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The Good Shopping Guide: Your Guide to Shopping with a Clear Conscience (Ethical Standard)
 
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The Good Shopping Guide: Your Guide to Shopping with a Clear Conscience (Ethical Standard) (Paperback)
by Ethical Consumer Research Association (Author)
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If your till receipt is as important as your vote, then this book is the official ethical shopping manifesto! The GOOD Shopping Guide is the complete guide to ethical shopping. Using over 12 years of gold standard research from the Ethical Consumer Research Association it reveals, in detail, the human rights, animal welfare and environmental records of the 'ultimate holding companies' behind over 700 every day consumer brands. There are 4 main reference sections: Good Home, Good Food & Drink, Good Money and Good Health & Beauty. As well as the serious research and in depth editorial, it is packed with beautiful photography - 40 full-page colour shots of earth forms from the beautiful natural world. Above all, this book is user-friendly and very revealing.

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Welcome to the second edition!

The GOOD Shopping Guide is the world's leading ethical reference guide listing the level of corporate social responsibility of the companies behind hundreds of everyday consumer brands.

Our objective is to encourage a universally responsible corporate attitude to animal welfare, human rights and the environment.

Companies depend entirely on their customers' goodwill, so we believe that the key to a progressive 21st century lies in the persuasive power of intelligent consumer action.

The GOOD Shopping Guide informs you of the simple facts about each company and provides some overall recommendations to help you channel your spending power.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A guide on how to make a real. practical difference, 26 Mar 2004
By millie1512 (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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The whole basis of this book is that your till receipt is as, if not more, powerful than your vote in the ballot box.

Essentially this is the first easy to use guide for the mass of consumers who are interested about where their shopping comes from, and are prepared to make more ethical purchases. But who don't necessarily want to completely abandon the local supermarket for the health food store.

The guide is broken into 2-3 page chapters which cover everything from toothpaste to TVs. Tables show how each brand and parent company rank when it comes to animal testing, the environment, support for oppressive governments, and political donations. So, if you don't want to fill the coffers of companies who (for example) test their products on animals, you now know who to avoid.

Yes, small organic and green orientated companies do generally come out top, but so do some major names.

When the first edition was released a year ago in the UK it got a fair amount of national newspaper coverage. The result was howls of protest from some of the brands who found they were in the lowest bracket.

Which goes to show - they do care that you might stop buying their products if you find something about them that you, and most other people, disagree with.

For a relatively modest price this guide can be a powerful weapon in your hands - buy it

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Guide to Ethical Shopping, 8 Feb 2004
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This guidebook is comprehensive. It covers areas from clothing to cereals. Each of the categories is described and the most popular brands are compared using easy to follow tables. The layout of the book makes it easy to use. Because the criteria applied to the products are explained it is possible to draw your own conclusions. This is helpful because your ethics might differ from that of the authors, you may have different priorities. For clothing, for instance, categories include whether there is a code of conduct for the factories or whether the company rejects pesticides.

On the downside, the book is not as comprehensive as it could be. Only the most popular brands are compared. In addition, the book is heavily biased towards the consumer in the UK.

If you have read Naomi Klein's No Logo and wish you could do something about the world: try this. It is surprising how big a difference your daily shopping can do.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better with more up-to-date research, 29 Jun 2007
By Ms. N. T. Scott (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a concise guide to ethical shopping at a time when consumer awareness about the impact our purchases have upon people and the planet is on the rise. However, it could have benefitted from more up-to-date research, such as that offered by Ethical Consumer and its related Ethiscore and Corporate Critic websites.
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