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Ethical Consumer Magazine

Ethical Consumer Magazine is an indispensable read for any independent thinker.

Each issue features detailed shopping guides, news of ethical products and campaigns, in-depth features, opinion, comment, boycott updates, readers' letters, and much more. Discover the truth behind the products we buy and the companies we buy them from.

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Issue 214 (May/June 2025)

 

Banking guides

  • Current Accounts
  • Savings Accounts
  • Mortgages

 

The magazine includes:

  • score tables rating and comparing the brands
  • Best Buy recommendations
  • banks financing climate change and weapons
  • the rise of building societies and why they are more ethical than banks
  • Coventry Building Society buys Co-op Bank
  • green retrofit mortgages
  • we list the highest paid directors for the 39 banks & building societies
  • gender and ethnicity pay gaps, bank by bank
  • banks assessed on gender inequality of lending
  • which banks support Israel
  • imagining a world without corporate power - how to reinvent the corporation

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Issue 215

(July/August 2025)

  • Pensions
  • Home & Car Insurance
  • Ethical Investments
  • Stocks & Shares ISAs

Out mid June

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Back issues

  • Issue 213

    Cover of back issue Issue 213

    Shopping guides: Broadband, Mobile phone networks, Email providers, TV & video streaming 

    Feature: What does AI mean for human rights and climate breakdown?

  • Issue 212

    Cover of back issue Issue 212

    Shopping guides: Meat-free alternatives, Plant Milk, Vegan Cheese, Beans & pulses 

    Feature: forced migrant labour in Taiwan

  • Issue 211

    Cover of back issue Issue 211

    Shopping guides: Mobile Phones, Laptops, Binoculars & Sports Optics, Eggs & Egg Replacers 

    Feature: Our latest consumer climate gap report

  • Issue 210

    Cover of back issue Issue 210

    Shopping guides: Dairy Milk, Butter & Spreads, Supermarket, Ethical Food Shops 

    Feature: Are B Corps any good?

  • Issue 209

    Cover of back issue Issue 209

    Shopping guides: Washing Machines, Laundry Detergent, Washing-up Liquid, Fridges & Freezers 

    Feature: Olympic scale tax avoidance

  • Issue 208

    Cover of back issue Issue 208

    Shopping guides: Outdoor clothing, Shoes, Trainers, Sportswear

    Feature: Palestine solidarity - brands to avoid and alternative brands to buy

  • Issue 207

    Cover of back issue Issue 207

    Shopping guides: High Street Clothing, Ethical Clothing, Underwear, Jeans

    Feature: Economic crisis hits ethical spending - the state of the ethical market.

  • Issue 206

    Cover of back issue Issue 206

    Shopping guides: Shampoo, Skincare, Makeup, Deodorant, Toothpaste

    Feature: Profiting from refugees' misery - the private companies housing asylum seekers

  • Issue 205

    Cover of back issue Issue 205

    Shopping guides: Chocolate, Mince Pies, Alternatives to shopping at Amazon - Ethical Online Retailers & Bookshops

    Features: What do UK consumers need to do to close the climate gap?

    A new rating for Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity?

  • Issue 204

    Cover of back issue Issue 204

    Shopping guides: Vitamins & Supplements, Breakfast Cereal, Baked Beans, Cat & Dog Food

    Feature: Our updated list of oppressive regimes

  • Issue 203

    Cover of back issue Issue 203

    Shopping guides: Toilet Paper, Nappies, Batteries, Furniture Shops

    Features: "Horrific" conditions for agricultural workers in southern Spain supplying UK supermarkets

    Plus, the environmental and social regeneration projects that have won the Lush Spring Prize

  • Issue 202

    Cover of back issue Issue 202

    Shopping guides: Pensions, Home Insurance, Car Insurance, Ethical Investment Funds, Stocks & Shares ISAs

    Feature: The state of the ethical market - UK ethical spending booms

  • Issue 201

    Cover of back issue Issue 201

    Shopping guides: Electricity & gas suppliers, Heat Pumps, Boilers, Solar Panels

    Feature: Special report on carbon offsets - the good, the bad and the downright dreadful

  • Issue 200

    Cover of back issue Issue 200

    Shopping guides: Current Accounts, Savings Accounts, Mortgages, Fossil Free Investment Funds

    Feature: Ethical Consumer's 200th Issue - how far have we come?

  • Issue 199

    Cover of back issue Issue 199

    Shopping guides: Laptops, Mobile Phones, Mobile Phone Networks, Broadband

    Feature: What progress have we made towards sustainable consumer lifestyles in the UK? - Special Climate Gap report

  • Issue 198

    Cover of back issue Issue 198

    Shopping guides: Vegan alternatives to meat, Plant Milk, Vegan Cheese

    Features: Universities spend millions with Amazon