The Ethical Consumer Research Association once recommended that its readers do not buy Colgate because of its use of animal testing, though this is no longer the case.

In July 2007, Lucas came in eighth place in the New Consumer Magazine Top 100 Ethical Heroes list, behind a number of celebrities including fashion designer Katharine Hamnett ( who came 1st ), Anita Roddick ( The Body Shop founder ), Al Gore ( former US Vice-President who is now a campaigner for action on climate change ) and Jonathon Porritt, a former Green Party politician.

The term " ethical consumer ", now used generically, was first popularised by the UK magazine the Ethical Consumer, first published in 1989.

Ethical Consumer magazine's key innovation was to produce ' ratings tables ,' inspired by the criteria-based approach of the then emerging ethical investment movement.

The not-for-profit Ethical Consumer Research Association continues to publish Ethical Consumer magazine and its associated website, which provides free access to ethical ratings tables.

The Center for Consumer Freedom is publisher of the website PetaKillsAnimals. com, which alleges People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals unnecessarily euthanizes animals in its care.

Ethical Consumer is a not-for-profit UK magazine and website, founded in 1989 by Rob Harrison and Jane Turner, which publishes information on the social, ethical and environmental behaviour of companies and issues around trade justice and ethical consumerism.

Ethical Consumer is a subscription publication but also publishes free Buyers ' Guides to consumer products and services through the Ethical Consumer website.

Ethical Consumer is perhaps best known for its company ratings tables which rate products from baked beans to banks across 19 criteria.

Ethical Consumer is widely acknowledged to maintain the most comprehensive English-language list of consumer boycotts in the world.

Ethical Consumer and its associated websites is produced by the Ethical Consumer Research Association ( ECRA ).

Lucy Siegle, Ethical Living correspondent to UK Sunday newspaper The Observer, has said that " Ethical Consumer approaches ethical issues with a mind-boggling thoroughness and integrity that makes everyone else look like a charlatan.

Ed Mayo, head of Co-operatives UK, has commented: " Ethical Consumer is a drawing pin strategically placed on the throne of corporate rule.

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