Find an ethical broadband provider. Detailed shopping guide which rates 20 broadband providers for their ethical and eco policies.
The internet is sometimes seen as an essential public service, with most people using it for work or leisure. But there are stark differences between the companies providing our broadband, with some scoring almost nothing, and some getting almost full marks.
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We are an independent, not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder co-operative with open membership.
At the heart of the ethical consumer movement, since 1989.
We are an independent, not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder co-operative with open membership, based in Manchester.
We provide all the tools and resources you need to make choices at the checkout simple, informed and effective.
Includes guides to: Broadband, Mobile phone networks, Email providers, TV & video streamiing
The latest magazine includes shopping guides rating:
- Broadband
- Mobile phone networks
- Email providers
- TV & video streaming
Plus:
- score tables rating and comparing the brands
- Best Buy recommendations
- the carbon impacts of data centres
- which broadband companies are the greenest?
- our unique privacy rating of the email providers
- is there a green mobile phone network?
- streaming companies' links to Israel
- who's best for subtitles and audio description?
Feature - AI, human rights and climate breakdown
Issue 213 (March/April 2025) now in print and online.
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- Finding an ethical mobile network. Ethical and environmental ratings of 20 mobile networks with recommended brands and what to avoid. Mobile phone users have lots of choice of mobile service provider, with some high scoring brands and some scoring almost nothing.Read more
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Here you can find links to all of Ethical Consumer's main research on Palestine and Israel. This includes articles listing the main Israel boycott targets, ethical alternative brands you can support instead, an introduction to the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the importance of boycotting strategically, and brand-specific stories, for example about Barclays and Puma.
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