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• Information on products and suppliers
• Mail order companies
• Money
• Energy
• Communication
• Magazines
• Organisations

Information on products and suppliers

There are many suppliers of ethical goods. The best books available to help you make ethical choices are:

The Good Shopping Guide. Your guide to shopping with a clear conscience. Edited by Charlotte Mulvey. Published by the Ethical Marketing Group

The Rough Guide to Ethical Shopping. The issues, the products, the companies by Duncan Clark. Published by Rough Guides Ltd

Three of the best websites are:

www.ethiscore.org is the Ethical Consumer magazine’s online shopping guide and provides an ethical rating for all the top brands. In addition it has research reports and excellent links to other relevant organisations.

Greenchoices www.greenchoices.org - This is a comprehensive site which summarizes the key issues and lists positive choices for everything you could possibly want including baby products, cleaning agents, DIY, food, drink, energy, holidays, toiletries, garden, transport, , school and office.

Gooshing www.gooshing.co.uk - This site provides an ethical rating for many thousands of branded products and checks prices in a number of retailers.

Mail order companies

There are many mail order companies offering ethical products. Below is a list of the companies that I used before I could buy a wide range of ethical goods locally.

Natural Collection www.naturalcollection.com 0870 331 3333 (general household, clothing,)

People Tree www.peopletree.co.uk 0845 450 4595 (Fair trade clothing)

Greenfibres www.greenfibres.com 0845 330 3440 (Organic clothing/bedding)

Traidcraft www.traidcraft.co.uk 0191 491 0591(Clothing, food, general)

The Organic Catalogue www.organiccatalogue.com 0845 130 1304 (gardening)

Money

Triodos Bank www.triodos.co.uk 0500 008 720 (individuals) 0800 328 2181 (business/charities)

Co-op Bank www.co-operativebank.co.uk 0845 7212212

Energy

Ecotricity www.ecotricity.co.uk 08000 326 100

Good Energy www.good-energy.co.uk 01249 766090

Green Energy www.greenenergy.uk.com 0845 456 9550

EBICo Ltd - Equigas & Equipower www.ebico.co.uk 0845 456 0170

Communication

The Phone Co-op www.thephone.coop 0845 458 9004

Magazines

The Ethical consumer www.ethicalconsumer.org

The Ecologist www.theecologist.org

Organisations

Fair Trade Foundation www.fairtrade.org.uk

Soil Association www.soilassociation.org