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Anna Hughes, the leader of the Flight Free 2020 campaign asks if you could pledge not to fly alongside 100,000 others in 2020.

Group AGM votes for responsible advertising

Matt Franklin of Carbon Co-op peers into some of the complexities we face in the transition to low carbon homes. This time he looks at home automation and remote control of equipment.

Krishna Prasad and Anitha Reddy from Sahaja Samrudha tell us about the decline of rice diversity and how their seed bank is fighting to bring it back.

100Green is a Best Buy Label supplier of green and ethical energy. We talked to Doug, chairman and founder of 100 Green, about the philosophy behind the company.

Josef Davies-Coates tells us about an emergency summit for change taking place in May.

Colin Birch starts his journey off with ethical paint in his new, light-hearted guide to trying, and sometimes failing, to be ethical.

Community RePaint is a leftover paint redistribution project with 70 schemes across the UK. Madeleine Jones spoke to Sarah Burns, Community RePaint Network Coordinator to find out more

Find energy efficient and eco friendly fridges, freezers and fridge-freezers. Ethical and sustainability ratings for 40 brands of fridges and fridge-freezers. In this guide we rate brands of fridges and fridge-freezers on various ethical and sustainability issues, from energy efficiency to use of conflict minerals and military…

With more and more companies making green claims, how do you separate the greenwash from the genuinely eco options?

Ethical Consumer takes a detailed look at our rating of The Kraft Heinz Company.

All the latest news and events in the field of food and drink with regard to ethical consumption.

Mica is an ingredient used widely in the cosmetics industry. We look at which companies are using illegally sourced mica in their makeup, and the links with child labour in many mica mines.   

We asked our readers what actions they were taking to reduce their personal carbon footprint. We had a massive response and here we list 60 of the most popular, achievable and interesting ideas on how to tackle climate change.

In this article we explore what makes a business ethical. We look at steps to tackle climate change and ensure workers’ rights, fair payment of taxes, and other indicators of an ethical company.  We also look at how ethical businesses perform financially. 

All the information and inspiration you need to join thousands of others and revolutionise the way you shop, save and live. Full online access to our unique shopping guides, ethical rankings and company profiles. The essential ethical print magazine.

The kitchen is arguably one of the most important rooms in a house. However, from energy-guzzling white goods to cleaners that contain toxic ingredients, the average kitchen can have quite an impact on the environment. Fortunately, making your kitchen that little bit better could only be a matter of small consumer choices. This guide is all you’ll…

COVID-19 has had a huge impact on consumer habits with shops shut and deliveries becoming more difficult.  Sophie Billington looks at what it means to be an ethical consumer in this time of crisis, with some simple suggestions on how to live a good life on lockdown.

Finding an ethical pension: a guide with ethical and environmental ratings for 23 major pension providers, with recommended buys. We rate the major pension providers which offer some kind of ethical option for clients. 

Mackenzie Denyer investigates the environmental cost of the climbing industry.