This week, we’re joined by #EthicalHour sponsor Tipa® to discuss the difference between two popular eco words - Biodegradable and Compostable. This guest post is part of the #EthicalHour sponsorship programme – written by Tipa®: Today, as flexible packaging flaunts new labels, it is important to be...
This week, we're joined by #EthicalHour sponsor Free Range Dairy Network to discuss the ethics of the dairy industry, how to empower consumers to be active food citizens and discover more about their Pasture Promise. This guest post is part of the #EthicalHour sponsorship programme...
As an ethical and sustainable business owner, you feel passionate about the causes you support and the issues you're trying to change. Your potential customers share that passion, making those causes the perfect connection point to get their attention, engage them in conversation and strengthen...
The Cup Effect is a charity and social enterprise, dedicated to lifting women and girls around the world out of period poverty through the power of menstrual cups. Their mission ‘Empowering Women, Protecting the Planet’ gives just a hint at the environmental advantages of menstrual...
The festive season can leave us feeling overwhelmed and in all the hustle and bustle it can be all too easy to let our good sustainability habits fall by the wayside. In this month’s Natural Mumma Magazine I wrote about the tradition of giving, and...
‘Tis the season of mass consumption and this year the supermarkets, not content with outdoing each other on expensive Christmas ads, have taken the PR stunts to a whole new level with a cuddly toy war. Last week Aldi’s cuddly carrot was causing punch-ups according to...
It’s that time of year again - retailers are spending millions on heartwarming ads to grab our attention and whip us up into a spending frenzy. Black Friday is filling our newsfeeds with bargain deals and this year many retailers have stretched out their sales...
Today is the start of the 11th annual Good Money Week, a campaign to raise awareness of sustainable, responsible and ethical finance - banking, pensions savings and investments - to help people make good money choices. This year's focus is on empowering women to feel more confident...
There is no such place as “away” - everything we throw away has to go somewhere, and we’ve got a growing waste problem on our hands. At the start of this year China announced they would no longer be taking imported plastic recycling from overseas....
Fast fashion and its impact on the environment will be investigated in a new inquiry by the UK Government, it has been announced today. The fashion industry has one of the largest carbon footprints. Over the past 10 years clothing has been the fastest growing waste...
