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Welcome to Ethical Consumer

Welcome to Ethical Consumer

Thanks for visiting our site.

We're sure you're looking forward to the Sustainability Show 2023! 

We'll be appearing there on Saturday 8th July - look out for Alex talking about ethical finance.

Book your FREE ticket now on Eventbrite.

 

On our site, we have all the information and inspiration you need to revolutionise the way you shop, save, and live.

Learn how to use your spending power to help change the world for the better.

Join thousands of others and become an ethical consumer today.

 

About us

We're an independent, not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder co-operative with open membership, and have been at the heart of the ethical consumer movement since 1989.

We provide all the tools and resources to make choices at the checkout simple, informed, and effective.

Our site contains over 130 shopping guides alongside news features and content on ethical markets, products, and brands.

 

Some popular content we think you'll find useful and inspiring

From bread to banks, the Ethical Consumer site contains over 120 ethical shopping guides on a range of products and services.

This includes many guides that promote an environmentally friendly lifestyle and products such as our guides to meat-free burgers and sausages or our guide to electric cars.

Below are some links to guides that we think, as a Friends of the Earth member you'll find useful and details of special subscription offer for Sustainability Show ticket holders.

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Ethical Clothes Shops

In this guide, we investigate, score, and rank the ethical and environmental records of 43 ethical fashion retailers

We also look at sustainable fabrics, consumer actions, animal rights, shine the light on the ethics of Beyond Retro, and give our Best Buy recommendations. 

Our Guide to Ethical Clothes Shops
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Mobile Phones

In this guide, we investigate, score, and rank the ethical and environmental records of 15 mobile phone brands.

We investigate one of the defining products of our era: the mobile phone. We also give our Best Buy recommendations and look at company approaches to conflict minerals and toxic chemicals.

Our Guide to Mobile Phones
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Current Accounts

In this guide, we investigate, score, and rank the ethical and environmental records of 29 current accounts.

We also look at tax avoidance, fossil fuel investments, and give our recommended buys.

Our guide to current accounts

Special Subscription Offer

We'd like to offer a special subscription to every Sustainability Show ticket holder, a 16 month subscription for the price of 12 months. 

Subscribers have access to detailed ethical ratings of 1000s of brands to help you make the right choices every time you shop.

To ensure that you receive this fantastic offer please ensure that you write "sustshow" in the notes fields on the order review page on the subscription pages.

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