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The Tech world is often notorious for low wages, tax avoidance and conflict minerals. Read more about these issues and why they still plague the electronics industry:
From smartphones brands to broadband suppliers, technology companies are an ever present in our lives. The ethics of many of these companies have come under fire for a range of issues from privacy to workers' rights to tax avoidance. Our shopping guides help you find brands that are trying to clean up their act, offering greener products and services that don’t cost the earth.
The Tech world is often notorious for low wages, tax avoidance and conflict minerals. Read more about these issues and why they still plague the electronics industry:
How you can harness the tech takeover:
Find an ethical and environmental desktop computer. We rate 12 brands of desktop computers to find the most sustainable option.
Although many people have shifted to laptops, desktop computers are easier to repair and upgrade parts, which may extend their longevity.
View guideIn this guide we investigate, score and rank the ethical and environmental record of 12 digital camera brands and give our Best Buy recommendations.
We also look at how camera companies fall behind on supply chain management, conflict minerals, links to the military and surveillance and profile GoPro.
Finding an ethical, sustainable and eco-friendly email provider. Ethical and environmental rankings for 12 free and paid-for email providers, with Best Buy recommendations. We also look at email privacy, security, and renewable energy claims.
View guideFind an ethical broadband provider. Ethical shopping guide which rates 20 broadband providers for their ethical and eco policies.
The internet is sometimes seen as an essential public service, with almost everyone using it for work or leisure. But there are stark differences between the companies providing our broadband, with some scoring almost nothing, and some getting almost full marks.
View guideAre there any ethical or eco-friendly laptops? Ethical and environmental ratings for 15 laptop brands, with recommended buys.
In this guide to laptops we look at a number of ethical and environmental issues to compare laptop brands like Apple, Dell, HP, Microsoft, Lenovo and Samsung.
View guideFinding an ethical mobile phone. Ethical and environmental rankings of 21 mobile phones with recommended buys and what to avoid.
In this guide to ethical mobile phones we take a look at the ethics of tech companies, from multinational brands like Apple and Samsung to smaller brands doing things differently in the mobile phone industry like Fairphone.
View guideWe investigate, score and rank the ethical and environmental record of 12 hybrid laptop/tablets brands.
We also take a look at hybrids and conflict minerals, toxic chemicals, profile Lenovo and give our recommended buys.
View guideFinding an ethical mobile network. Ethical and environmental ratings of 20 mobile networks with recommended brands and what to avoid.
Mobile phone users have lots of choice of mobile service provider, with some high scoring brands and some scoring almost nothing.
View guideIn this guide we investigate, score and rank the ethical and environmental records of 15 streaming services providers.
We give our Best Buy recommendations, reflect on changing viewer habits, advertising and conflict minerals.
View guideIn the guide we investigate, rank and rate the ethical and environmental record of 4 TV brands and give our recommended buy.
We also take a closer look at Virgin.
View guideFind an eco friendly and sustainable tablet. Ratings for the ethical and environmental record of 20 brands of tablets.
This guide looks at the tech industry and the problems like use of conflict minerals, military connections, and workers' rights.
View guideWe investigate, score and rank the ethical and environmental records of 12 television manufacturers.
Although many people now consume news and entertainment via smartphones and laptops, televisions remain a popular device for the home.
View guideIn this guide we investigate, score and rank the ethical and environmental record of 21 video conferencing companies.
We also look at the climate impact of video calls, open-source software, shine a spotlight on the ethics of Verizon and give our recommended buys.
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