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In a stark interview between an Amazon worker and Yalda Keshavarzi, the working conditions at Amazon fulfilment centres are exposed.
Black Friday mania intensifies these well-documented issues, which range from excessive targets, surveillance and profit as the prime driver.
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Amazon and eBay are among the largest and best-known online marketplaces in the UK – selling everything from inflatable jacuzzis to secondhand baby clothes.
So how do the ethics of Amazon and eBay compare when it comes to climate change, tax avoidance and more?
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With the cost of living crisis and sustainability concerns, more and more people are buying secondhand.
In this guide, we look at everything from how to avoid scams and dud deals to the best online retail platforms for pre-loved clothing, furniture, phones, and more.
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Boycotts are a popular form of consumer action, with people able to use their wallet to avoid specific brands and companies, or to avoid particular ingredients, products or countries.
We recently asked our readers who or what they were boycotting. Here are the results.
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Yoyo Grocery Co is a Best Buy Label company in our guide to ethical food stores. We talked to them about the philosophy behind the company, challenges and the future.
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Do loyalty cards actually save you money? And how ethical are they? We look into what companies, including supermarkets, might be doing with your data.
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Is the B Corp certification still worth looking out for?
Rob Harrison explores the recent explosion of interest in the B Corp movement in the UK and the rise of critical voices.
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As an ethical business owner, do you incorporate circular aspects into your business? Are you even quite sure what the circular economy is and why it's important?
If the answer is no to either of these, don't worry, there's no judgement here!
Small business owner Lucy Todd introduces the key principles of the circular economy and tips on how you…
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Lucy Todd of My Little Green Wardrobe explores three unexpected ethical challenges she overcame when starting her ethical business.
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Suma, a Best Buy Label, chat with Ethical Consumer about who they are, making sustainable and ethical business decisions, and where they see sustainable food in the future.
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Green and sustainable businesses often have additional hurdles to overcome, or ethical decisions to make, when starting up and during their journey.
In this article Lucy Todd outlines seven things which would have been helpful to know when she was setting up her sustainable small business.
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Women with experience of detention are calling for a boycott of facilities management company Mitie, which props up the UK’s immigration detention centres
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A tiny union has pulled off a spectacular victory against one of the world’s biggest companies, reports Simon Birch.
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Can ethical businesses always act like ethical shoppers when it comes to Amazon? In his latest Inside View article, Simon Birch unpicks this complex issue.
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Specsavers aims to provide excellent eye and hearing care to their customers. But how much does the company care about ethical issues such as the environment, people, and animals?
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Here we provide an up-to-date overview of UK ethical markets using data from our Ethical Markets Reports.
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In October 2020 it was announced that Walmart had sold Asda, putting it back under British ownership for the first time in 21 years. It was bought by the Issa brothers and private equity company TDR Capital.
Asda CEO Roger Burnley said the move reflected the company’s “proud northern roots” - but is there much to be proud of when it comes to Asda’s…
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Nicola Round from Adfree Cities explains the cost of corporate advertising and how we can tackle it in our communities.
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Over 15 companies have already withdrawn advertising from the divisive GB News.
Colin Baines - Non-Executive Director of Stop Funding Hate, Investment Engagement Manager at Friends Provident Foundation, and former Ethics Adviser and Campaigns Manager at the Co-op Bank and Group - explains how ethical advertising has become a mainstream corporate…
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Helen Dewdney, The Complaining Cow consumer champion, writes a guest post on ethics, customer service and complaint handling.