30th January 2024
Holding companies to account
Whilst governments and local authorities have significant roles to play in shaping how we both live with and tackle the climate crisis, businesses also play a major role. Just as we question and hold elected representatives to account, so we can question and hold to account those who lead and manage large businesses and organisations. We should be able to feel confident that they are acting in the best interests of everyone.
You can write direct to companies and ask what they are doing. You can read reports in journals, like Ethical Consumer, that carry out research as to which companies are behaving most responsibly – and adjust which products you buy. You can sign on-line petitions.
I have written to Pure to ask if their plastic margerine tubs are made from recycled plastic (there is little point in recycling plastic if we don’t then reuse the recycled plastic). I have written to Waitrose asking what they are doing as a company to reach net zero. I have written to Nikwax to ask if they could supply their clothes cleaning and waterproofing liquids as a refill.
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