Is Ecotalk ethical and sustainable?
Ecotalk, a small mobile phone network company owned by Ecotricity Ltd, is one of The Good Shopping Guide’s well-rated ethical brands. The brand receives a high Good Shopping Guide Ethical Score in our Mobile Phones Networks Rating Table and therefore passes our benchmark as a good ethical brand.
We encourage other companies in the Mobile Phones Networks sector to follow Ecotalk’s example and adopt more ethical policies and practices.
In what areas does Ecotalk perform well for its ethics and sustainability?
Ecotalk performs well across all categories of our research, receiving high scores for the Environment, Animals, and People. In fact, for most relevant criteria Ecotalk scores well for its Environmental Report, Animal Welfare stance and no found investments or involvement in either the Nuclear, Defence or Armaments industries.
Ecotalk was set up to care for nature; the brand uses the money from customers’ phone bills to buy land that is then rewilded. It is also partnered with RSPB in order to make the land habitable for bird life. Read more about the Ecotalk/RSPB partnership here.
In what areas does Ecotalk score poorly for ethics?
Ecotricity, the parent company of Ecotalk has partnered and donated to UK political parties. Ecotricity regularly partners with the Green Party and once donated funds to Labour. Because of these donations, Ecotricity has been given a low score for Political Donations.
To find out more about Ecotalk see its website.
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Ethical performance in category
GSG score
GSG category benchmark
Ethical Rating
Environment
-
Environmental Report
Good
-
Nuclear Power
Good
-
Fossil Fuels
Good
Animal
-
Animal Welfare
Good
People
-
Armaments
Good
-
Political Donations
Poor
-
Human Rights
Good
Other
-
Ethical Accreditation
Poor
-
Other Criticisms
Good
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