26th June 2023
Ethical Consumer is a useful source of information to enable us as consumers to make ethical choices. Their research covers a range of environmental and social issues, assessing the pros and cons of products and producers. The following extract comes from Ethical Consumer explaining the scoring system by which they rate producers:-
As always, we have also analysed other important aspects of corporate activity
in order to give a holistic picture of each company’s ethical standing. Alongside timber and cotton sourcing we also assessed:
* Climate (how is the company reducing its carbon impact?)
* Animals (does the company use animal products, such as leather in its chairs?)
* Workers (what is the company doing to uphold workers’ rights in its supply chain?)
* Tax (is the company likely to be using tax avoidance strategies?)
* Company Ethos (what type of company is it? Is it a not-for-profit, a charity, a B-Corp, etc?)
* Wider Issues (is the company and its wider group involved in other problematic sectors, such as military/arms or fossil fuel production?)
https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/
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