Looking for an ethical bank account, trying to find the most environmentally friendly car, or want to find out exactly what the oil industry is up to?
Our Back Issues include Buyer's Guides, features and other articles covering a huge range of companies, products and issues.
Downloadable buyers' guides
Where back issues are sold out, you can buy the individual buyers' guides from the magazine as downloadable pdfs. These contain the original full buyer's guide from the magazine PLUS details of all the company criticisms from our database used to rate the brands on the table. They cost £3 each.
Over 60 reports are currently available. See the full list.
A to Z list of Buyers' Guides and Features
See an example of what's in an issue of the magazine.
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Issue 115 (Nov/Dec 2008)
Buyer's guides to football clubs, nuts, bookshops
Feature on green funerals.
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Issue 114 (September/October 2008)
Buyer's guides to cars, rice, green electricity
Feature on auditors SGS. 14 extra pages of news & analysis.
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Issue 113 (July/August 2008)
Buyer's guides to flour, sportswear, garden centres, ethical shopping websites.
Feature on ethical jewellery. 12 extra pages of news & analysis.
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Issue 112 (May/June 2008)
Buyer's guides to travelling in the UK and to Europe, digital radio, baby clothes, cooking oil.
Features on sustainable palm oil and logging Finland's ancient forests
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Issue 111 (March/April 2008)
Buyer's guides to ethical investments, flowers, home telephone providers and tea. Features on 2007 Ethical Consumerism Report and the Carbon Detox and why the Devil wears Gucci
SOLD OUT. Buyer's guides available as downloadable pdfs (£3 each) or on the Ethiscore site.
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Issue 110 (January/February 2008)
Buyer's guides to restaurant chains, toothpaste, mobile phones and child car seats. Ethiscore tables for mobile phone networks and Top toys for Christmas.
Features on Forest Stewardship Council and toy companies Mattel and Hasbro
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Issue 109 (November/December 2007)
Buyer's guides to home and car insurance, nappies, bicycles and spirits. Ethiscore tables for ethical and green investment funds, advent calendars and toasters.
Features on carbon calculators and private equity firms
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Issue 108 (September/October 2007)
Buyer's guides to school uniforms, breakfast cereal, set-top boxes and soaps & shower gels. Ethiscore tables for house-hold cleaners and push chairs & buggies.
Features on animal testing and the Camp for Climate Action
SOLD OUT. Buyer's guides available as downloadable pdfs (£3 each) or on the Ethiscore site or see Free Buyer's Guides
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Issue 107 (July/August 2007)
Buyer's guides to light bulbs, toilet paper, gas companies and smoothies. Ethiscore tables for cider, crisps and bank accounts.
Features on the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Ethical Consumer 'Manifesto for Change'.
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Issue 106 (May/June 2007)
Buyer's guides to carbon offsets, pickle and mayo, juicers and sanitary protection. Features on Export Processing Zones and mercenaries. Ethiscore tables for premium soft drinks, sports drinks, photoprinters and graduate loans.
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Issue 105 (March/April 2007)
Buyer's guides to petrol, deodorant, soft drinks and boilers. Features on fair trade and Kimberly-Clark . Ethiscore tables for Fairtrade coffee, kettles and graduate bank accounts.
SOLD OUT. Buyer's guides available as downloadable pdfs (£3 each) or on the Ethiscore site or see Free Buyer's Guides
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Issue 104 (January/February 2007)
Buyer's guides to computers, trainers, baked beans and hotels. Features on corporate social responsibility and companies profiting from Darfur. Ethiscore tables for washing-up liquid, sauces and fixed rate bonds.
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Issue 103 (November/December 2006)
Buyer's guides to toys, chocolate, musical instruments and cameras. Features on public sector procurement and fur. Ethiscore tables for herbal tea and meat alternative foods.
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Issue 102 (September/October 2006)
Buyer's guides to bottled water, paint, internet service providers and make-up.
Features on pornography as a human rights abuse and British companies in Iraq. Ethiscore tables for walking boots, dairy free milk and student accounts
SOLD OUT. Buyer's guides available as downloadable pdfs (£3 each) or on the Ethiscore site or see Free Buyer's Guides
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Issue 101 (July/August 2006)
Buyer's guides to beer, tents, rucksacks and sleeping bags, sunscreen and jeans.
Features on the nuclear industry's PR spin and corporations moving in on ethical businesses. Ethiscore tables for bananas, ice cream and over 50s savings accounts.
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Issue 100 (May/June 2006)
Buyer's guides to washing machines, laundry detergents, pasta and rechargeable batteries. Features on the changing face of ethical consumerism and how to calculate your carbon footprint.
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Issue 99 (March/April 2006) SOLD OUT. Buyer's guides available as downloadable pdfs (£3 each) or on the Ethiscore site or see Free Buyer's Guides
Buyer's guides to over-the-counter medicines, preserves and honey, cash ISAs and cookers. Features on animal rights and sustainability and water privatisation.
Issue 98 (January/February 2006) SOLD OUT. Buyer's guides available as downloadable pdfs (£3 each) or on the Ethiscore site or see Free Buyer's Guides
Buyer's guides to clothes shops, shoe shop, landlines and yoghurt. Features on oppressive regimes and Nestlé.
Issue 97 (November/December 05)
Buyer's guides to supermarkets, games consoles, perfumes and wine. Features on Islamic boycotts and Shell.
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Issue 96 (September/October 05)
Buyer's guides to paper, dvd players, baby bottles and biscuits. Features on gold mining and retail giant Arcadia..
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Issue 95 (July/August 05) SOLD OUT. Buyer's guides available as downloadable pdfs (£3 each) or on the Ethiscore site or see Free Buyer's Guides
Buyer's guides to cars, domestic wind and solar power, low energy light bulbs and green electricity. Features on reducing your carbon footprint and carbon trading.
Issue 94 (May/June 05)
Buyer's guides to banks, butter and margarine, televisions, and shampoo. Features on animal welfare labelling and Japaneses megacorporations.
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Issue 93(March/April 05)
Buyer's guides to tea and coffee, flat screen monitors, urban fashion, and baby milk and food. Features on the Slow Food Movement and nanotechnology.
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Issue 92 (January/February 05)
Buyer's guides to fridges and freezers, coffee and sandwich shops, toilet cleaners and pet food. Feature on the Sustainable Communities Bill.
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Issue 91 (November/December 04)
Buyer's guides to carpets and floor coverings, sugar and sweeteners, fleeces and tools. Feature on the European Social Forum.
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Issue 90 (September/October 04)
Buyer's guides to fruit juices and smoothies, sewing machines, vitamins and nappies. Features on Smithfield Foods and tax havens
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Issue 89 (July/August 04)
Buyer's guides to buggies, car seats and slings, internet bank accounts, dishwashers and flour. Features on palm oil and the links between sweated labour and and Olympic sportswear
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Issue 88 (April/May04)
Buyer's guides to printers, bicycle accessories, washing-up liquid and fizzy drinks. Features on Ethical Consumer's first fifteen years and a report on car company Ford
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Prices and Ordering
Issues from 110 onwards cost £4.25 each
Issues from 90 onwards cost £3.75 each
Issue 58 to Issue 89 cost £3.50 each
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Research Supplements
Research Supplements are also available containing the ethical records for every company covered in that issue, with:
- full details of all the criticisms used to rate each company on our tables
- references to allow follow-up work
- company ownership and contact details
- any background data that could not be fitted into the magazine
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