Many businesses have ethical policies. For two main reasons:
- They feel that there is basically one way to help to "Make the Earth a better place to live in", and that is to do their bit as best they can. It shows people what can be done.
- Customers can be attracted to use their business because of its ethical policies.
Co-operative Bank Partnership Report shows how and why the Co-operative Bank thinks Ethically throughout all its business activities.
smile is the internet bank of the Co-operative Bank, and it shares the Co-operative Bank's Ethical policies. Have a look and help the Earth - and open an account with an ethical bank! I have! Current Account pays interest, too, and Savings Account even more!
Oh, and smile has invested in robust security systems and they're the only Internet bank accredited by the British Standards Institution to BS7799 for Information Security Management Systems.
AMEC is a British construction company involved in a number of controversial projects.
Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) - one of the largest paper companies in the world. It is responsible for the destruction of a large area of Indonesian rainforests.
Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited (APRIL) - is destroying large areas of rainforest on the wildlife-rich island of Sumatra in Indonesia.
Rio Tinto - the largest mining conglomerate in the world - has for many years disregarded human rights and devastated unique environments. Rio Tinto's range of destruction extends to many countries around the world.
Scotts - a garden product multinational - are bagging our precious peat bogs and selling them to unsuspecting gardeners as compost.
Support Ethical Businesses - by not supporting Unethical ones.
Find out what not to buy courtesy of Ethical Consumer magazine
Have these businesses decided to go ethical? Or Not?
Balfour Beatty have pulled out of the controversial Ilisu Dam project in Turkey. Italian company Impregilo have also pulled out.
