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Choosing an ethical savings account can be one of the simplest ethical things you can do.  In this guide to ethical savings accounts we rate and review the ethical and environmental policies of 49 savings brands, and give you Best Buy recommendations and who to avoid.

Choosing an ethical bank account is one of the simplest and most ethically productive things you can do.  In this ethical banking guide, we rate the ethical and environmental record of 28 UK current accounts, with recommended buys and who to avoid. 

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.

Three partners, including Carbon Co-op and Stitched Up, have withdrawn from the Manchester Science Festival following news that Shell will be the major sponsor of The Manchester-based Science and Industry Museum (SIM)’s new exhibition – ‘Electricity: the spark of life’. This exhibition is due to launch alongside the Science Festival on the…

Influencing has changed over the last few years, and it’s important that brands, agencies, and influencers alike know how to navigate the space in an ethical way. It’s very easy to take advantage of small collaborators - and you deserve better! Besma Whayeb, founder and director of Ethical Influencers, gives her top 5 tips to get the most out of…

Q and A with activist Francine Mukwaya Sodi

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.

As Cuadrilla gears up to start fracking in Lancashire in 2018, anti-fracking protestors mobilise for ‘United Resistance’ - three months of creative campaigning starting in April.

The financial sector is known for its high pay excesses. Jane Turner looks at over 50 financial institutions to see which are paying the people at the top excessive amounts, and which have the highest pay ratios.   Plus, with the removal of the cap on bankers' bonuses, which banks are now paying up to 10 or even 25 times the annual salary in…

Campaigners are calling on big banks and investors, such as HSBC, BlackRock, JP Morgan, and UBS, to cancel the debt owed to them by governments in the global south to help responses to the pandemic.

Whenever Ethical Consumer is approached by journalists asking about the top five or ten ethical choices that consumers can make, changing bank accounts is almost always on the list.

With the UK in a cost of living crisis, how can we shop both ethically and within budget? Here, we look at whether ethical clothing can be affordable, discuss brands to look out for, and share our key tips and tricks for staying ethical within budget. 

In December, HSBC announced that it had fully divested from the Israeli drone manufacturer Elbit Systems, known for selling weapons to the Israeli military used in attacks on Palestinian civilians.

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Finding an ethical business bank account. Ethical and environmental ratings for 26 small business accounts.  This guide covers banking for charities and small businesses and includes traditional banks, challenger digital banks plus building societies and other innovative banks.

In this guide we investigate the ethical and environmental record of innovative and alternative finance ISAs. We explore what an innovative or alternative investment ISA is, and how it fits into the new world of crowdfunding. 

Finding the most ethical mortgage, with ethical and environmental ratings for 34 mortgage providers.  We offer our Best Buy advice and recommended brands and spotlight companies to avoid. 

As this ill-informed bill makes its way through UK Parliament, civil society has an opportunity to unravel it from all angles. 

Your unused (or under-used) car can help in the fight against the climate crisis, says Simon Birch, in his latest Inside View article. Also see our guide to ethical cars and electric cars.