Is the Campbell Soup Company ethical? We’re going to evaluate Campbell’s, which owns several brands of interest (Pacific Foods, Kettle Brand, Late July, Snyder’s, and Rao’s) based on two perspectives: Campbell’s public reputation and a more objective analysis of corporate responsibility. Continue reading The Ethical Guide to… Campbell’s. How to evaluate a large corporation
Are Tetra Pak cartons awful, from an environmental viewpoint? Shelf-stable packaging has some big advantages of reducing food waste and the need for refrigeration. Tetra Pak’s aseptic cartons contain a layer of aluminium that’s hard to recycle but the company recently developed a paper-based barrier layer to replace the foil. Continue reading The Ethical Guide to… Packaging: How bad is Tetra Pak?
What’s the most ethical protein, brah? Last week I published a graphic showing different kinds of butter, dairy and non-dairy, ranked from 0 to 5 Green Stars. Following up on that, here’s a graphic showing ethical scores for various sources of protein in our diets. Continue reading Sustainable Food: Ethical ratings for different protein sources
I’m sharing a post from Ethical Bargains that evaluated Ivy’s Reserve carbon-neutral butter. UK-based Wyke Farms launched this butter in 2023, a year after releasing “the world’s first carbon neutral cheddar.” In the end, I scored Ivy’s Reserve butter 2/5 Green Stars for social and environmental impact and at the same time realized that this is close to the maximum score that I’d give a dairy-based butter product. Is this fair? Continue reading Butter: I can’t believe it’s not ethical!
Industrial agriculture threatens soil integrity and biodiversity. It exacerbates the biggest threat to agriculture – climate change – and also our susceptibility to that threat. Organic agriculture, on the other hand, has lower crop yields and therefore requires more land. So, what’s it to be? Continue reading Certified organic: Should we really support it?
I was not aware of the story behind Dave’s Killer Bread until I researched the brand, last week. All I knew was that Dave was a long-haired dude who played guitar and was now making a range of healthy, organic breads. Before joining his family’s bakery to form the brand Dave’s Killer Bread, Dave spent 15 years of his life in prison. Continue reading Second Chances – Dave’s Killer Bread
How do we live on a budget while also being as socially and environmentally responsible as possible? Well, the good news is that there is significant overlap between living on a budget and living an ethical life – they are actually pretty compatible goals. Continue reading How to live ethically on a budget
