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Corporate Research Database

Easily search the ethical and environmental records of suppliers, sponsors, contractors and competitors with access to Ethical Consumer's unique corporate database.

In-depth, independent analysis of corporate ethical policies, reporting and performance across 18 social, environmental and animal welfare categories.

 

Our Database

Our Corporate Research Database is a unique resource that contains over 25 years of high quality, stress-tested research, compiled by the independent, not-for-profit co-operative Ethical Consumer Research Association.

The database contains information on over 2,500 companies and brands, including data on their environmental reporting, supply chain management, animal testing policies and much more.

We track company practice as well as company policy, through monitoring news and business media as well as campaign group sources from around the world. Read more about how we conduct our research >

The records are regularly updated by our team of highly qualified researchers, who specialise in a range of topics

Unlike most business databases, we rely on the accuracy of our data for regular publication (in Ethical Consumer print magazine and consumer website).

New feature: we have a full list of companies as an A to Z which you can browse or search. Scroll down to find out more about this feature. 

 

How it works

Once you subscribe, you are able to use the search tools to easily search for the records of suppliers, sponsors, contractors and competitors.

  • View corporate structure, ownership data and related brands.
  • View an organisation’s overall ethical rating from 0 to 15.
  • View individual stories with referenced and dated sources for ethical issues relating to a company.

Company search 

The 'Company Search' function allows you to search for a specific company, organisation or brand. For example, searching for ‘Apple Inc’ will bring up information about the company, along with all the research and analysis Ethical Consumer has conducted relating to this company. See screenshot below:

company search view
Results on Company Search when searching for 'Apple inc'.

Full list of companies

You can also search or browse for companies in our database using our new A to Z full list of companies. 

You can browse by letter or search for a specific company. See screenshot below for an example from 'H'

Screenshot of search feature by A to Z
Screenshot from the start of the list of companies beginning with H, using the browse functionality of the full list of companies.

You can find this browse/search function under the Corporate Research Database menu at the top of the page. The screenshot below shows how to find this search tool.

screenshot of CRD menu with full list of companies function

Export company data

It is also possible to export company data at the click of a button. This will export a company’s data and create a report which can be saved to your computer as a word file.

Screenshot of Microsoft profile with the export button circled. 

Screenshot of Microsoft company profile with export button

Story Search

Story Search allows you to search for a specific topic or issue. For example, searching for ‘palm oil’ would bring up all stories and analyses relating to palm oil.

Story search view
Screenshot of first results on the Story Search screen when searching for 'palm oil'.

You can also find the stories associated with a particular company from their company profile page. For example, here are some of the ethical stories that you will see if you look at Microsoft Corporation:

Screenshot of results page from Microsoft Corporation stories

Pricing

We offer different rates depending on whether the subscription is for a commercial business or a not-for-profit / academic institution.

We also offer discounts depending on the size of your institution.

Commercial

  • 3 months: £500 (+VAT)
  • 12 months: £1200 (+VAT)

Academic / Not-for-Profit / Co-operative

  • 3 months: £360 (+VAT)
  • 12 months: £850 (+VAT)

Discounts according to size of institution

If your organisation has an annual turnover of under £10.2m a discounted rate is available:

  • Under £5m: 10% discount
  • Between £5m-£10.2m: 5% discount

Subscribe today to gain full access to data on over 25,000 companies, brands and organisations, from multinational corporations to small independent co-operatives.

To find out more, to request a free demonstration or to subscribe, please email database@ethicalconsumer.org, or telephone Alex Crumbie on +44 (0)161 226 2929.