Ethical spending has out-stripped retail sales of booze and cigarettes for the first time.
The annual survey of ethical spending in the UK, compiled by the Co-operative Bank, shows a record level of £29.4bn. This means that green spending has overtaken the £28bn spent on alcohol and cigarettes (excluding pubs).
The green pound works!
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come on witchy; make an effort…have you been pissing away all your money on food and shit like that?
Comment by simplywondered — November 27, 2006 @ 10:34 pm
dang it, they beat me! i was in the cigs and beer race….
bugger
Comment by witchy-woo — November 28, 2006 @ 1:05 am
Hah! I win!
Seriously, it can only improve standards and conditions for the producers.
Comment by ethicallyspeaking — November 28, 2006 @ 9:10 am
it all sounds good to me. There seem to be more & more fair trade shops springing up, particularly online. Makes my xmas shopping much easier!
Comment by Helen — November 28, 2006 @ 5:51 pm