Tell Unilever to stop greenwashing rainforest destruction by The Good Shopping Guide | Mar 28, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogA new report by Sum of Us reveals that, while Unilever has recently released a number of statements calling for a moratorium on deforestation and announcing its own sustainability push, the company is supporting a deceptive industry attempt to continue the...
“The More Things Change…” The World Bank, Tata and Enduring Abuses on India’s Tea Plantations by The Good Shopping Guide | Mar 21, 2014 | Ethical Shopping Blog“With the support of the World Bank, the Tata Group, one of India’s most powerful corporate entities, divested itself of its tea plantations to create a separate company, APPL. Together, the World Bank and Tata trumpeted the change, not as an abandonment...
Is this where the 29% horse in your Tesco burger came from? by The Good Shopping Guide | Mar 21, 2014 | Ethical Shopping Blog“Ten months after the horse meat scandal erupted, the Guardian’s award-winning author and investigative reporter Felicity Lawrence takes to the motorways of Europe to investigate the sick horses, the rotten meat, the convicted criminal, the alleged...
Report: The Hard Truth about Soft Commodities by The Good Shopping Guide | Mar 17, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogA new report from Ecclesiastical Investment Management (EIM) exposes some of the forces behind our food. The report (see below) criticises a number of commodity trading companies over a lack of transparency, speculation on food prices, poor environmental practices and...
Proctor & Gamble: The dark reality behind their ‘Thank you, Mom’ campaign by The Good Shopping Guide | Mar 12, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogYou may have seen Procter & Gamble’s heartwarming advertisement campaign on your television screen, entitled ‘Thank You, Mom’. The (full) adverts typically run about 2 minutes long and feature a sequence of shots celebrating of motherhood, ending with...
Greenpeace: Translating Tesco-speak on tinned tuna policy by The Good Shopping Guide | Mar 6, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogGreenpeace UK has recently issued a number of statements in criticism of ‘Tesco on being a Dodgy Dealer over tinned tuna’. Highlighted by Hugh’s Fish Fight programme on Sunday night (2 March), Tesco has been deceitful when it comes to labelling its tuna. But...
Palm Oil and Climate Change: An infographic by The Good Shopping Guide | Mar 5, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogAs we saw in a recent article on the dark reality behind Proctor & Gamble’s ‘Thank you, Mom’ campaign, palm oil is linked to mass deforestation and the destruction of tropical forests. But a new infographic based on a detailed research report...
Sum of Us Campaign: The horrific reality behind the Tetley tea empire by The Good Shopping Guide | Mar 5, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogRecent reports [by The Guardian] disclose the horrific reality behind the Tetley tea empire – workers on plantations in northern India, including children, are paid less than $3 a day to pick our tea. They toil from dawn until dusk, often spraying...
Assam’s modern slaves: the real price of a cup of Tetley tea by The Good Shopping Guide | Mar 4, 2014 | Ethical Shopping Blog“Poverty pay on tea estates in Assam fuels a modern slave trade ensnaring thousands of young girls. A Guardian/Observer investigation follows the slave route from an estate owned by a consortium, including the owners of the best-selling Tetley brand, through to...
