Sick chicken: what you need to know and what the government won’t tell you | Guardian Investigation by The Good Shopping Guide | Jul 24, 2014 | Ethical Shopping Blog“A Guardian undercover investigation exposes conditions inside the chicken factories that supply some of the biggest supermarket and fast-food chains in the business, including KFC, Tesco, Aldi, Asda, Marks & Spencer and Nando’s. Find out why the drive...
Tell Vodafone to pay their fair share of tax! | UK Uncut by The Good Shopping Guide | Jul 23, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogVodafone keep dodging tax. According to UK Uncut, who have recently launched a campaign calling on the company to pay their fair share of tax: “Last year Vodafone made a profit of £294 million and paid no corporation tax. They haven’t paid a penny in...
Animal Experiments in UK Labs Highest in a Generation | PETA by The Good Shopping Guide | Jul 22, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogAnimal experiments continued to increase in the UK last year despite the government’s commitment to work toward reducing their use, official figures show. In response to the release of the Home Office’s Annual Statistics of Scientific...
LEGO: Everything is NOT awesome | Greenpeace by The Good Shopping Guide | Jul 21, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogThe above video was made by Greenpeace as part of its campaign calling on LEGO to end its partnership with Shell. If you haven’t heard the news, Shell has agreed an advertising partnership with LEGO, one of the world’s largest toy manufacturers....
Clear differences between organic and non-organic food, study finds by The Good Shopping Guide | Jul 12, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogWhile scientific opinion remains divided on whether there are significant nutritional differences between organic and non-organic foods, a new extensive study has found that certain differences can be distinguished between the two. According to recent...
Stop the palm oil industry’s assault | Rainforest Rescue petition by The Good Shopping Guide | Jul 10, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogThe inhabitants of the Peruvian Amazon have called on Rainforest Rescue and other campaigners to help them protect the rainforest against plantations. Speculators have recently begun clearing the forest illegally to make room for oil palms. Rainforest rescue has...
Greenpeace urges Lego to end Shell partnership by The Good Shopping Guide | Jul 1, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogA global campaign has been launched by Greenpeace in response to Lego establishing an advertising relationship with Shell! The campaign calls on Lego, the world’s largest toymaker, to honour its previously stated environmental commitments and remove the oil...
