Become a Consumer Activist - Research List

Companies

• BCorp Directory

• Fashion - Good On U to search ratings 

• Gifts - So Kind Registry

• Cradle to Cradle certified products registry

• CorpWatch for corporate violations

• Clean Products

  • Think Dirty App for toxic chemicals 

  • Environmental Working Group (EWG) consumer guides and Healthy Living App

• Political spending & lobbying

  • Open Secrets for lobbying and political spending

  • Progressive Shopper for political spending by party

  • Goods Unite Us for political spending by party

• Climate Change

  • Influence Map for how companies impacting climate crisis

• Sweat & Toil App (Department of Labor) to search for child labor, forced labor and trafficking

Certifications 

• Ecolabel Index

Commuting

• Map My Emissions - Climate Impact of Your Commute

Junk Mail

• Catalog Choice

• DMAChoice.org

• OptOutPrescreen.com

• PaperKarma App

Recycling

• Earth911 

• TerraCycle

Banks

• BankTrack.org

• BankBlackUSA.org

• StoptheMoneyPipeline.com

• Mightydeposits.com

• Global Alliance for Banking on Values

• Inclusiv.org for Community Development Credit Unions

• MyCreditUnion.gov

• Tanja Hester (author of Wallet Activism - highly recommend!) recommends searching these terms with the bank / lender name: ECOA violation; FHA violation, lending discrimination 

Non-Profits

• GuideStar

• Charity Navigator