What is ethical consumerism ?

on
#ethical #products #consumer
The way humans spend their money can help change the world. Indeed, when we choose to buy a product, its brands can have a positive or negative impact for a better quality of life. By attentively choosing what we purchase and looking behind the brand, we can choose products that have only positive impact on people, animals and on the planet.

First, you may ask what ethical consumerism is.

Ethical consumerism is a way for human to consume by respecting the environment, the animals and the society. Ethical consumerism is a form of political activism based on the assumption that customers don’t consume only goods, but they also consume the process used to produce them.


Therefore, in this point of view, customers can embrace or reject labour and environmental practice by choosing certain products over others. The objective of ethical consumerism is that consumers must purchase only the products which are doing by respecting the environment and labour.

Nevertheless, we can ask ourselves what an ethical product is.

 Ethical products are products (food, clothes…) which doesn’t exploit labour, animals or the environment.


From this point of view, being an ethical consumer means buying ethically produced products and products that are not harmful environment and society. 


But which products are really concerned about ethical consumption and why ?

ENERGY :
We need to urgently address our energy future to avoid the worst effects of climate change. We unravel the complexities of the energy industry and shine a spotlight on the companies responsible for warming the planet.

FASHION AND INDUSTRY :
The fashion industry is one of the biggest polluters in the world. Most high street clothing companies are fixated on producing disposable fashion that relies on overworked and underpaid factory workers. This obsession with fast fashion puts profit over people, the planet and animals. However, there are a number of innovative, small independent brands that are doing things differently by using sustainable fashion.


FOOD AND DRINK :
As food & drink prices continue to rise across the world, it is often the producers and workers who are losing out to big corporations. Moreover, there are ethicals alternatives to a food system which is powered by large corporations rather than the people who produce the food.

HEALTH AND BEAUTY :
The impact of the booming market for make-up is far from pretty, we look at hidden toxic ingredients and the prevalence of animal testing in the sector. Furthermore, they use childlabour, animals testing and toxic ingredients that affect the world. But the  explosion of green beauty brands can make evoluate the world.


HOME AND GARDEN  :
Many of the issues in our homes & garden are hidden from the consumer, from toxic chemicals to animal testing. We also look at the greenest way to wash, clean, cool and cook. Moreover, from appliances, to cleaning, there are many simple ways you can become more green in your own home and garden.

TECHNOLOGY :
As a whole the technology sector suffers from a number of ethical issues such as tax avoidance and corporate lobbying. The Tech world is often notorious for low wages, tax avoidance and conflict minerals.


Thanks for reading this article, I hope you enjoy it ! Feel free to ask questions. 
See you next monday to talk about WHY SHOULD PEOPLE SHOP ETHICALLY (clic on the this title). 


If you want more information about what is ethical consumerism, I cordially invite you to read those internet websites and articles : 
- Ethical consumer : 

- Ethical consumerism :
- Ethical consumer and consumption : 
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-an-ethical-consumer-3026072
#ethical #consumption #ethics #consumer #animalstesting #toxic #products



Comments

Post a Comment