Ethicalconsumerism can be a powerful force for societal and environmental change but we Irish are less enthusiastic than other Europeans, writes Peter Ireton.
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Awareness of who and what's involved in manufacturing a product is the key to ethicalconsumption, she says.
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Fairtrade has become a byword for ethicalconsumption; 93% of British shoppers now recognise its mark.
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Many of our customers understand notions of fair trade, green, and ethicalconsumption, and are delighted to find us.
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You can also order The Good Shopping Guide, a reference guide to ethicalshopping.
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But what are they doing to promote ethicalshopping?
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The Sustainability Trust website resources include including guides to ethicalshopping, packaging, e-waste disposal and more.
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The concept of ethicalshopping has been developing slowly but unspectacularly in Ireland over the past 20 years.
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She's also a strong advocate for ethicalshopping, and is a fan of Hara The Label which makes products out of plant dye and bamboo.
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All of the companies interviewed claimed to some degree to have an ethicalsourcing policy.
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How will companies behave if they have to testify only to their own code of ethicalsourcing?
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Wal-Mart said its ethicalsourcing team had asked to see the entire Shaheedullah report and will review it.
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So isn't there an opportunity to reframe the debate as the relationship between ethicalsourcing and ethical selling?
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It will also purchase from farmers vetted by other groups if it decides they meet its in-house rules for ethicalsourcing, Nieberg said.
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But we do not have to choose between saving money and ethicalpurchasing as more transparency in supply chains can generate efficiencies.