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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 screened by our team of trained researchers to rate its ethics against our criteria. 

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 account?

Ahead of the ISA deadline at the end of the financial year on April 5th 2021, Jill Jackson, CEO of The Big Exchange talks to Simon Birch about how your ISA can help save the planet.

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We caught up with Lisa Ashford, CEO of Ethex and Energise Africa, ahead of Ethical Consumer Week 2021 to hear about what they’ve got in store for the week and learn a little more about the world of ethical finance.

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.

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?

Aqeel Kapasi from Banking with Who? looks at how banks are dominating financial education in schools, and what we can do about it.

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?

An interview about Barclays’ role in climate breakdown and its responsibility to change in Bangladesh and beyond.

Direct ethical investments allow individuals to create change by playing a part in supporting, often smaller, environmental or social projects.

Personal finance blogger and author Iona Bain on what Uber tells us about our consumer decisions...  

Q and A with activist Francine Mukwaya Sodi

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

Climate expert and author of How Bad are Bananas and There’s no Planet B, Mike Berners-Lee spoke to us about what a sustainable future could look like and the action needed to get there.

A template letter/email for those who have switched bank accounts for ethical reasons and want to let their old bank know why they have done this. Please feel free to adapt the layout and copy below.

The Ethical Markets Report has been acting as an important barometer of UK spending since 1999. We track sales data across a wide range of consumer sectors. The report is trusted and used by businesses, academics and the UK Government. 

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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.