Features
- Clothes with a clean conscience
Ethical fashion has infiltrated the mainstream, says Barney Jeffries. He talks to two designers and entrepreneurs exhibiting at to find out more about ethical careers in the fashion industry.
- Choosing your ethical career: part one
In a two-part feature, Gideon Burrows, founder ofethicalcareers.org, introduces the ethical questions you should ask yourself, and your employer.
- So, what is an ethical career?
Time for a new approach to ethical job seeking, argues site founder Gideon Burrows.
- What employers look for
Maddy Bisoni from Earthwatch, an organisation running environmental projects worldwide, gives her top tips for finding a job.
- Your cup of (herbal) tea?
Maria Clegg on green careers.
- Outside in — the best way to use your career to make a difference
Jonathon Porritt, Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission and Director of Forum for the Future, helps you decide the best way to use your career to make a difference.
- Is small still beautiful and big business bad?
Allan Shepherd of the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) and co-author of The Sustainable Careers Handbook, debates whether all big business is bad and if small is still beautiful.
- Pioneering fair trade fashion
Annie Kelly meets the founder of ethical clothes firm People Tree.
- Getting engaged
A career in ethical investment isn't about simply dumping shareholdings in firms you disagree with. Robin Currie of Barchester Green Investment argues that engaging with companies is much more effective.
- Better resources for ethical restaurateurs
Entrepreneurs who want to open "green restaurants" will benefit from a recently launched network promoting the ethical approach to catering.