Puma and Asos collaborate to create sustainable menswear and womenswear range by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 28, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogPuma and Asos have announced a collaborative project, in which the two brands will work together to create a sustainable range of menswear and womenswear. The joint collection is made to both look great and be eco-friendly, as the “Sustainability Pack”...
Bottled water (UK): Brecon Carreg reawarded Ethical Accreditation by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 26, 2018 | Ethical AccreditationBrecon Carreg is a bottled water brand that consistently ranks at the top of the ethical company index. Based in the UK and known for setting ambitious environmental targets, the natural mineral water company is one of only two bottled water brands to be awarded...
Renault commits €1bn in funding for electric vehicle research and manufacturing by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 26, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogFrench carmaker, Renault, has pledged more than one billion euros “to accelerate investments for the development and production of electric vehicles”. Among a list of plans, the company also intends to create a second electric vehicle production...
Gucci pledges commitment to sustainability and transparency by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 25, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogGlobal fashion brand, Gucci, has released plans to further its sustainability and transparency commitments with the launch of Gucci Equilibrium. The launch of the new project follows as part of the company’s 10 year sustainability plan, in which Gucci...
Ethical chocolate: Seed & Bean reattains Ethical Accreditation by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 22, 2018 | Ethical AccreditationLooking for a chocolate brand whose ethics can be trusted? Seed & Bean makes delicious, unique, organic chocolate, and is highly recommended by The Good Shopping Guide as a top scoring ethical brand. Since 2005, the company has been producing chocolate using...
Asos to ban mohair, cashmere and silk from 2019 by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 22, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogGlobal online fashion retailer, Asos, has announced plans to ban mohair, cashmere and silk from 2019. Citing changing consumer attitudes, specifically toward animal welfare, the company is looking to move beyond animal-derived products. What is notable about the move,...
Tower of Trash – Tips on reducing plastic waste by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 21, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogGuest Post by eCo2 Greetings (eCo2 Greetings) Our planet has a population of over 7.5 billion people and as a result we dump a massive 2.12 billion tonnes of waste per year. This is partly because 99% of the stuff we buy gets binned within 6 months...
Volvo pledges to use 25% recycled plastic in its vehicles by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 21, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogVolvo has announced plans for at least 25 per cent of the plastics used in its vehicles to be sourced from recycled materials. The aim is to achieve this goal by 2025. Additionally, Volvo has urged the rest of the auto industry to follow in their steps, suggesting...
Pet food: Naturaw awarded Ethical Accreditation by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 20, 2018 | Ethical Accreditation, Ethical Shopping BlogNaturaw was recently added to the pet food section, receiving a top score of 95 on the ethical company index. Offering fresh, natural, raw dog food delivered directly to your door, the company is passionate about responsibly sourcing the best quality ingredients and...
Mondelez pledges 100% sustainably-source wheat (EU) by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 20, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogMondelēz International, the company behind such biscuit brands as Oreo, Cadbury and Ritz, has revealed plans to use only 100% sustainably-sourced wheat in the EU. The move comes following planned expansion of the company’s sustainable wheat initiative....
Dieselgate: VW fined $1.2 billion, CEO arrested by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 19, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogVolkswagen (VW) has been fined $1.2 billion for cheating emissions tests, following action by German prosecutors. The company first admitted to rigging diesel engines to cheat emissions tests in 2015. It has been reported that dieselgate has affected ~10.7...
McDonald’s (UK) to ban plastic straws by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 19, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogMcDonald’s will replace plastic straws with a paper alternative across all UK restaurants. The policy will come into effect September, 2018, making the fast-food brand the latest major company to start taking action against single-use plastic products. According...
We Are Tea awarded Ethical Accreditation by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 18, 2018 | Ethical Accreditation, Ethical Shopping BlogLooking for a new, ethical tea brand? We Are Tea was recently awarded Ethical Accreditation. Offering high-quality loose leaf and bagged tea that’s sourced and prepared in an ethical way, the company operates by supporting smaller ethical tea...
Samsung pledges to use only renewable energy by 2020 by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 15, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogTechnology giant, Samsung, has committed to use 100% renewable energy by 2020. Following a year-long Greenpeace campaign, the commitment by Samsung means that factories and offices in the US, Europe, and China will run on 100 percent renewable energy. However, concern...
Vegetarian food brand, Quorn, to ditch non-recyclable black plastic by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 13, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogVegetarian food brand, Quorn, has begun taking steps to remove black plastic from packaging, “eliminating 297 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic from its supply chain”. With the aim of achieving significant reduction of non-recyclable plastic waste, the...
Ethical insurance (UK): Naturesave reattains Ethical Accreditation by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 12, 2018 | Ethical Accreditation, Ethical Shopping BlogWhen it comes to UK insurance providers, one of the companies that has consistently remained at the top of our independent ethical rankings is Naturesave. This October, Naturesave will be celebrating 25 years of trading. As a general insurance provider, they...
Marks & Spencer in line with 100% sourcing of sustainable cotton by 2020 by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 12, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogMarks & Spencer’s latest sustainability report has been published. Within it, the company has revealed a number of interesting targets and aims. One of the most notable headlines concerns how M&S is currently in line to achieve 100% sustainable...
Ikea to phase out all single-use plastic products from its stores, in addition to numerous other sustainability initiatives by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 11, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogIn the company’s commitment to help its customers live more sustainably, Ikea has announced that it will phase out all single-use plastic products from its stores. The furniture retailer has already committed to transitioning away from petroleum-based plastics...
Highland Spring becomes the first UK bottled water brand to introduce a 100% recycled bottle by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 8, 2018 | Ethical Accreditation, Ethical Shopping BlogPlastic pollution is on everyone’s agenda. As a material, plastic has been profoundly and transformatively useful in far too many ways to list. But, as highlighted by recent scientific and empirical research, the mounting problem of plastic pollution, including...
Health & Beauty: Green People reattains Ethical Accreditation by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 7, 2018 | Ethical Accreditation, Ethical Shopping BlogGreen People has become one of the UK’s best loved organic beauty brands, since its inception 20 years ago. Offering a range of products, from sun care to shower gels and hair care, the brand has established itself as a genuine ethical leader in the health &...
AT&T aims for zero-waste across 100 sites by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 5, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogAT&T is the world’s largest telecommunications company. As such, it is understandably newsworthy when a company of its size pledges to achieve impressive zero-waste-to-landfill targets across 100 sites by 2020. The list of facilities includes its global...
Biggest scientific analysis to date suggests avoiding meat and dairy the single most effective choice to reduce your impact on Earth by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 5, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogThere have been arguments being encircled for some time that livestock has a huge carbon footprint. The biggest scientific analysis to date suggests the huge footprint of livestock is so massive, “it provides just 18% of calories but takes up 83% of...
Skincare: Bloomtown reattains Ethical Accreditation by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 4, 2018 | Ethical Accreditation, Ethical Shopping BlogWe’re pleased to announce that Bloomtown, top scoring in the ethical skincare rankings, has successfully reattained Ethical Accreditation. Bloomtown is an award-winning natural skincare company, selling a wide range of products including moisturisers, body wash,...
Ben & Jerry’s blockchain pilot allows consumers to enjoy climate-friendly ice cream by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 4, 2018 | Ethical Shopping BlogBen & Jerry’s, a Unilever-owned brand and also a certified B-Corp, has launched a new pilot with blockchain non-profit Poseidon. The blockchain supported retail platform that is being trialed at the company’s Scoop Shop at Wardour Street,...
Sun protection brands – New ethical comparison rankings by The Good Shopping Guide | Jun 1, 2018 | Ethical Accreditation, Ethical Shopping BlogWe’ve published updated ethical scores for many of the world’s sun protection brands, following our latest independent research on the sector. One of the positive stories with this ethical rankings update has to do with Riemann P20, owned by Orkla ASA. The...
