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Amazon has long been infamous for its poor working conditions and denial of union rights. Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union and Sharon Graham Unite Executive Officer, explain Amazon’s aggressive union-busting tactics and the campaign in the UK to give workers their right to a seat at the table.
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Now that Brexit's finally happened, what's the impact on the UK's ever growing ethical consumer market?
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Amazon has been ordered to pay over $61.7million in compensation to drivers for withholding tips, following charges by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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The latest annual report on ethical shopping provides good news for ethics including Fairtrade says Simon Birch
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Many of us are doing our best to avoid Amazon due to their tax avoidance, workers’ rights abuses and huge climate impacts.
Below, we run through seven of the most ethical booksellers as an alternative to Amazon.
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We examine reasons to boycott Black Friday, the tax-avoiding activities of companies most likely to profit from the sales, ways to protest against Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and other ethical alternative events you can support instead.
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From ongoing abuses of its workers to aggressive tax avoidance, we list ten reasons to avoid Amazon.
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Amazon has launched a new eco badge on its website, which it claims will help “you discover and shop for more sustainable products.” Yet, the ‘Climate Pledge Friendly’ badge has been awarded to everything from single-use batteries to disposable wipes.
So is this another greenwashing exercise from Amazon?
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More and more products are branded with claims like ‘sustainably sourced’ and ‘fairly traded’.
Julie Hunter, Chair of the Consumer and Public Interest Network at BSI, talks about the role of voluntary standards in navigating these claims, as more and more of us buy online, and about the importance of Consumers in shaping these standards.
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We list 10 reasons to avoid the company this Amazon Prime Day and beyond - from ongoing abuses of its workers to the sale of tech to fossil fuel companies and Trump’s immigration enforcement.
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A group of MEPs has written to Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and chief executive, expressing concern that the company might be spying on politicians and targeting workers who are seeking to organise.
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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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Activists have called for a ‘BlackoutDay' on 7th July in protest against racism – “one day of solidarity in America where no one black person in America spends a dollar.”
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Amazon must address its treatment of black communities and workers, rather than paying lip service to Black Lives Matter says Clare Carlile...
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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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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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Anna Clayton explores the growing movement of a sustainable food network.
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We spoke to Joe from Veo, a sustainable marketplace and Ethical Consumer Best Buy which is launching in June 2019. We discussed where the platform came from, how Veo ensures kindness, health and happiness, and advice on how to be more 'earth friendly'.
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Mother’s Day is an opportunity to make a mother or inspirational woman feel special. As far as we’re concerned the aim of the game is to escape all the heavy marketing and give her something that’s meaningful and good for the environment.
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Burma Campaign UK recently published its new ‘Dirty List’ of companies linked to the military in Burma.