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Our research found that a new green pension fund from PensionBee was investing in companies providing essential services to the oil, gas and coal industry. However, since then there have been a number of changes. Read on for the updated position.

During the research into our guide to ethical cleaning products, several issues kept coming up. Read on to find out whether your washing up liquid, laundry cleaner or dishwasher detergent is squeaky clean or if it contains microplastics, polymers or ingredients which have been tested on animals.

In February 2021, the military seized control in Myanmar. Civilians face internet blackouts, mass shootings and other violent crackdowns on protests.  “The military’s criminal conduct is enabled by its business interests,” campaign group Justice For Myanmar says. While the military has widespread economic control, many global corporations may…

Camilla Zerr, Friends of the Earth’s plastics campaigner, tells us how to minimise the shedding of microfibres from our clothes.  

Helen Dewdney, The Complaining Cow consumer champion, writes a guest post on ethics, customer service and complaint handling.

Vital forests are being destroyed for the meat and dairy in Tesco’s supply chain. Alison Kirkman from Greenpeace explains what you can do about it.

Attitudes towards ethical and sustainability issues are changing. More and more people are joining the global movement to reduce the impact that we have on our planet and to make life fairer for the billions of people that call it home. Ethical bloggers and influencers continue to be a big part of that change, educating consumers on how to drive…

As Amazon held its annual shareholder meeting, workers and activists protested from Cambodia to the UK and from Japan to Brazil.

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.

Ethical Consumer asked the UK Boycott Turkey campaign to write about its work and to explain to us why it is targeting white goods brands Beko and Grundig.

Here we provide an introduction to the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and explain our support for it.

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.

Global fashion brands have been criticised for removing statements on the use of forced labour in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region following boycott threats from China.

Amazon has long been infamous for its poor working conditions and denial of union rights. Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union and Sharon Graham Unite Executive Officer, explain Amazon’s aggressive union-busting tactics and the campaign in the UK to give workers their right to a seat at the table.

Kirin, owner of Fourpure, Little Creatures and Kirin Ichiban beer brands, has ended ties to the Burmese military after the military coup in the country in February 2021 and following a long-running boycott call.

Nabila Ahmed looks at how some countries have tried to solve the problem of tax avoidance amongst big tech companies.