PRESS RELEASE: 7th March 2011

Latest Ethical Research for the Office Technology sector

The Ethical Company Organisation today announces the results of the latest research for the Office Technology sector.  Brother UK once again tops the tables with an impressive Ethical Company Index (ECI) score of 100 as a result of their strong Environmental, Animal Welfare and Human Rights standards.  Other companies to reach the ethical benchmark include: Konica Minolta; Kyocera Mita; Lexmark and Ricoh.  Languashing once again at the bottom of the tables (All-in-Ones, Fax Machines and Printers) are electronics giants HP and Samsung, who have failed to improve on their ethical standards over the last 12 months - with Samsung's ECI score dropping this year to just 35 due to animal testing and substantial political donations in the USA.

As you can see from the latest All-in-Ones results here, The Ethical Company Organisation's research cuts through the 'ethics-wash' created by some of the World's largest corporations, showing exactly where these companies are failing in certain areas.

The full set of tables will be published in the 10th annual edition of The Good Shopping Guide book, which comes out in September this year. The latest research will also be included in the next update of our new Good Shopping Guide Ethical Shopping App.

Ethical Accreditation
For almost a decade The Ethical Company Organisation has provided clear and comparative ethical information on thousands of companies and brands to ethical shoppers, NGOs, ethical companies and ethical investors. We compare hundreds of companies' ethical and Corporate Social Responsibility records in relation to up to 15 different ethical criteria as shown in the table above.

Companies reaching the 'ethical benchmark' within our research are eligible to apply for Ethical Accreditation which offers independent certification of a company's good ethical standards which can be simply communicated through the use of our Ethical Award and Ethical Company logos.

If you are interested in finding out about Ethical Accreditaiton for your company, please contact Kat Alexander on 0845 257 6818 or email k.alexander@ethical-company-organisation.org

The latest company to gain Ethical Accreditation is Natural Hero - a new and natural treatment for relief of sports injuries - and they join the following accredited Ethical Companies: Annirac; Blue Chip Feed; Brother UK; Bulldog; Burns Pet Nutrition; C Mobile; Cafédirect; Caurnie Soap Company; Charity Bank; Chococo; The Clean Space; Copenhagen Carbon Management; Ecosoapia; Essential Care; The Environmental Transport Association (ETA); Ethical Solar; Everything Environmental; Feelwell's; Fish4Dogs; Fresh Promotions; Fushi; Good
Energy; Green Energy; Green People; The Green Stationery Company; Highland Spring; Holz Toys; Honesty Cosmetics; incognito; IT Ambulance; Leap Media; Lily's Kitchen; Mooncup; Myakka; Nash Partnership; Natracare; The Natural Curtain Company; Natural Organic Soap; New Look; Nexus; Organic Farm Foods; OrganiPets; OSMO; Out of Peru; Paddocks Farm Partnership; Plain Lazy; Pooch & Mutt; Po-Zu; Redwood Wholefoods; Seasalt; Select Solar; Sunnyhaye Fruit Farm; Tarem Services; Trophy Pet Foods; Ta-Mawr Lime; Yes pure intimacy and The Window.

Selection of past press releases:

Feb 2011 - New Ethical Shopping App

Sep 2010 - The Good Shopping Guide New Edition

Nov 2009 - Ethical Christmas and beat the Credit Crunch

Sep 2006 - New Good Shopping Guide Book Ethical Research Results

Mar 2004 - Top 100 Most Ethical Companies

Link back to Ethical Company Organisation home page.