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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 209 (July/August 2024)

 

Shopping guides:

  • Washing Machines 
  • Laundry Detergent 
  • Washing-up Liquid
  • Fridges & Freezers 

 

The magazine includes:

  • score tables rating and comparing the brands
  • Best Buy recommendations
  • how do white goods rate for energy efficiency?
  • which washing machines and fridges are supporting the military?
  • the Palestinian boycott of Siemens
  • how do detergents compare on packaging?
  • are household products tested on animals?
  • how brands sponsoring the Paris Olympics are coming in last place for tax conduct

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Ethical Consumer magazine is printed on chlorine-free, 100% post-consumer waste paper. It is printed by Deltor in Cornwall using vegetable-based inks. Our envelopes are also 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

Back issues

  • Issue 160

    Cover of back issue Issue 160

    Product Guides: Meat-free sausages & burgers, Rice, Cooking Oil, Supermarkets

    Features: Veg box schemes

  • Issue 159

    Cover of back issue Issue 159

    Product guides: Televisions, Paid-for TV, Cameras

    Features: The links between binocular companies and hunting for sport, Fighting conflict minerals in electronics

  • Issue 158

    Cover of back issue Issue 158

    Product guides: Clothes Shops, Jeans, Waterproof jackets

    Features: Synthetic biology

    Corporate lobbying at the COP21 climate summit

  • Issue 157

    Cover of back issue Issue 157

    Product guides: Cat & Dog food, Instant & Ground Coffee, Perfume & Aftershave

    Features: Amazon's tax turnaround? Ethical charity sponsorship and climate change