explains why you might want to become a shareholder activist, and how.

Sarah Draper from Global Canopy looks at three ways our money might be funding deforestation, and what we can do about it.

UK banks are fuelling deforestation around the world. Martha Marcuson, Senior Communications Advisor at Global Witness, explores the problem and what can be done to stop financial institutions funding the destruction of climate-critical forests. Also see our guide to ethical banking.