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BRAND company Use the Contents Toilet Paper  Native forest logging (choose recycled) icon DECODER or Index to find the Cottonsoft, Naturale , ‘product type’ you ABC Tissue Products Better buy Quilton, Softly are seeking. praises, no criticisms Ecosoft E Sime and Co nzl No information Purex, Sorbent SCA swe no praises, no criticisms Look in the left-hand column to find the Bouquets, Envirosoft , Encore Tissue avoid where possible Merino, Safe , Tree Free criticisms brand you usually buy. Paseo Asia Pulp & Paper sgp Boycott Call has received ongoing Kimberly-Clark usa See the right-hand Delsey, Kleenex, Wondersoft international criticism Recycled content column for the related Australian Owned company and parent company. Outstanding Product Industry Alert Seek a best buy considering company If there are concerns The right-hand columns Visit our website ownership (Australian about an entire industry, contain the country of www.ethical.org.au to give owned) and rating, you will see an industry origin code and an icon feedback to the companies and outstanding alert in the header bar for indicating praise and on the choices you product features. that category. criticism for a company. have made and why. INTRODUCTION 1 make our world a better place to live in. Companies in. Companies a better place to live make our world — money to stay in business need our money vote. dollar literally is your talks, and your on the guide provides information This shopping record of companies environmental and social of common supermarket behind the brand names is based on assessment products. The information sources including the work gathered from over 25 as Greenpeace, Choose of organisations such Responsible Monitor, Corporate Free, Cruelty Victoria. Shopper and Sustainability for more Visit our website at www.ethical.org.au further resources for detailed information and being deliberate about reducing your impact by the things you buy. time you go shopping, make a difference, Every make your dollar count!

The Guide to edition of The Guide to to the second Welcome 2009). It is Shopping (Feb Ethical Supermarket layout, new and updated with a new fully revised ratings, company updated brands, more categories, improvements. changes and other cool ownership a time of human rights abuse, animal live in We and industry’s genetically modified foods cruelty, environment. These factors massive impact on the our control and quite can often seem beyond the fact life. However, removed from our everyday something, the money is that every time we buy and its activities, we spend endorses a company of it or not — and whether whether we are aware we like it or not. with a negative track record By avoiding companies from companies and instead buying products that have a positive impact, we can send a strong that message for change and support the practices With every dollar you spend you have an impact on the planet planet on the impact have an you spend dollar you every With people and its INTRODUCTION 2 contents 53 53 54 54 54 54 55 55 54 54 55 55 55 56 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 58 59 59 60 60 60 61 62 62 62 62 Toothbrushes Toothpaste Babies Pets & Baby Food Baby Formula Food Cat Litter Cat Dog Food Dog Treats Nappies Pet Care (Chilled) Pet Food (Other) Pet Food Sauces & International Asian Foods Condiments Indian Foods Mexican Foods Noodles Pasta Sauce Salad Dressing/ Mayonnaise Sauces Soy Sauce Topping Snacks Biscuits/Crackers Chips/Crisps Chocolate Confectionery Lozenges/ Mints/ Gum Popcorn Cakes Rice & Corn 42 44 44 44 44 46 46 46 46 46 47 46 46 46 47 47 48 48 48 49 49 49 48 48 49 49 49 50 50 51 51 51 51 52 52 52 52

Specialty Cleaners Specialty Starch Care Shoe/Foot Toilet Cleaners Toilet Wash Wool Personal Care Antiseptic Balms Bandages Gel Bodywash/Shower & Flu Cold Condoms Cosmetics Buds/ Balls Cotton Dental Floss Deodorant Digestive Care Care Eye Hygiene Feminine Hair Colour Hairspray/Gel Hand Wash Laxatives Lip Care Mouthwash Oils Pain Relief Personal Lubricants Shampoo Shavers Shaving Gel/Foam Skin Care Soap Sunscreen Lotions Tanning Tissues Paper Toilet 18 18 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 22 22 23 22 22 24 25 25 24 26 26 26 27 28 28 28 28 29 30 30 31 32 32 32 32 33 33 32

ater Ices Snack Bars Spread Yeast Soy Dairy & Butter Peanut Butter Cheese Cheese Cottage Cream Custard Dips Flavoured Milk Ice-cream (Tubs) Margarine Milk Soy Milk Soy (Other) Tofu Yoghurt Drinks Bottled Water Coffee Cordial Energy Drinks Drinks/Juice Fruit Iced Tea Powdered Drinks Soft Drinks Sports Drinks Tea W & Easy Canned Frozen, Baked Beans & Spaghetti Fish Canned Fruit Canned Meat Canned Vegies/Beans Canned Desserts/Fruit Frozen 8 17 19 20 23 25 27 30 37 01 02 04 06 07 07 08 10 34 64 65 66 66 66 67 6 Inside Cover

Multinational Monopoly Genetic Engineering Palm Oil Organics Packaging & Waste Additives Food Farming Factory Ethical Investment ISSUES INFORMATION Use How To Introduction Contents Principles Ratings & Assessment Icon Decoder Codes Country Boycott Call Supermarkets Issues Chart Criticisms Assessment Sources About Us Glossary Resources Further Limitations/Disclaimer Index s ent cont CONTENTS 3

is best, ‘Made in Australia’ second-best; avoid imported.is best, ‘Made in Australia’ packaging, minimal have that products for Look collections, council your in recyclable is that packaging content. recycled from made packaging and Shop at independent grocers and small supermarkets. Shop at independent grocers brands, Australian-owned independent local, Choose homebrands. over generic supermarket ‘Boycott with labeled companies from brands  Avoid decoder on inside cover. call’, or criticisms; see icon are that products for look and label product the Read Australia’ of ‘Product labeled – locally manufactured See www.recyclingnearyou.com.au » » For ‘best buys’ when shopping ‘best For »  » » » do? you can What but information is full of This guide as the changes as valuable it’s only in your own can make that you habits. Start with everyday shopping learn about the what you value, connections and seek issues, see the alternatives available. out the best knowing good choices, Celebrate makes a difference. every purchase 18 32 32 33 33 36 36 36 36 36 37 37 38 38 38 39 39 38 38 40 40 40 40 41 41 41 40 40 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 42 Spreads Other Fish Frozen Meals/Pizza Frozen Pastry Frozen Savouries Frozen Vegies/Chips Frozen Packet Meals Pis & Pasties Poultry Smallgoods Soup (Canned) Soup (Packet) Health Foods Health Bars Health Foods Protein Bars Protein Powder Vitamins Loss Weight Household Air Fresheners Batteries Dishwashing Detergent Disinfectant Softener Fabric Wrap & Cling Foil Garden Care Gloves Laundry Detergent Light Globes Multi-Purpose Cleaners Paper Towels Pest Control Polish Prewash, Soaker & Bleach Scourers, Sponges & Wipes 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 15 43 43 53 57 61 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 16 16 16 18 18

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While Coca-Cola Amatil is majority Australian-owned, it While Coca-Cola the Coca-Cola 30% owned by, pays licensing fees to, and is (US). Company to its continued use of animal testing for cosmetics, to its continued use of animal to the contrary. despite public statements ban on Other criticisms: Lobbying against an EU unwillingness to sign animal testing for cosmetics, clothing subsidiary for Safe Cosmetics, the Compact garment Ralph Lauren (Polo) involvement in sweatshop is a large (in whom Nestle worker abuse. L’Oréal stakeholder) bought the Body Shop in 2006. Coca-Cola has received ongoing criticism for murders, ongoing criticism for has received Coca-Cola at Coca-Cola and torture of union leaders kidnappings communities In India, local in Colombia. bottling plants *  rÉal L’O (UK) www.naturewatch.org by: NatureWatch Called due boycott of L’Oréal Naturewatch has a long-standing ompany -Cola C Coca (India) www.IndiaResource.org by: 1.) India Resource Center Called (USA) www.killercoke.org to Stop Killer Coke by: 2.) Campaign Called their groundwater to toxic waste, had have been exposed and soil polluted, and suffered shortages of drinking and suffered shortages and soil polluted, operations. Coke’s water as a direct result of Procter & Gamble has been criticised for its ongoing Procter & Gamble has been lethal animal tests. involvement in painful and ingredients in use of unsafe Other criticisms: For personal care and food products, use of sweatshop Europe’s laws regarding for working to weaken labour, laws. toxins in household products and GMO disclosure e Procter & Gambl by: 1.) Uncaged (UK) www.uncaged.co.uk/pg.htm Called (USA) www.iamscruelty.com by: 2.) PETA Called The world’s largest food company, Nestle proudly Nestle largest food company, The world’s has been the food, good life”. Nestle proclaims “good for its aggressive international criticism target of strong countries with infant formula in developing marketing of deaths (despite leading to infant water, scarce drinkable Health Organisation). by the World a 10-year ban water Other criticisms: As one of the top four global contributing to the problem of bottling companies, for water that should remain plastic waste and expropriating of the world’s largest chocolate a shared resource. As one to child and forced labour producers, for contributing nations. problems in cocoa-growing why and has it who CALL BOYCOTT e Nestl by: IBFAN (UK) www.babymilkaction.org Called Boycott call — Other boycotts 9 For more information on boycotts visit visit boycotts on information more For www.ethicalconsumer.org/Boycotts.aspx 64. see page criticisms, other For S OTHER BOYCOTT in Burma. 3 mobile for involvement types skin to make some Adidas for using kangaroo of football boots. claim that global for funding groups which Altria to address. warming is a “myth” or “uneconomic” tobacco company. Altria is the world’s largest of toxic waste in Chevron for dumping billions of gallons failing to clean it up. Chevron the Ecuadorian Amazon and Australia. is 50% owner of Caltex action on Exxon Mobil for sabotaging international climate change. of the Ogoni Shell for stealing oil from the peoples their environment and region in Nigeria and destroying living conditions. growers. s for poor wages to coffee Starbuck Suzuki for involvement in Burma. for involvement in Burma. Toyota Group ata T (UK) www.burmacampaign.org.uk by: The Burma Campaign Called Group (India’s largest industrial conglomerate) Tata to fnance Burma’s has been criticised for helping brutal military dictatorship. Power Group subsidiary Tata OTHER CRITICISMS: Tata makes weapons and weapon components for India’s owns car makers Jaguar and Land Defence forces. Tata tea. and Tetley Rover, Kline GlaxoSmith (USA) www.thepaxilprotest.com by: 1.) The Paxil Protest Called (UK) www.boycottbush.net by: 2.) Ethical Consumer Called has been criticised for denying GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Paxil and its side-effects. The responsibility for the drug dangerous and even fatal, drug is claimed to be unsafe, and aggression. A boycott linked to depression, cancer in September 2005. was called on GSK products Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the world’s largest tissue largest the world’s Corporation, Kimberly-Clark and pulp rely on paper continues to company, product Canada’s including ancient forests from clearcut made than 19% of In North America, less Boreal forest. disposable tissue uses for its the pulp Kimberly-Clark and paper facial tissue, napkins paper, products (toilet from recycled sources. towels) comes -Clark rly e Kimb www.kleercut.net USA by: Greenpeace Called 10 SUPERMARKETs — Who owns the supermarkets? GA stands for Independent Grocers of Australia. Independent Grocers GA stands for ALDI has more than 150 stores now operating ALDI has more than 150 suppliers are local in Australia. 80% of ALDI’s manufacturers. ALDI Australia’s parent company, It operates more ALDI Group, is based in Germany. than 7000 stores across Europe, USA and Australia. metcash which a distribution company Metcash is primarily consumer goods to Supa IGA, distributes food and other 7-Eleven, FoodWorks, Grocer, IGA, IGA X-Press, Friendly liquor retailers Cellarbrations, Lucky 7, and independent and Liquor Wise. Liquor Force Cheers, IGA Plus Liquor, foodworks Australia’s second largest independent is Foodworks also supplied by Metcash. supermarket retailing group, stores, 390 under the It operates more than 710 banner. Foodworks aldi iga I There are more than 1000 stores in Australia, which are than 1000 stores in There are more by IGA Distribution, owned, and supplied independently Metcash. a division of s Woolworth Big W, Woolworths, owns Safeway, Woolworths Liquor, liquor retailers (Woolworths/Safeway electronics retailers (Dick BWS, Dan Murphy’s), Smith Powerhouse, Tandy Smith Electronics, Dick (Woolworths/Safeway Electronics), online stores alliance (an Woolworths/Safeway Homestore), Caltex — over 500 outlets), Australian Australia with Caltex Group, plus interests in New Leisure and Hospitality Zealand, India and Hong Kong. Wesfarmers owns Coles, Bi-Lo, Bunnings, Bi-Lo, owns Coles, Wesfarmers liquor retailers (1st Kmart, Offceworks, Target, Vintage Superstore, Liquorland, Choice Liquor Express), outlets (Coles fuel & convenience Cellars), plus Online, Pharmacy Direct), (Coles online stores mining, energy, in the areas of coal other divisions fertilisers, and industrial & insurance, chemicals & Group Ltd for $22 Coles safety products. Acquired billion in November 2007. ts? e ermark Sup he wn s T O Who farm ers Wes Supermarkets — Australia’s supermarket duopoly 11

GER company IGA/ Metcash FoodWorks Aldi Australia (Aldi Group) Group Coles (Wesfarmers) Woolworths/ Safeway ou’ll love Coles, Coles Coles ou’ll love Coles, BRAND Black & Gold, Best Buy Black & Gold, store are ALDI Most brands in from local owned, sourced producers Y Coles, Organic, Banquet & $mart Buy, Purr pet food Select, Home- Woolworths, Organic, Naytura brand, Fresh, ” Brands et “House ermark Sup of life, IGA, Way Black & Gold, Organic Body Logic, Purely duopoly t e e rmark up s ’s Australia has one of the most concentrated grocery grocery concentrated of the most has one Australia Coles two top players, The internationally. markets for approximately account and Woolworths/Safeway, In Britain, sales in Australia. 80% of supermarket less than 60% supermarkets have the top twelve of the market. by 75% from 2001 its revenue In spite of increasing 27% or cut its workforce by to 2006, Woolworths in this fve years. Similarly, 35,592 people over these down from slashed its workforce, time period, Coles 160,000 to 94,000. encourage us to trust Generic “house brands” no questions asked. Both that cheap is best with recently introduced a supermarket chains have structure. This is likely three-tiered private label fewer independent to mean less choice, with and more produce sourced brands on the shelves from overseas. tralia s au 12 baking & cooking UK UK Farm Pride Foods Pride Farm Goodman Fielder Sunny Queen Laucke Flour Mills McKenzie Ward Lowan Whole Foods (Guinness Peat) Foods George Weston (Wittington Investments) Meriram (Select Harvests) Nature’s Selection Foods (AAB Holdings) Sanitarium (Adventist Church SP) McKenzie Ward Pace Farm Veggs

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baking & cooking 13 UK UK JPN JPN UK/ USA USA USA NZL NLD Jensens Choice Foods Jensens Choice McKenzie Ward (Suntory) Cerebos McCormick Hoyt Food Mars Cadbury Hansells Foods) (Old Fashioned McCormick Lowan Whole Foods Foods Whole Lowan Peat) (Guinness Select Foods Cerebos (Suntory) Cerebos Unilever Massel Products Roma Food es Herbs & Spic s Crystal Jelly Gravy Aeroplane Jensens Clive of India, McKenzies Kooka, Mermaid, Saxa, Tandaco Keen’s, McCormick Hoyt’s Masterfoods Cottee’s Watchers Weight Lowan Select Gravox Continental Massel Orgran GRC FRA USA USA USA NZL NZL DNK Amore Foods Royal Nut Co. Scalzo Kraft Smith’s Snackfood Co. (Pepsico) Sandhurst Fine Foods Select Harvests (CHAMP) Sunbeam Foods Anglia Oils (Aarhus Olie) Anglia Oils (Aarhus Oil NZ Avocoda Eleourgiki of Hawaii MacFarms Foods Old Fashioned Australian Nut Processors Buderim Ginger Goman Foods Manassen Foods (CHAMP) Colossus Food Company Food Colossus Lloyd Brooks A Clouet Group) Freres (Denis Minerva Australia Australia Minerva Group) (SOS s Dried Fruit & Nut Nobby’s Amore Royal Nut Co. FreshLife Planters Sandhurst Lucky Angas Park, Sunbeam Buderim Ginger Gomans Trident Alfa One Ducks Nuts, Winn International Collection International The Grove Spitiko Blue Diamond Colossus Pro Chef Ayam Azalea 14 baking & cooking UK USA USA NZL SunRice TLY Australia TLY General Mills Guzzi’s Pasta Di Casa Taings Goodman Fielder Cadbury Vacola Fowlers Foods Old Fashioned Manassen Foods (CHAMP) Hoyt Food Mars Fantastic Snacks Fantastic Foods Manassen (CHAMP) MM Foods San Remo , Tastic Some products certified organic Pudding Rice h) (fr es sta Pa Hoyt’s Uncle Ben’s Mr. Lees Kitchen Mr. Dorato, Latina Golden Pasta Pasta Di Casa Taings Defiance, White Wings Cottee’s Big Sister Aunt Betty’s Tilda Koala, Mahatma, Premier, Riviana, SunRice Fantastic Pot Bamboo Specialty Pasta San Remo ITA ESP ESP ESP UK/ NLD Kadac Queen Fine Foods Products Roma Food Sugar Australia (CSR) McKenzie Ward Goodman Fielder Goodman (SunRice) Riviana Foods Olive Oil Colavita Minerva Australia (SOS Group) Estate Cobram Olive River Frankland Company Mitolo Group Red Island Viva Olives (Barkworth) Borges Cantarella Group Cantarella Foods Conga SOS Group Unilever etta

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BEL JPN UK/ SWI USA USA CRO NLD Unilever Nestle Sugar Australia (CSR) Bundaberg Sugar (Finasucre) Foods Conga Goodman Fielder Lloyds Vineyard Massel Soup Company Campbell (Suntory) Cerebos McCormick Podravka egeta Sugar Vinegar Stock Continental, Oxo Continental, Maggi CSR Bundaberg Moro Cornwells Lloyds Massel Campbell’s Gravox McCormick V UK UK UK UK ITA ITA SWI USA USA USA San Remo Guzzi’s Divella Mars Barilla Green’s Foods (Guinness Peat) NSM Food Products NSM Food Simplot Foods George Weston (Wittington Investments) (Kellogg) Specialty Cereals Group Cantarella Specialty Pasta Casalare Products Roma Food Manildra Group George Weston Foods Foods Weston George Investments) (Wittington Nestle Lowan Whole Foods Foods Whole Lowan Peat) (Guinness , Zafarelli Some products certified organic etta (dry) Pasta Other Cooking Dolmio Golden Pasta V Divella Balducci, Nidi, San Marino, San Remo Barilla Nanda Aurora Specialty Casalare Buotempo, Orgran Tip Top Cerevite NSM Leggo’s Krummies Nestle Lowan 16 Breads, Spreads & Cereal ITA FRA USA USA Capilano Honey Capilano Pureharvest Spring Gully Foods Archibald Honey Dick Smith Foods (Adventist Church SP) Foods Windsor Farm Doran’s Fine Foods Prue Sobers Jam Co. St Dalfour SPC Ardmona Amatil) (Coca-Cola Golden Circle (Heinz) Heinz Cantarella Group Cantarella Ferrero Beechworth Honey Jam ead Spr ze lnut Ha Honey ital, Capilano Barnes, Bee V Pureharvest Leabrook Archibalds Dick Smith IJC Knight Bros. Prue Sobers St Dalfour IXL, Weight AJC, Balgay, Watchers Golden Circle Monbulk, Rose’s Cottee’s, Nutino Nutella Pure Beechworth UK UK SWI Gold Coast Bakeries Gold Coast Fowlers Vacola Fowlers Foods George Weston (Wittington Investments) Balfours Moores Corporation Pure Life Biodynamic Foods George Weston (Wittington Investments) (Nestle) Uncle Tobys Goodman Fielder company ogel Some products certified organic BRAND al re Ce ad s & e s, Spr ead Br Bread Cakes Big Sister Taste, Top Mills & Wares, Westons Balfours Burgen, Cracker, Golden, Burgen, Cracker, Kelly’s, Mighty White, Nobel Sunblest, Rise, Our Town, Up Tip Top, Uncle Tobys Moores Pure Life Atlantic Bakery, Buttercup, Buttercup, Atlantic Bakery, Bake, Country Country Early Harvest, Life Bakery, Flinders, Helga’s, Riga, Sunicrust, La Famiglia, V Taylors, Golden Hearth Organic Golden Hearth

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29 30 drink s Sports Drinks BCB Beverages Shopping with a Conscience Torquay (Foster’s Group) Public workshops & shopping tours Staminade Steric Put theory into practice — walk the Gatorade, Oasis Cadbury UK aisles and learn more about the Mizone Frucor Beverages (Suntory) JPN products, companies and related issues Powerade Coca-Cola Amatil that are part of your weekly supermarket shop. Runs monthly in Melbourne as Adam’s Ale Sport Golden Circle (Heinz) USA a public workshop. Call Nick for more ISO Sport National Foods (Kirin) JPN information on 0417 114 492. All Sport Pepsico USA

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OWNERSHIP Choose Australian owned brands. Keep dollars in Australia for jobs & community. See www.fightbacknews.com.au

FAIRTRADE PACKAGING Choose coffee and chocolate that is certifed with Reduce waste. Choose recycled-content packaging the Fairtrade label. Ensure fair wages & working and packaging that is recyclable in common conditions, reduce exploitation by multinationals. council curbside collections. Avoid plastics code See Oxfam www.oxfam.org/coffee 3, 4, 5, 6 & plastic wrap. and www.fta.org.au/locator See www.sustainability.vic.gov.au

NUTRITION FOOD MILES Eat safe & healthy food. Choose food & drink Buy local. Reduce transport. Support community with low salt, sugar & fat. Avoid questionable & growers. Choose items labeled “Product of food additives and irradiated ingredients. Australia” or “Made in Australia”. See www.heartfoundation.com.au See product label, or www.100milediet.org CRUELTY FREE CHEMICALS Spare animals from unnecessary testing. Avoid dangerous chemicals in cleaning Choose cosmetics & cleaning products from products. Choose natural alternatives that won’t “Choose Cruelty Free” preferred products list. compromise health. Use laundry products low See www.choosecrueltyfree.org.au in sodium (salt) & phosphorus. and www.caringconsumer.com See www.safersolutions.org.au and www.lanfaxlabs.com.au

COMPANY RECORD G.E. FREE Boycott companies involved in damaging Choose food & drink that is free from genetically industries or with poor environmental, engineered ingredients. Avoid unknown health risks, Artificial socialSweeteners or governanceCake M track-record.ix Coconut Cooking Oil Driedcrop F ruitcontamination & Nuts D&ried multinational Pasta F controllour &of Bourread Mix Fresh Pasta GrainsSee www.ethical.org.au& Legumes Gravy Herbs & Spices Noodles Olivefood. O Seeil B Greenpeace’saking Cooking True FoodPudding Guide Rice Stock Sugar Vinegar BREAD & CEREAL Bread Cakes Cereal Muesli Oats &www.truefood.org.au Brans DAIRY & SOY Butter Cheese Cottage Cheese Cream Custard Dessert Dips Eggs Flavoured Milk Ice-cream Margarine Milk powder Other Soy Soy Milk Tofu PALM OIL ORGANIC Yoghurt DRINKS Bottled Water Coffee Cordial Energy Drinks Fruit Drinks Juice Powdered Drinks Soft Drinks Don’t be part of the habitat destruction of the Avoid chemicals, pesticides & artifcial fertilisers. Sports Drinks Tea FROZEN CANNED Baked Beans Spaghetti Canned Fish Canned Fruit Canned Meat Canned Soup endangered orangutan. Avoid products containing Reduce land degradation. Choose fresh fruit & Canned Vegies Beans Chilled Easy Meals Frozen Chips Frozen Desserts Frozen Easy Meals Frozen Fish Frozen palm oil. See www.palmoilaction.org.au vegetables that are certifed organic. Foods Frozen Pastry Frozen Pizza Frozen Vegies Soup Pasta Meals Pies & Pasties Poultry Rice Meals Small and www.orangutans.com.au See www.organicchoice.com.au goods HOUSEHOLD Air Fresheners Batteries Dishwashing Detergent Disinfectant Fabric Softener Foil Cling Wrap Gloves Lau dry Detergent Light Globes Multi-Purpose Cleaners Pest Control Prewash & Starch Scour- ers sponges & wipes Shoe Foot Care Specialty Cleaners Toilet Cleaners Wool Wash INTERN TIONAL & HEALTH FOODS Asian Health Bars Health Foods Indian Mexican Protein Bars Protein Powder Vitamins Weight Loss PER- SONAL CARE Balms Bandages Bodywash Shower Gel Cold & Flu Condoms Cosmetics Cotton Buds Balls Dental Floss Deodorant Digestive Care Eyecare Feminine Hygiene Laxatives Lip Care Mouthwash Oils Pain Relief Per- sonal Lubricants Shampoo Shavers Shaving Gel Foam Skin Care Soap Sunscreen Tissues Toilet Paper Tooth- brush Twww.ethical.org.auoothpaste PETS & BABIES Baby Accessories Baby Food Baby Formula Cat Food Cat Litter Chilled Pet Food Dog Food Nappies Pet Food Pet Care SAUCES & SPREADS Condiments Hazelnut Spread Honey Jam spreads Pasta Sauce Peanut butter Salad Dressing Mayonnaise Sauces Yeast Spread SNACKS Biscuits Crackers Chips crisps Chocolate Confectionery Jelly Crystals Lozenges mints gum Popcorn Rice Cakes Snack Bars Topping0 Artificial SweetenersCake Mix Coconut Cooking Oil Dried Fruit & Nuts Dried Pasta Flour & Bread Mix Fresh Pasta Grains & Legumes Gravy Herbs & Spices Noodles Olive Oil Baking Cooking Pudding Rice Stock Sugar Vin- egar BREAD & CEREAL Bread Cakes Cereal Muesli Oats & Brans DAIRY & SOY Butter Cheese Cottage Cheese Cream 36 froz e n , cann d & a sy Frozen Vegies/Chips Heinz Heinz USA Logan Farm Kraft Kraft USA Logan Farm NZL (Talley’s Group) UK/ Continental Unilever NLD McCain McCain CAN Maggi Nestle SWI Bird’s Eye Simplot USA Chang’s Cypress & Sons Pies & Pasties Heinz, Weight Watchers Heinz USA Balfours Balfours Big Ben, Sargents, Scotts Sargents Packet Meals Stone’s Stone’s Fantastic Fantastic Snacks Bakehouse, Mrs Mac’s Mrs Mac’s Manassen Foods Wokka (CHAMP) Mrs Quick Mrs Quick Foods Enjoyo, San Remo San Remo Four ’n’ Twenty, Great Australian Pies, Herbert Sanitarium Patties Bakery Sanitarium Adams, Nannas, Patties, (Adventist Church SP) Snowy River, Wedgewood SunRice SunRice McMain’s, Tastee Tastee Dinner Winner, Rice-a-Riso McCormick USA Sara Lee Sara Lee USA Leggo’s Simplot USA Da Vinci Da Vinci Foods Poultry  Factory farming (choose free range) Prodan Global Castle Baiada, Lilydale Baiada A Clouet Ayam FRA Ingham Inghams (Denis Frères Group) Steggles Steggles BonCaro BonCaro GER Compleats, Hormel, Free range Hormel USA Kid’s Kitchen, Stagg Gourmet to Go St Dalfour FRA Smallgoods  Factory farming (choose free range) Ainsley Harriot Symington’s UK Butch’s Boss Foods frozen, canned & easy 37 UK UK UK JPN UK/ SWI USA USA USA USA NLD Gourmet Food Holdings Gourmet Food Capital) (Crescent Soup Company Campbell Baxters Heinz Snacks Fantastic Fine Foods Valcorp McKenzie Ward Soup Company Campbell Heinz Unilever Nestle KR Castlemaine Foods Foods KR Castlemaine (Wittington Investments) Primo Smallgoods Primo Smallgoods Bertocchi Small- Hans Continental Tobacco) goods (Japan Foods George Weston (Wittington Investments)

Some products free range Some products ed) Soup (cann Soup (packet) Heinz Continental Cup Country Rosella Campbell’s Baxters Watchers Heinz, Weight Fantastic LaZuppa McKenzies Campbell’s KR Castlemaine KR Castlemaine Mayfair, Primo, Primo, Mayfair, Watchers Weight Bertocchi Hans Don, Huttons, Otto Wurth, Makers Choice, Watsonia Look for eggs labeled ‘free-range’ by an accredited Look for eggs labeled ‘free-range’ Next choose body (FREPA, RSPCA, EggCorp). and ‘barn laid’ over ‘free-range’ over ‘barn-laid’ regular ‘cage’ (battery) eggs. ‘Bred Free-Range’. Look for small-goods labeled has such a product line. KR Castlemaine chicken Look for ‘Organic’ or ‘Free-Range’ and pork. See www.freerangepork.com.au certifcation, (in order to receive organic organically chicken and pigs farmed must be free-range). , See more at www.themeatrix.com and www.voiceless.org.au . www.animalsaustralia.org Factory farming is the system of raising animals animals system of raising is the farming Factory that methods line ‘intensive production’ using produced while of meat the amount maximise by close It is characterised costs. minimising and and unnatural conditions confnement in barren and health environmental pollution involves massive In Australia, animals and humans. risks for both means this is the conventional as in other countries, eggs. and chickens and producing of raising pigs »  »  »  »  FACTORY FARMING FACTORY 38 Health Foods UK UK/ SWI USA GER NLD Symbion Health Blooms Health Golden Harvest Inovail Bayer Roche Wyeth Pharmacare Agenix Hershel-Beck Laboratories Naturopathica & Beverages AB Food Australia (Wittington Investments) Unilever Blackmores (Sigma) Herron Pharmacare Swisse Vitamins vidin, Swisse Weight Loss s Vitamin Slim-Fast Cenovis, Nature’s Own Cenovis, Blooms Golden Harvest Myadec Pluravit Berocca Centrum Caltrate, Metabolift, Nature’s Way, Slim Right Medislim Xantrax Fatblaster Ultra Slim Blackmores Herron Nature’s Way Bioglan, E IND NZL Ancient Distributors Nutritional Freedom Products Melrose Health Supplies Meriram (Select Harvests) Smart Snacks Vitality Brands Naturo Nice & Natural Bellis Fruit Bars Bellis Fruit Energy Products Go Natural Manassen (CHAMP) Products Naturally Good Sun Health Foods Sweet William Be Natural Snacks Hampden Trading Leda Nutrition All Natural Bakery company BRAND Foods Health s ood F alth He s Bar Health Freedom Foods, Norganic Foods, Freedom Naturals Nu-Vit, Sunsol Mayver’s Hip Hop well,naturally Naturo Nice & Natural Sweet William Be Natural Artisse Leda, Slim & Natural Golden Days Naturally Good Sun Bellis Wallaby Go Natural All Natural Bakery

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HOUSEOLD 41 UK UK/ GER PHL USA USA GER NLD NLD Citrofresh Orange Power Chem Pack Pascoe’s Method PZ Cussons Unilever Mirabella Philips Siemens Advil (Sabrands) Natures Organics Enbiosafe Brooks Lloyd Pascoe’s Pental (Symex) Group Unilab Bayer Colgate-Palmolive elvet -Foam , San-E-Foam Good Environmental Choice label Good Environmental Light Globes -Purpose Cleaners Multi Citro Clean Glitz method Radiant urf Drive, Omo, S Mirabella Philips Osram CLR Citrofresh Earth Choice Orange Power Aware, Planet Ark Planet Aware, Sparkle Atomic, & Green Aura, Mean V Lux, Sunlight, Duo Amolin Sensitive Dynamo, Fab, Power, Cold Hurricane, Gow’s BioClean, Spree Love’n Care, UK UK UK UK/ UK/ USA USA USA USA USA USA USA NLD NLD Campbell Brothers Campbell Colgate-Palmolive Unilever Multix (McPherson’s) Clorox Natures Organics Pascoe’s Pental (Symex) Tri Nature Tri Clorox Colgate-Palmolive Reckitt Benckiser SC Johnson Unilever PZ Cussons Benckiser Reckitt & Gamble Procter Pental (Symex) Pental Colgate-Palmolive Toxic chemicals Toxic

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Only Organic NZL Only Organic Freshies ADI Pet USA Rafferty’s Garden Rafferty’s Garden NZL JerHigh, Vitapet Masterpet NZL Golden Circle Golden Circle (Heinz) USA Schmackos Mars USA Earth Best, Farex, Heinz Heinz USA Lucky Dog, Purina Nestle SWI Some products certified organic Nappies Baby Formula Bebes Naelfran Bellamy’s Bellamy’s Organic Farms BabyLove, BabyLove USA APPP (Unicharm) JPN Heinz, Nurture Heinz Ecobots , Lullaby Karicare Nutricia (Danone) FRA Moltex Eco , Nature Naty SWE S26, SMA Wyeth USA Babycare Seventh Generation Lactogen, Nan, Nestle Nestle SWI Seventh Generation USA Chlorine-Free Certified organic TenderCare USA Tushies Gel-Free (Hain Celestial) Cat Food Dry Nites, Huggies, Petite Amie Bush’s International Little Swimmers, Pull Ups, Kimberly-Clark USA Gourmet D’Lite, Pounce, Saf- Safcol Snugglers THA col, Snappy Tom, Ultimates (Tropical Canning Group) Eco-disposable Dine, Kitekat, Optimum, Mars USA Sheba, Whiskas Fancy Feast, Friskies, GoCat, Nestle SWI One, Purina, Supercoat Iams Procter & Gamble USA Cat Litter Pet Care FibreCycle Breeders Choice Pet Life KraMar (AMP) Max’s SunRice I Love My Pet My Pet Safcol Crystal Clean, Snappy Tom THA Saint Bernard Petcare Saint Bernard Petcare (Tropical Canning Group) Natty Cat East Coast Woodshavings Advance, Exelpet Mars USA Dr Harry , Light & Easy Equinox Friskies, Total Care Nestle SWI Cat’s Choice, Chandler, Hudson Thrifty Cat Pet Food (chilled) Catlux Klorman Industries Bush’s Bush’s International Zeocat Masterpet NZL Chunkers, Fussy Cat, Catsan Mars USA Mega Bite, Platinum, V.I.P. Petfoods V.I.P. Pet Foods Purina Tidy Cats Nestle SWI 4Legs 4Legs Pet Food Company Made from 100% recycled paper Macro Meats — Fresh Pet Food Co. Gourmet Game Dog Food Bush’s, Divine Bush’s International Pet Food (other) Excellence Lovitt’s Lovitt’s, Whistler Lovitt’s Nature’s Gift Nature’s Gift Bird Munchies Bird Munchies Biopet Biopet Pet Care Peters Peters Pure Animal Foods Chub, Minder Chub Pet Care Golden Grain, Harmony, Trill Mars USA Chum, Good-O, My Dog, K9 Fish Food, Total Care Nestle SWI Optimum, Pal, Pedigree, Mars USA Pe t s & B abi es Principal, Schmackos Beneful, Lucky Dog, Mighty Nestle SWI Dog, One, Purina, Supercoat Eukanuba, Iams Procter & Gamble USA Certified organic 55 56 Sauc es & I nt e rnational Sauces & International Condiments BRAND company Green Valley, Sacla Conga Foods Asian Foods Fletchers Fletchers Foods asia@home Goodman Fielder Aristocrat, Blue Banner, Gourmet Food Holdings Old Country, Rosella (Crescent Capital) USA Wraps of the World General Mills Jensens Jensens Choice Foods Kikkoman Kikkoman JPN Manassen Foods Globus Asian Home Gourmet, (CHAMP) Dainty, Hikari, Indofood, Always Fresh Riviana Foods (SunRice) Jeeny’s, Koh-Kae, Kokita, Lee Oriental Merchant Sandhurst Sandhurst Fine Foods Kum Kee, Mae Ploy, Nisshin, HKG (China Merchants Group) Obento, Ong’s, S & B, Six Spring Gully Spring Gully Foods Fortune, Squid, TCC, UFC, Three Threes Three Threes Condiments Valcom, Yeo’s Gee Vale Valcorp Fine Foods Chang’s Cypress & Sons USA Thai Gourmet Southern Pacific Foods Leggo’s Simplot Pandaroo Yuen’s Market Hoyts Hoyt Food A Clouet Baxters Baxters UK Ayam FRA SPC Ardmona (Denis Freres Group) SPC Hakubaku Hakubaku JPN (Coca-Cola Amatil) USA Prima Taste Prima SGP Heinz Heinz UK/ Dolmio, Masterfoods Mars USA Conimex Unilever NLD UK/ Maille Unilever NLD Branston Nestle SWI Sauces & International 57 IND USA USA USA USA USA USA MEX Preferred Brands Australia Snack Brands General Mills Byron Bay Chilli Co. Bruce Foods Rositas Australasia (Gruma) Mars Smith’s Snackfood Co. (Pepsico) Ostindo International Ostindo (SunRice) Foods Riviana Mills General Passage Foods Haldiram’s foods Mexican s food Indian Tasty Bite Tasty CCs Old El Paso Byron Bay Chilli Co. Fiesta Cafe Rositas Masterfoods Doritos Maharajah’s Choice Maharajah’s Sharwoods of Wraps Pillsbury, Pataks, the World Passage to India Haldiram’s

the most flavour and nutritional value and it is the most flavour and nutritional usually the most affordable. items In the supermarket, choose as a frst labeled “Product of Australia” “Made preference, then items labeled preference, in Australia” as second preference. and imported items as last Order Australian-made products online . at www.onlyoz.com.au Buy local. Purchase from local independent co-ops Buy local. Purchase from the big supermarket and grocers rather than your local grocer where chains. In the market, ask Check out local Farmers’ the produce comes from. . Markets at www.farmersmarkets.org.au eating seasonally you get Eat and buy in season. By »  Food miles are a measure of the distance food has has food distance the of measure a are miles Food The consumption. and production between travelled gases more greenhouse the (or kilometres), more miles basket has shopping Melbourne A typical are produced. — equivalent 70,000 kilometres travelled a staggering purchasing By world. the around trips two almost to in somewhere than rather Mildura in grown orange an to 12,879km from ‘miles’ food reduce you California, 567kms. www.ceres.org.au/projects/foodmiles.html) (See »  »  E EAG MIL FOOD — GOOD LOCAL BUYING 58 Sauc es & I nt e rnational Noodles Sauces Cornwells, ETA, Holbrooks, Fantastic, Suimin Fantastic Snacks Goodman Fielder Manassen Foods Paul Newman’s Own Bamboo Pot, Trident, Wokka Gourmet Food Holdings (CHAMP) Rosella Double Phoenix, Erawan, (Crescent Capital) Oriental Merchant Gold Pearl, Indo Mie, Nissin, HKG Manassen Foods (China Merchants Group) Bamboo Pot, Trident Nong Shim, Wai Wai (CHAMP) Chang’s Cypress & Sons Sharwoods Riviana Foods (SunRice) Pandaroo Yuen’s Market Three Threes Three Threes Condiments A Clouet Ezy-Sauce, Fountain, Ayam FRA Cerebos (Suntory) JPN (Denis Freres Group) White Crow Easy Mac, Kraft Kraft USA Pataks General Mills USA Kan Tong Mars USA McCormick McCormick USA

SWI Oriental Merchant Maggi Nestle Lee Kum Kee HKG (China Merchants Group) Pasta Sauce Chefs Pantry Chefs Pantry Sacla, Val Verde Conga Foods Chang’s Cypress & Sons Hoyt’s Hoyt Foods Paul Newman’s Own Goodman Fielder Pandaroo Yuen’s Market Gourmet Food Holdings Stromboli A Clouet (Crescent Capital) Ayam FRA (Denis Freres Group) San Remo San Remo Tabasco McIlhenny Co. USA La Gina Valcorp Fine Foods Nandos Nandos ZAF Barilla Barilla ITA Ocean Spray Ocean Spray USA Campbell’s Campbell Soup Company USA Henry Jones Foods Taylor’s Leggo’s Simplot USA (Coca-Cola Amatil) SPC Ardmona SPC Ardmona Ardmona SPC (Coca-Cola Amatil) (Coca-Cola Amatil) Classico Heinz USA Heinz, HP, Lea & Perrins Heinz USA Dolmio Mars USA Kraft Kraft USA Bertolli, Chicken Tonight, Dolmio, Kan Tong, Mas- Unilever UK/ Five Brothers, Raguletto NLD terfoods, Seeds of Change, Mars USA Uncle Ben’s Salad Dressing/Mayonnaise Chicken Tonight, UK/ Unilever NLD Mayvers Ancient Distributors Continental, Maille Freedom Nutritional Maggi Nestle SWI Norganic Products ETA, Paul Newman’s Own, Soy Sauce Goodman Fielder Praise Spiral Foods 1 Spiral Foods Manassen Foods S & W JPN (CHAMP) Fountain Cerebos (Suntory) Fountain, Salad Magic Cerebos (Suntory) JPN Kikkoman 2 Kikkoman JPN Oriental Merchant Chefs Pantry Chefs Pantry ABC, Lee Kum Kee HKG (China Merchants Group) Marzetti Cardini’s USA CHN (Lancaster Colony) Pearl River Bridge Guangdong Foodstuffs Henry Jones Foods Hakubaku Hakubaku JPN Taylor’s (Coca-Cola Amatil) 1 Certified organic 2 Some products certified organic Heinz, Weight Watchers Heinz USA J.L.Kraft, Kraft Kraft USA Topping Sauc es & I nt e rnational UK/ Best Foods, Hellman’s Unilever NLD Capilano Capilano Honey Thomy Nestle SWI Cadbury, Cottee’s Cadbury UK Fresh Attitude Australian Food Innovators Sensational Old Fashioned Foods NZL

59 60 Snack s Snacks Chips/Crisps BRAND company CCs, Cheezels, Colvan, French Fries, Kettle, Real Snack Brands Australia Biscuits/Crackers  Palm oil McCoy, Rix, Samboy, Tasty Dick Smith Foods Jacks, Thins Dick Smith (Adventist Church SP) Ajita’s, Vege Chips The Vege Chip Company Fantastic Fantastic Snacks Byron Bay Chilli Co. Byron Bay Chilli Co. Kez’s Kez’s Kitchen Absolute Organics Eco Farms Kurrajong Kitchens Kurrajong Kitchens Pitos Unisnack (Sibirsky Bereg) RUS Manassen Foods Burger Rings, Cheetos, Dori- Carrs, McVities, Walkers tos, Nobbys, Parkers, Red Smith’s Snackfood Co. (CHAMP) USA Paradise Rock Deli, Ruffles, Smith’s, (Pepsico) Paradise, Westons (Goodman Fielder) Toobs, Twisties, Walkers Orgran Roma Food Products Pringles Procter & Gamble USA Unibic, Weight Watchers Unibic Australia Certified organic Arnotts, Players, Tim Tams, Arnott’s Biscuits USA Wagon Wheels (Campbell Soup Co) Chocolate  Child labour, pesticides, palm oil Ital Ital Biscuits Sweet William Sweet William Kooka’s Kooka’s Country Cookies Boost, Cadbury, Caramello Butterfingers Old Colonial Cookie Co. Koala, Cherry Ripe, Chomp, Crunchie, Favourites, Flake, Cadbury UK Waterthins Waterwheel Freddo, Fry’s Turkish Delight, * LU Danone Group FRA Milk Tray, Picnic, Roses, George Weston Foods Time Out, Twirl Crackerbread, Ryvita UK (Wittington Investments) Bueno, Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero ITA Kraft, Nabisco Kraft USA Kinder UK Pods Mars USA Green and Black’s 1,2 Green & Black’s (Cadbury*) Sakata Rice Snacks Lindor, Lindt Lindt & Sprungli SWI Apero, Sakata, Snakata USA Australia (Pepsico) Peanut Slab, Whittakers Whittakers NZL Some products certified organic Snacks 61 BEL SWI FRA USA USA USA GER NZL 3 Some products certified organic Ludwig Weinrich Artisan Confections Artisan Kaoka Kraft Mars Nestle Ballantyne (Fyna) Ballantyne Hillier Ernest Guylian Lighthouse Ventures Farm By Nature Farm 1,2 2 Certified Fairtrade 2 Certified 1,2 3 1 1 Cadbury, like all chocolate companies who do not source like all chocolate companies who do Cadbury, has been criticised cocoa through a fairtrade arrangement, in slave labour conditions. for supporting children working a tick, as in other areas they have a have given Cadbury We positive track record, (especially compared to Nestle and do however recommend a fairtrade alternative. Mars). We  1 Certified organic 1 Certified Cote d’or, Milka, Terri’s, Terri’s, Milka, d’or, Cote Toblerone Dove, Celebrations, Bounty, M&Ms, Maltesers, Mars, Mondo, Snickers, Milky Way, Twix Aero, Baci, Bertie Beetle, Chokito, Club, Crunch, Golden Rough, Kit Kat, Milky Mint Pattie, Mint Slice, Bar, Nestle, Quality Streets, Rolo, Smarties, Violet Crumble, Wonka carborough Fair Scarborough Fair Vivani Ballantyne Newman’s, Hillier, Ernest Persuasions Farm Cocoa Dagoba Guylian Kaoka Organic * ed Fairtrade certifed Fairtrade Look for products with the at symbol. See the Good Chocolate Guide . www.donttradelives.com.au/chocguide Find out more about the human cost cost human the about more out Find . of chocolate at www.stopthetraffik.org industry chocolate the on pressure Put at petition the sign labour: child end to . www.donttradelives.com.au About 70% of the cocoa beans used to make chocolate chocolate make to used beans cocoa the of 70% About in this cocoa farms Africa. Many from West comes estimated an has Coast Ivory The labour. child use area conditions; dangerous in working children 300,000 work The old. years 14 under are half than more and pesticides, using machetes includes spraying access no have children The loads. heavy carrying also is abuse Physical care. health or education to common. producers multinational chocolate The three large — have committed — Nestle, Mars and Cadbury which was meant to to the Harkin-Engel Protocol but in reality consumers eliminate child labour, than they did eight today have no more assurance is slave-free. years ago that their chocolate »  » » E & CHOCOLAT LABOUR CHILD 62 Snack s Gleam, Jila, Jols, Licorette, Confectionery Ferndale Confectionery Vapors Aussie Sweets Aussie Sweets Mini Mints Robern Menz (MFG) Bellis Bellis Fruit Bars Fisherman’s Friend Lofthouse UK Buderim Ginger Buderim Ginger Frisk, Meller, Mentos Perfetti Van Melle ITA Ricci Darrell Lea Ricola Ricola SWI Double D Products Delights, Double D, Vical Werther’s Storck GER (Snow Confectionery) Airwaves, Eclipse, Extra, Beacon, Pez, Warheads Funtastic Freedent, Hubba Bubba, Wrigley Co. (Mars) USA Pascall Cadbury UK Juicy Fruit, PK, Wrigleys, Binka’s, The Natural Confec- The Natural Confectionery X-cite UK tionery Co. Company (Cadbury) Allens, Anticol, Butter Men- Big Boss, Fads, Fyna, Wizz thol, Quick-Eze, Soothers, Nestle SWI Fyna Fizz Throaties, XXX, Zones Menz Robern Menz (MFG) Vicks Procter & Gamble USA Airheads, Alpenliebe, Chupa Perfetti Van Melle ITA Chups Popcorn Campino, Werther’s Original, Storck GER Riviana Riviana Foods (SunRice) Zeros Green’s, Lolly Gobble Bliss Green’s Foods UK Kenman, Skittles, Starburst Mars USA Bombs, Poppin (Guinness Peat) Allens, Fruit Tingles, Life Cool Pak Cool Pak Savers, Minties, Nestle, Nestle SWI Steam Rollers, Wonka Movietime Superpop Uncle Tobys Uncle Tobys (Nestle) SWI Lozenges, Mints & Gum Snows Ice Snow Confectionery Rice/Corn Cakes Tic Tac Ferrero ITA Pureharvest Pureharvest trebor’s 24-7 Cadbury UK Corn Thins, Real Foods Real Foods SunRice SunRice There are no slaves in the 21st century, right? Wrong.

The people in other countries often who make the products we buy receive low pay or work in dangerous conditions. and people Sometimes the workers are children who have been trafficked. enslaved. The way we trade can lead to people being You can act to end modern day slavery, go to donttradelives.com.au

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Animal Testing, Involvement Use of GE sugar in USA, Orange rating 3M USA Kellogg USA with Burma at ResponsibleShopper.com Genetic Engineering, Ansell Defense & Military — indirect Kirin JPN Animal rights & Military Associated British UK Ethiscore.org 2.5/15 (very poor) Poor wages for coffee farmers, Foods Kraft USA Use of GE ingredients Genetic Engineering, Bayer GER Hazardous chemicals in pesticides Mars USA Child Labour, Animal Testing Beiersdorf GER Ethiscore.org 4/15 (very poor) Orica Defense & Military — direct Church & Dwight USA Animal Testing Water privatisation, Pepsico USA Animal Testing, Worst rating Promotion of bottled water Clorox USA for household products sector PZ Cussons UK Animal Testing at ClimateCounts.org Animal Testing, Operations in Part ownership by Coca-Cola Company, Reckitt Benckiser UK Coca-Cola Amatil 0ppressive regimes who have two boycott calls Poor wages for coffee farmers, Colgate-Palmolive USA Animal Testing Sara Lee USA Worst rating for food sector company Orange rating on ResponsibleShopper. at ClimateCounts.org Heinz USA com, Ethiscore.org 4.5/15 (very poor) Animal Testing, Operations in SC Johnson USA Animal Testing, Nuclear — indirect, oppressive regimes Henkel GER Defense & Military — indirect UK/ Unilever Animal testing Animal Testing, Toxic chemicals in NLD Joh. A. Benckiser GER some products Wyeth USA Irresponsible marketing Johnson & Animal Testing, Unethical marketing USA NOTES: Associated British Foods (UK) owns Australian companies Johnson and antitrust activities George Weston Foods and AB Food & Beverages Australia. Associated British Foods is majority owned by Wittington Investments (UK). ASSESSMENT SOURCES 65 company xchange: Exchange: Global www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade www.truefood.org.au Guide: Food True Greenpeace www.maketradefair.org Fair: Make Trade factsheet: www.caringconsumer.com animal testing PETA sites y / Boycott e Accountabilit Corporat www.babymilkaction.org Babymilk Action: International: Accountability Corporate www.stopcorporateabuse.org www.corpwatch.org Corpwatch: Boycott List: Ethical Consumer www.ethicalconsumer.org/Boycotts.aspx Ethiscore: www.ethiscore.org Knowmore: www.knowmore.org Multinational Monitor: www.multinationalmonitor.org Responsible Shopper: www.responsibleshopper.com / Data Company Ownership Fightback News: www.fightbacknews.com.au Profiles: 2000 Company Seek Top www.seek.com.au/if.asp?loc=ibis Hoovers: www.hoovers.com BRAND company wards BRAND exes / y Ind Sustainabilit exes y Ind Responsibilit e Social Corporat index: www.aussi.net.au ustainability SAM S Australian www.corporatemonitor.com.au Tables: Monitor Corporate www.corporateregister.com Register: Corporate Index: Responsibility Corporate www.corporate-responsibility.com.au Governance Report: Horwath Corporate www.newcastle.edu.au/school/newc-business/horwath/ ndustry Groups y Covenants / I Voluntar www.brba.com.au Buy Recycled Business Alliance: Greenhouse Challenge: www.greenhouse.gov.au/challenge www.packagingcovenant.org.au National Packaging Covenant: www.unglobalcompact.org UN Global Compact: www.sustainability.vic.gov.au Wise Melbourne Network: Waste A www.arawards.com.au Awards: Australiasian Reporting www.banksiafdn.com Banksia Awards: ata Issue-based Reports / D Disclosure Project: www.cdproject.net Carbon Preferred Products: Free Choose Cruelty www.choosecrueltyfree.org.au www.climatecounts.org Climate Counts: es ourc s nt e m ssess a 66 Glossary & Resources — in most cases, this is the brand owner. this is the brand owner. — in most cases, s Consumption tool Atlas: ACF Consumption www.acfonline.org.au/consumptionatlas/ EPA Ecological footprint: www.epa.vic.gov.au/ecologicalfootprint/ The Story of Stuff: www.storyofstuff.com Green Home: www.acfonline.org.au/greenhome ARY SS GLO based of a company assessment — our Rating Company company includes the It also company record. on its (eg. Nestle). company of its parent record track — refers to a company’s Record Company and social impact, to its environmental record relating business practice. animals and accountable treatment of Related Company Occasionally we have listed the manufacturer or importer of of importer or manufacturer the listed have we Occasionally for specifcs. product. See www.ethical.org.au the branded owned by — often a company will be Parent Company of companies. 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