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Amazon announced at the beginning of September that its key UK business paid £14.46million in corporation tax in 2019, just a 3% increase since 2018, despite its pre-tax profits growing by more than 35% during the same period.
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Campaigner and blogger, Mayisha Begum on Peacocks and the #PayUp Campaign.
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Anna Clayton speaks to Chris Warburton Brown at the Permaculture Association about his upcoming session at Ethical Consumer Week: The right recipe for a low carbon diet.
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We speak to Aja Barber, a writer and fashion consultant with expertise in race, intersectional feminism and sustainable fashion, and a strong believer in holding corporations and organisations to account. We talk to her about fast fashion, the impact of Covid and more….
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Over the last few months, we have been reporting on the allegations of illegally low wages, poor working conditions and furlough fraud in Leicester garment factories, those largely supplying online fast fashion brand Boohoo.
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In recent weeks, Oatly has faced widespread boycott calls, after it was announced that the company had accepted a $200 million investment from Blackstone.
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Tom Bryson tells us more about the new Facebook boycott campaign.
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The latest updates on Amazon. The global giant forces sellers to pay its Digital Services Tax and is accused of firing whistleblowers.
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There has been turmoil in the electricity and gas retail sector recently, and many small and even big companies have been hurrying for the door.
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Anna Clayton speaks to Mama D Ujuaje of Community Centred Knowledge about their immersive and interactive workshops and the upcoming Journey To Nourish session at Ethical Consumer Week 2020.
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An interview about Barclays’ role in climate breakdown and its responsibility to change in Bangladesh and beyond.
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Friends Of the Earth’s open letter calls on England’s biggest landowners to grow more trees.
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With so many different products on our bathroom shelves, the smallest room is a big source of plastic waste in the home.
Here are some top tips from blogger The Green Shopper for plastic-free alternatives to common bathroom and beauty products.
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In July 2020, a group of Kenyan tea plantation workers filed a complaint with the UN against Unilever, stating that the company violated international human rights standards by failing employees who were attacked after ethnic violence broke out following an election in 2007.
In this article, we ask whether Unilever is still failing to respect its…
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We talk to Rosie Venner (RV) and Dr Justin Thacker (JT) of the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility about their work on ethical finance and tax justice.
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The UK Government has announced a new fund to improve workers’ rights and conditions in high street supply chains during the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses said to be benefiting from the scheme include Primark, Mondelez (Cadbury, Green & Blacks) and Tesco.
Campaigners ask why these multi-million pound brands are not already protecting those…
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Celebrating the Spring Prize projects that are supporting Indigenous peoples around the world.
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A new UK network is creating collective, national campaigns to challenge corporate power. Ethical Consumer has published research on JCB - the target of its first campaign - in support of the launch.
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Greenpeace UK is calling on Tesco to stop buying meat and dairy from companies allegedly involved in Amazon deforestation and to halve the amount of meat it sells by 2025. Alison Kirkman from Greenpeace UK explains why.
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May Project Gardens – a community permaculture garden in Morden – works with urban communities, to address poverty, disempowerment and access to resources and influence. Now, they are trying to raise £25,000 so they can own their premises. Co-Director Mona Bani explains why.