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The Academics for Peace group has renewed calls for a boycott of academic institutions linked to the Turkish state.

Brunei’s Sultan has announced that the country will not impose the death penalty for those convicted of having anal sex.

Pepsi and Coke are both trying to muscle in on the health-conscious beverage market, as sugary drinks are losing some favour with shoppers.

Charity Bank says it is motivated by a desire to support charities and social enterprises. Does it live up to its ethical name and claims? We’ve summarised the key ethical issues to consider when it comes to Charity Bank.

At a time of great political turmoil and global crises, Rob Harrison explores what could happen if all businesses were required to undergo fundamental change.

According to our latest estimates, Amazon's systematic corporation tax avoidance could have cost UK citizens around £575 million in lost taxes in 2024 alone. This is up from our estimate of a £433 million tax gap in 2023.   In this article we look at why tax avoidance has a negative impact on public services, and the wider implications for UK…

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

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.

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?

A new report on financing fossil fuels finds that the UK’s ‘big five’ banks have actually increased investments in dirty energy since the Paris Agreement.

Francesca Willow, or Ethical Unicorn as she is known on her social media platforms, is an artist and writer/blogger who aims to bring a factual and informative approach to sustainable living and social justice. We caught up with her to talk about activism, social justice, the pandemic and regenerative agriculture.

Our research into a company's politics is divided into 5 main areas:  controversial technologies anti-social finance boycott calls political activity tax conduct

Travel news and events in ethical transport. All the top highlights for May and June.

Mobile phones have revolutionised modern life and now most of us can't seem to do without them, and why should we? However it is important to recognise their negative environmental impacts. Here we look at how to reduce them. 

In this guide we investigate, score and rank the environmental and ethical record of 15 fossil fuel free investment funds. We also discuss the meaning of 'fossil free' and the importance of having positive investing criteria as well as negative screening exclusions.

Those in the UK ‘discovered’ a taste for the banana – which had been grown for centuries in areas like West Africa, the Caribbean and South America – in the last decades of the nineteenth century.

The Bangladeshi garment industry has become infamous for a multitude of workers’ rights abuses with extremely low pay, long hours and dangerous working conditions being key problems. During January 2019, widespread strike action has seen thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers take to the streets in protests largely related to low pay. 

Ethical shopping advice to help you get ready for your summer holiday   

Shareholders and campaigners attended AGM on Friday

The world of ethical consumption often comes with its own terminology. Here is our glossary of useful words to help you get your head around the language used by campaigns and companies engaged in ethical consumption.