The Good Shopping Guide - Ethical Shopping App app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: The Ethical Company Organisation
First release : 26 Jan 2011
App size: 6.61 Mb
Revealing the good, bad and ugly of the world’s leading brands, this is the classic (and the world’s best-selling) ethical shopping guide having sold over 80,000 copies of the 350 page book at RRP £14.95! Whenever you shop, at an introductory price of just £2.99, this app version gives full product sector comparison tables on famous brands and corporations in relation to their Environmental, Animal Welfare and Human Rights records.
•Over 700 famous brands are ranked in 72 product-specific league tables under the 7 main sections of Food & Drink, Health & Beauty, Travel, Energy, Fashion, Home & Office and Money
•Detailed research tables and chapters of text for 72 specific product categories across 15 different ethical criteria
•Ethical Company Index scores give an overall ‘ethical rating’ to easily identify the best performing brands/companies
•Easy-view summary table shows ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’ brands within each product category
•In-depth editorial support within each section, giving information on the ethical issues involved in each product area
The Good Shopping Guide Ethical Shopping App in association with Friends of the Earth (who receive 10% of net revenue), contains 10 years of comprehensive research by The Ethical Company Organisation and is a must for anyone wanting to support the most ethical brands through their purchasing decisions.
“Despite the recession more and more people want products and services that don’t trash the planet - but don’t have much time to investigate the best options. The new app provides quick and reliable advice when you’re out and about – and helps raise vital funds for Friends of the Earth work to ensure a thriving environment for everyone.”
Andy Atkins - Friends of the Earth’s Executive Director
Distributed in bookshops and by Oxfam, Friends of the Earth and Christian Aid, The Good Shopping Guide has been published as a 350 page book across nine editions at an RRP of £14.95. Simply download this full App version up at the introductory price of just £2.99 and be armed with essential ethical shopping information wherever you are!
See www.ethical-company-organisation.org for a video demonstration of this App.
“This 9th edition of The Good Shopping Guide remains a book of historical importance. It details an enlightened approach to 21st-century consumerism that is easy to follow. By intelligently channelling our spending power, we can all easily support animal welfare, human rights and the environment.”
Alistair Fothergill – TV Producer: The Blue Planet & Life in the Freezer.
“The biggest influence on companies comes from customers. The Good Shopping Guide provides everyone with the information they need to persuade powerful companies to behave more responsibly.”
Tony Juniper
“The Good Shopping Guide provides the benchmark for consumers to be able to buy the best products from the best companies.”
Juliet Davenport – Chief Executive Good Energy Ltd
“The Good Shopping Guide helps you make informed choices about the business behind the brand.”
Anne MacCaig - CEO Cafédirect Plc