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New to our best buy label, Lucy Bee shares its ethical story about its organic coconut oil business.
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How to find an ethical and environmental washing machine. This guide rates 33 washing machine brands on sustainable and ethical issues.
Washing machines are heavily relied on by many people, so is it worth upgrading to a more energy efficient model?
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Pepsi and Coke are both trying to muscle in on the health-conscious beverage market, as sugary drinks are losing some favour with shoppers.
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Companies and Brands to avoid over unsustainable palm oil use
The companies listed below all score our worst ratings for their use of palm oil.
This doesn't mean that all of the company's brands sell products containing palm oil, but if you want to avoid companies that contribute to the palm oil problem, then it's worth avoiding all their…
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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…
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Supermarket Iceland score a best rating for ‘Palm Oil Policy and Practice’ on our scoring system.
Here we look in more detail at what they are doing on palm oil and how this impacts their ethical score.
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One question that we get asked a lot is “What is it that makes some products unethical?”
The answer lies in where it’s come from, and where the money is going to. Tim Hunt explains more...
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In our latest review of binoculars and sports optics, Opticron emerged as one of the few brands to have no links to hunting, and was also taking steps to reduce its climate and environmental impact. It is an Ethical Consumer Best Buy Label holder.
We talked to Opticron to find out more about the philosophy behind the company.
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Jessica Sinclair-Taylor and Lucy Antal from Feedback advise us on how to reconnect with the value of food
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Change the world with your wallet
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We pride ourselves on ensuring we minimise our own environmental impacts and carefully assess our supply chain.
Below you can find information on all our ethical policies.
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The Managing Director of Weleda UK, Jayn Sterland tells us more about this natural beauty and health brand
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Find ethical online shops so that you can shop with a clear conscience.
In this guide, we rate and rank 18 online shopping websites, giving our unique Best Buy advice, recommended buys and places to avoid.
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Beyond Consumerism articles seek out ideas big and small, for rethinking economic systems and reducing reliance on corporations and money.
Here we focus on using technology to help reduce consumption with a new 'Buy Nothing' app.
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Given their importance during this pandemic, we return to cleaning product Best Buy brand Greenscents for another chat with Christina Hawkes. Greenscents feature in our guides to ethical household cleaners, toilet cleaners, washing up liquid and laundry detergents.
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Our highly targeted readership represents some of the most ethically engaged consumers in the country.
It's an audience that companies with an ethically-focussed marketing campaign should be talking to.
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At the heart of the ethical consumer movement since 1989.
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Finding environmentally friendly batteries. This guide rates 12 brands of rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries, with recommended buys and what to avoid.
Disposable batteries have a long-term impact on the environment, so in this guide we only recommend rechargeable batteries.
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When Ecover – the world’s largest eco cleaning product company – announced last year its decision to trial a new biotech ingredient in its detergents, the company triggered a new and challenging debate for ethical consumers. Molly Bond explains more.